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Sounwave

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Sounwave
Sounwave is known for Black Panther (2018), Divergent (2014) and The First Purge (2018).
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 32 nominations total

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    Known for

    Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
    Black Panther
    7.3
    • Soundtrack
    • 2018
    Shailene Woodley and Theo James in Divergent (2014)
    Divergent
    6.6
    • Soundtrack(as Mark Spears)
    • 2014
    James DeMonaco, Gerard McMurray, and Kristen Solis in The First Purge (2018)
    The First Purge
    5.2
    • Soundtrack
    • 2018
    Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash (2015)
    A Bigger Splash
    6.4
    • Soundtrack("Emotional Rescue")
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Doja Cat: Stranger (2025)
      Doja Cat: Stranger
      7.6
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Doja Cat: Gorgeous (2025)
      Doja Cat: Gorgeous
      7.6
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Tyler, the Creator: That Guy (2024)
      Tyler, the Creator: That Guy
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Kendrick Lamar in Kendrick Lamar: Squabble Up (2024)
      Kendrick Lamar: Squabble Up
      7.9
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Kendrick Lamar: Not Like Us (2024)
      Kendrick Lamar: Not Like Us
      9.1
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Ice Spice and Taylor Swift in Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice: Karma (2023)
      Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice: Karma
      6.8
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Sounwave (2022)
      Sounwave
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Kendrick Lamar: Rich Spirit (2022)
      Kendrick Lamar: Rich Spirit
      8.0
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Chloe Bailey in Chloe x Halle: Forgive Me (2020)
      Chloe x Halle: Forgive Me
      5.9
      Music Video
      • Composer (as Mark Spears)
      • 2020
    • Joy Crookes: Yah/Element (Medley)
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Kendrick Lamar in Kendrick Lamar: Alright (2015)
      Kendrick Lamar: Alright
      8.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2015

    Writer

    • Taylor Swift in Taylor Swift: Lavender Haze (2023)
      Taylor Swift: Lavender Haze
      7.6
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2023

    Soundtrack

    • Anne Hathaway in Mother Mary (2026)
      Mother Mary
      5.4
      • producer: "Blue Flame"
      • writer: "Blue Flame"
      • 2026
    • AM HQ Weekend (2015)
      AM HQ Weekend
      2.9
      TV Series
      • writer: "All the Stars" (as All The Stars)
      • writer: "All the Stars" (as Mark Spears)
      • 2025
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "Gorgeous"
      • writer: "Pay for It" (as Mark Spears)
      • 2014–2025
    • Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen in Platonic (2023)
      Platonic
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer: "squabble up"
      • 2025
    • Rachel Maddow in The Rachel Maddow Show (2008)
      The Rachel Maddow Show
      6.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "tv off (feat. nm15805323)" (as Mark Spears)
      • 2025
    • America's Morning Headquarters (2000)
      America's Morning Headquarters
      2.3
      TV Series
      • writer: "All the Stars" (as All The Stars)
      • 2025
    • Ramón Rodríguez in Will Trent (2023)
      Will Trent
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "If You Only Knew"
      • 2025
    • Jamie Foxx in Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... (2024)
      Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...
      5.8
      • writer: "Not Like Us"
      • 2024
    • Ville Eerikkilä and Juuso Kallio in Viki ja Köpi Show (2022)
      Viki ja Köpi Show
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "squabble up"
      • writer: "N95"
      • 2024
    • Basketball Wives (2010)
      Basketball Wives
      3.7
      TV Series
      • producer: "Not Like Us"
      • 2024
    • Piece by Piece (2024)
      Piece by Piece
      6.9
      • writer: "Alright"
      • 2024
    • Kendrick Lamar: Not Like Us (2024)
      Kendrick Lamar: Not Like Us
      9.1
      Music Video
      • producer: "Not Like Us"
      • 2024
    • Have You Been Paying Attention? (2013)
      Have You Been Paying Attention?
      8.3
      TV Series
      • producer: "Not Like Us"
      • 2024
    • Marco Girnth, Melanie Marschke, Amy Mußul, and Johannes Hendrik Langer in Leipzig Homicide (2001)
      Leipzig Homicide
      5.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "Lavender Haze"
      • 2023
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, Jenn Tran, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      5.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "Lavender Haze (Felix Jaehn Remix)"
      • 2023

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Mark 'Sounwave' Spears

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      Nominee, "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City," Album of the Year, Grammy Awards 2014.

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