David Ari Leon

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David Ari Leon
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Background information
Born (1967-12-12) December 12, 1967 (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)Composer, musician, songwriter, music supervisor
Years active1990–present
LabelsVitamin Records, SoundMind Music
WebsiteSoundMindMusic.com

David Ari Leon (born December 12, 1967) is an American music supervisor, composer, songwriter and musician.[1]

Leon's first professional music credit was in 1990 working with

themes to the Marvel series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and The Super Hero Squad Show, and composed the main title music to the shows Xyber 9: New Dawn and Mr. Bill Presents.[4]

Featured music

Leon has been featured as a music artist on NPR's syndicated programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered in ten episodes between the years 2005 to 2018.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

He was also featured on the album "Rockabye Baby! Baby's Favorite Rock Songs,"

Rolling Stones song Ruby Tuesday that Leon performed and produced for the Rockabye Baby! series,[19] which also features the artists Björk, Journey and Kanye West
.

Education and early career

College

In 1990, Leon received a

Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Director."[21]

Marvel and Fox

In 1994, Leon began working for New World, the parent company of Marvel at that time, as Music Director and composer on the TV series Valley of the Dolls.[22] The following year (1995) was the start of his work for Marvel as composer and music supervisor on the show Spider-Man, along with other titles for Fox Kids.[23]

Leon subsequently held a Vice President of Music title for Fox from 1997 to 2002. During that time, he received music supervisor credits on many film and television projects for Fox such as the miniseries Les Misérables starring John Malkovich and the primetime series State of Grace, starring Frances McDormand.[24]

Recent works

More recently, Leon performed and arranged songs for a series of albums on

tangential learning.[33]

References

  1. ^ "All Music Guide". AllMusic.com. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  2. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: June 29, 2005". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  6. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: Aug. 29, 2005". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  7. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: July 31, 2007". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  8. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: Dec. 31, 2008". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  9. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: Aug. 19, 2010". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  10. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: Jan. 16, 2012". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  11. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: Apr. 6, 2012". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  12. ^ "NPR, Morning Edition: June 6, 2014". NPR.org. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  13. ^ "NPR, All Things Considered: Jan. 5, 2015". NPR.org. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  14. ^ "NPR, All Things Considered: Nov. 17, 2015". NPR.org. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  15. ^ "Album Credits Profile". AlbumCredits.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  16. ^ "Billboard". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video". Billboard.
  19. ^ "David Ari Leon at AllRovi". AllRovi.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  20. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  21. ^ "Awards Page: Internet Movie Database". IMDB.com. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  22. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.[unreliable source]
  23. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.[unreliable source]
  24. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.[unreliable source]
  25. ^ "Artist Page: David Ari Leon". Billboard.com. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  26. ^ "David Ari Leon at Amazon". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  27. ^ "Marvel Debuts 'Astonishing X-Men' Music Video". TheFlickCast.com. October 28, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  28. ^ "IMDB". IMDB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  29. ^ "Contre Jour HD: A Wonderful Puzzler". USA Today. September 8, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  30. ^ "Superman Review". 148 Apps. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  31. ^ "Woody Woodpecker Arrives on iOS Devices". Electronic Theatre. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  32. ^ "HMMA 2012 Visual Media Nominees". Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  33. ^ European Southern Observatory. "New App Kiwaka Features ESO Material". www.eso.org. Retrieved July 6, 2018.

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