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Terence Blanchard

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A world renowned trumpeter/composer/band leader and Blue Note recording artist, Terence Blanchard is the most prolific jazz musician to ever compose for motion pictures. Blanchard was born and raised in New Orleans where he studied with the Marsalis brothers at the famed New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts... See full bio »

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Terence Oliver Blanchard
in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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2012 Red Tails
 
2010 Bunraku
 
2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV series documentary)
– Episode #1.2 (2010)
 
2008 Cadillac Records
 
2008 Miracle at St. Anna
 
2007 Talk to Me
 
2006 Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? (documentary)
 
2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2006 Waist Deep
 
2006 Inside Man
 
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2006)
 
2005 All the Invisible Children (segment "Jesus Children of America")
 
2005 Jesus Children of America (short)
 
2005/I Heartless (TV movie)
 
2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV movie)
 
2004 Sucker Free City (TV movie)
 
2004 She Hate Me
 
2004 Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (documentary)
 
2004 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (TV movie)
 
2002 25th Hour
 
2002 Dark Blue
 
2002 Barbershop
 
2002 Jim Brown: All American (TV documentary)
 
2002 People I Know
 
2001 Glitter
 
2001 Original Sin
 
2001 Bojangles (TV movie) (music by)
 
2001 A Girl Thing (TV movie)
 
2001 The Caveman's Valentine (music by)
 
2000 Bamboozled
 
2000 The Truth About Jane (TV movie)
 
2000 Navigating the Heart (TV movie)
 
2000 Love & Basketball
 
2000 Next Friday
 
1999 Summer of Sam
 
1999 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (TV movie)
 
1999 A Saintly Switch (TV movie)
 
1998 The Tempest (TV movie)
 
1998 The Color of Courage (TV movie)
 
1998 Free of Eden (TV movie)
 
1998 Gia (TV movie)
 
1997 Eve's Bayou
 
1997 4 Little Girls (documentary)
 
1997 'Til There Was You
 
1996 Get on the Bus
 
1995 Clockers
 
1995 The Promised Land (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1994 Trial by Jury
 
1994 Crooklyn
 
1994 The Inkwell
 
1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (TV movie)
 
1993 Sugar Hill
 
1992 Malcolm X
 
1991 Jungle Fever
 
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2009 The Princess and the Frog (musician: Louis' trumpet playing)
 
2008 Cadillac Records (conductor, musician: trumpet, piano and synths, orchestrator)
 
2008 Miracle at St. Anna (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2007 Talk to Me (conductor, musician: trumpet, keyboards and piano, orchestrator)
 
2006 Inside Man (conductor, musician: trumpet, orchestrator)
 
2004 She Hate Me (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2002 Dark Blue (orchestrator)
 
2002 Barbershop (conductor, musician: Hammond B3)
 
2002 Jim Brown: All American (TV documentary) (conductor, musician: trumpet and B3 hammond organ)
 
2002 People I Know (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
2002 The Salton Sea (musician: trumpet solo)
 
2001 Original Sin (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2001 The Caveman's Valentine (conductor, orchestrator, performer: 'Romulus' piano compositions)
 
2000 Bamboozled (conductor: score, musician: trumpet, New York Jazz Ensemble)
 
2000 Love & Basketball (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2000 Next Friday (conductor)
 
1999 Random Hearts (musician: trumpet)
 
1999 Summer of Sam (conductor: score, musician: trumpet solos)
 
1997 4 Little Girls (documentary) (conductor: score, musician: trumpet, score producer)
 
1996 Get on the Bus (conductor, score producer)
 
1996 Soul of the Game (TV movie) (composer: special music)
 
1996 Primal Fear (musician: horn solos)
 
1994 Crooklyn (conductor)
 
1994 Backbeat (musician)
 
1992 Malcolm X (conductor: Malcolm X Orchestra, musician: trumpet, leader, Big Band, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1992 HouseSitter (musician)
 
1990 Mo' Better Blues (composer: special music - uncredited)
 
1989 Do the Right Thing (musician: trumpet, The Natural Spiritual Orchestra)
 
1988 School Daze (musician)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (12 titles)
2009 Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (TV series)
– The Princess and the Frog (2009) (performer: "When We're Human")
 
2009 The Princess and the Frog (performer: "When We're Human")
 
2008 Miracle at St. Anna (arranger: "He's Got The Whole World In His Hand")
 
2007 Talk to Me (performer: "Compared to What" / producer: "Compared to What")
 
2006 Inside Man (arranger: "Chaiyya Chaiyya - Bollywood Joint", "Chaiyya Chaiyya")
 
2004 She Hate Me (arranger: "Adam 'n' Eve 'n' Eve")
 
2002 People I Know (writer: "Uptown Lowdown" 2002, "JMP" 2002 / performer: "Uptown Lowdown" 2002, "JMP" 2002)
 
2002 25th Hour (arranger: "The Fuse")
 
2002 The Salton Sea (performer: "Saeta")
 
1998 Gia (TV movie) (writer: "Will She Stay?" / arranger: "Young At Heart")
 
1991 Jungle Fever (arranger: "Behold the Star")
 
1988 School Daze (performer: "One Little Acorn")
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2010 Just Wright
Jazz Musician
 
2001 A Girl Thing (TV movie)
Terence Blanchard
 
1992 Malcolm X
Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1990 Mo' Better Blues (technical consultant)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1991 Jungle Fever (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (14 titles)
2012 Marty and Elayne: Stayin' Alive at the Dresden (documentary) (filming)
Himself - Musician
 
2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2010) … Himself
 
1994-2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Musician
– Episode #18.81 (2010) … Himself - Guest Musician
– Episode dated 20 July 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
2010 Treme (TV series)
Himself
– All on a Mardi Gras Day (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Icons Among Us (documentary)
 
2009 The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2007 Lights! Action! Music! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Music Makers (TV series documentary)
– Flow (2005)
 
2004 Rendezvous in New York (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Evening at Pops (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Born in Boston with Chick Corea, Terence Blanchard, and Jane Monheit (2001) … Himself
 
1995 Swing Into Christmas (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1993 25th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 

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Performed trumpet for the Denzel Washington character in Mo' Better Blues (1990) and for the Val Kilmer character in The Salton Sea (2002). See more »

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