Terence Blanchard

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 41 nominations. See more awards »

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BlacKkKlansman Composer

(2018)

25th Hour Composer

(2002)

Da 5 Bloods Composer

(2020)

Inside Man Composer

(2006)

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Composer (75 credits)

2021 Genius (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Aretha: Respect (2021)

2020 Bruised

2020 One Night in Miami

2020 Perry Mason (TV Series) (8 episodes)

- Chapter Eight (2020) ... (Composer)

- Chapter Seven (2020)

- Chapter Six (2020) ... (Composer)

- Chapter Five (2020)

- Chapter Four (2020)

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2020 Da 5 Bloods

2020 On the Record (Documentary)

2019/I Harriet

2018 Guilty Until Proven Guilty (Documentary)

2018 BlacKkKlansman

2017 Shots Fired (TV Series) (9 episodes)

- Hour Ten: Last Dance (2017)

- Hour Nine: Come to Jesus (2017)

- Hour Eight: Rock Bottom (2017)

- Hour Six: The Fire This Time (2017)

- Hour Five: Before the Storm (2017)

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2016 Great Performers: L.A. Noir (Video short)

2016/III The Comedian

2015 Chi-Raq (music score)

2015 Katrina 10 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts (TV Special)

2014 Black or White

2013 Betty and Coretta (TV Movie) (music by)

2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story (TV Movie) (music by)

2012 Red Tails

2011 Gun Hill (TV Movie)

2011 The Key Man

2010 Bunraku

2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)

- Episode #1.2 (2010)

2008 Cadillac Records

2008 Miracle at St. Anna

2007/II Steep (Short)

2007 Talk to Me

2006 Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? (Documentary)

2006 Flow: Living in the Stream of Music (Video documentary)

2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)

- Part Two (2006)

- Part One (2006)

2006 Waist Deep

2006 Inside Man

2006 Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

- 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 People I Know

2002 Barbershop (music by)

2002 Jim Brown: All American (TV Movie documentary)

2001 Glitter

2001 Original Sin

2001 Bojangles (TV Movie) (music by)

2001 A Girl Thing (TV Movie)

2001 The Caveman's Valentine

2000 Bamboozled

2000 The Truth About Jane (TV Movie) (music by)

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 The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) (1 episode)

- A Saintly Switch (1999)

1998 The Tempest (TV Movie)

1998 Free of Eden (TV Movie)

1998 The Color of Courage (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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Music department (39 credits)

2020 One Night in Miami (musician: Trumpet)

2020 Da 5 Bloods (conductor) / (orchestrator)

2018 BlacKkKlansman (conductor) / (featured musician: synthesizers & piano) / (orchestrator)

2016/III The Comedian (score musician: trumpet)

2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story (TV Movie) (music by)

2012 Red Tails (musican: trumpet) / (orchestrator) / (score producer) / (synth programmer)

2011 The Key Man (score performed by) / (synths and drums programming)

2009 The Princess and the Frog (musician: Louis' trumpet playing) / (musician: trumpet)

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 25th Hour (conductor) / (music producer - uncredited) / (musican: trumpet) / (orchestrator)

2002 Dark Blue (conductor - uncredited) / (music producer - uncredited) / (musician: trumpet solos - uncredited) / (orchestrator)

2002 People I Know (conductor - uncredited) / (orchestrator - uncredited)

2002 Barbershop (conductor) / (musician: Hammond B3)

2002 Jim Brown: All American (TV Movie documentary) (conductor) / (musician: trumpet and B3 hammond organ)

2002 The Salton Sea (musician: trumpet solo)

2001 Original Sin (conductor) / (musician: trumpet feature) / (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 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (musician: trumpet)

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)

1995 Clockers (conductor - uncredited) / (musician: trumpet - uncredited)

1994 Trial by Jury (musician)

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)

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Soundtrack (15 credits)

2020 All the Bright Places (performer: "Mo' Better Rules")

2018 BlacKkKlansman (writer: "Photo Opp's" from tt0454848)

2014 Black or White (writer: "Funeral Song")

2009 Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- 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", "Chaiyya Chaiyya - Bollywood Joint")

2004 She Hate Me (arranger: "Adam 'n' Eve 'n' Eve")

2002 25th Hour (arranger: "The Fuse")

2002 The Salton Sea (performer: "Saeta")

1998 Gia (TV Movie) (arranger: "Young At Heart") / (writer: "Will She Stay?")

1991 Jungle Fever (arranger: "Behold the Star")

1990 Mo' Better Blues (performer: "Harlem Blues", "Say Hey", "Knocked Out The Box", "Again, Never", "Mo'Better Blues", "Pop Top 40", "Beneath The Underdog", "Harlem Blues (a cappella)") / (writer: "Harlem Blues", "Say Hey", "Knocked Out The Box", "Again, Never", "Mo'Better Blues", "Pop Top 40", "Beneath The Underdog", "Harlem Blues (a cappella)")

1988 School Daze ("Straight & Nappy", "Wake Up Suite") / (performer: "One Little Acorn")

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Actor (5 credits)

2010 Just Wright
Jazz Musician

2009 The Princess and the Frog (credit only)

2006 From Jazz Fest to the World (TV Mini-Series)

2001 A Girl Thing (TV Movie)
Terence Blanchard

1992 Malcolm X
Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet

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Producer (1 credit)

2019 Up from the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music (Documentary) (executive producer)

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Additional Crew (1 credit)

1990 Mo' Better Blues (technical consultant)

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Thanks (1 credit)

1991 Jungle Fever (special thanks)

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Self (40 credits)

Marty and Elayne: Stayin' Alive at the Dresden (Documentary) (filming)
Self - Musician

Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (Documentary) (post-production)
Self

2022 King Cake: The Joie de Vivre (Documentary) (post-production)
Self

2021 Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods: Casting and Crafting a Timely Epic (Documentary)
Self

2020 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards (TV Special)
Self

2020 Score: The Podcast (TV Series)
Self

- Terence Blanchard has New Orleans in his soul (2020) ... Self

2020 Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (TV Special)
Self

2019 Up from the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music (Documentary)
Self -Host

2019 The Oscars (TV Special)
Self - Nominee

2018 Q 85: A Musical Celebration For Quincy Jones (TV Special)
Self

2018 Guilty Until Proven Guilty (Documentary)

2018 A Man And His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story (Documentary)
Self

2017 Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Hurricane Katrina (2017) ... Self

2016 Jazz at the White House (TV Special)
Self - Performer

2016 The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & His Music (TV Special)
Self

2016 The Movie Music of Spike Lee & Terence Blanchard (TV Movie)
Self

2015 The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (TV Special)
Self - Performer

2009-2015 Tavis Smiley (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest

- Episode dated 17 September 2015 (2015) ... Self

- Episode dated 20 May 2013 (2013) ... Self - Guest

- Episode dated 4 September 2009 (2009) ... Self

2015 Katrina 10 Years After the Storm with Robin Roberts (TV Special)
Self

2015 Jazz for Japan (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2015 America's Blues (Documentary)
Self

2015 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Self - Guest Musician

- Melissa McCarthy/Ed Sheeran (2015) ... Self - Guest Musician

2015 International Jazz Day
Self

2014 Jazz and the Philharmonic (TV Movie)
Self

2010-2013 Treme (TV Series)
Self

- This City (2013) ... Self

- All on a Mardi Gras Day (2010) ... Self

2013 International Jazz Day: Live in Istanbul (Video)
Self

2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #1.1 (2010) ... Self

1994-2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series)
Self - Guest Musician / Self

- Episode #18.81 (2010) ... Self - Guest Musician

- Episode #3.129 (1994) ... Self

2009 Icons Among Us (Documentary)

2009 The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

2008 BB King: The Blues and Jazz (TV Special)
Self

2007 Lights! Action! Music! (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2006 Purejazz: The Pure Jazzfest (Documentary short)

2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self

- Part Two (2006) ... Self

- Part One (2006) ... Self

2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (Video documentary short)
Self

2005 The Music Makers (TV Series documentary)

- Flow (2005)

2004 Rendezvous in New York (Video documentary)
Self

2001 Evening at Pops (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Born in Boston with Chick Corea, Terence Blanchard, and Jane Monheit (2001) ... Self

1995 Swing Into Christmas (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1993 25th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

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An award-winning Jazz bandleader/composer/arranger

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[on 'Champion' his jazz opera about gay boxer Emile Griffith] I was just compelled by the whole notion of a person who could be that accomplished and not really share the moment of winning the championship with somebody that he loved. It speaks volumes of where we are as a society and how we need to really check ourselves, especially those of us who call ourselves compassionate human beings. It ... See more »

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