Terence Blanchard
From AwardAnnals
Information about the artist.
Works
- 3 works
- Show titles only
25th Hour: Original Score
Terence Blanchard
Spike Lee’s powerful rumination on the last 24 hours of freedom of a young convicted felon (Edward Norton) before he serves a seven-year prison sentence that will forever change his life is charged with melancholy regrets—and slim hopes of redemption. Longtime Lee collaborator Terence Blanchard’s haunting score was deservedly nominated for a Golden Globe for the stark, sophisticated way it colors a challenging story with music that’s at once haunting and achingly introspective. Blanchard’s orchestral music here may at first seem like his most obvious bowing to…Find it:
The Caveman's Valentine: Music From The Motion Picture
Terence Blanchard
With the encouragement of director Spike Lee, modern-jazz trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard branched out into films, first as an actor and musician (including work in Do the Right Thing, School Daze, and Mo’ Better Blues) then full-time scoring with Jungle Fever and Malcolm X. Lee’s good judgment has paid off again with the score to this murder mystery revolving around a mentally ill classical musician (Samuel L. Jackson) and his efforts to unravel the crime. Blanchard’s score is a true revelation, a sophisticated musical…Find it:
