Terence Blanchard

A New Orleans jazz trumpeter, he has worked with Spike Lee for more than three decades, since Malcolm X, in which he also appears playing. BlacKkKlansman brought his first Oscar nomination and Da 5 Bloods the second; he became the first Black composer with two solo nominations. He has won six Grammys, and his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first by an African American composer staged at the Metropolitan Opera, in 2021.

Style

Classical orchestra with jazz trumpet and deeply emotional gravity.

Awards

Oscar nominations for BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods. Six Grammys, one for a piece from BlacKkKlansman.

Discography

• Malcolm X (1992) Spotify
• The Caveman's Valentine (2001) Spotify
• 25th Hour (2002) Spotify · Apple Music
• She Hate Me (2004) Spotify · Apple Music
• Inside Man (2006) Spotify · Apple Music
• Red Tails (2012) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Comedian (2017) Spotify · Apple Music
• BlacKkKlansman (2018) Spotify · Apple Music
• Harriet (2019) Spotify · Apple Music
• Da 5 Bloods (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• One Night in Miami... (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• Perry Mason: Season 1 (2020) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Woman King (2022) Spotify · Apple Music
• Perry Mason: Season 2 (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (2025) Spotify · Apple Music
• By Any Means (2026) Spotify · Apple Music

"Spotify" and "Apple Music" open the album directly on each platform; if only Spotify appears, we have not yet been able to check that album on Apple Music. "Search Spotify" opens an album search for that title. If a link does not lead to the right album, write to [email protected]. "Album" marks the year of that album edition when it differs from the film's.

Listen

• Main Theme · BlacKkKlansmanSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• Ron's Theme · BlacKkKlansmanSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia