Terence Blanchard is trumpeter, pianist and composer.
He is known for his extensive collaborations with Spike Lee. He has composed 18 of his films including Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Summer of Sam (1999), Bamboozled (2000), 25th Hour (2002), She Hate Me (2004), Inside Man (2006), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Chi-Raq (2015), BlacKkKlansman (2018), Da 5 Bloods (2020). He has composed other films such as Eve's Bayou (1997), Red Tails (2012), Harriet (2019), One Night in Miami... (2020), The Woman King (2022).
Blanchard has received numerous accolades including five Grammy Awards. He has also received two Academy Award for Best Original Score nominations for BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Da 5 Bloods (2020). He has also received nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Original Score BlacKkKlansman 2020 Da 5 Bloods
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2018 Best Original Music BlacKkKlansman
Emmy Award Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Award 2022 Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series They Call Me Magic
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 Best Original Score 25th Hour
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1990 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group "Again Never" 1996 Best Latin Jazz Album The Heart Speaks 2000 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo "I Thought About You" 2001 "Lost in a Fog" 2004 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Illuminations 2005 Flow 2006 Best Long Form Music Video Flow: Living in the Stream of Music 2007 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo "Levees" Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) 2008 Best Jazz Instrumental Solo "Be-Bop" 2009 Best Improvised Jazz Solo "Dancin' 4 Chicken" 2013 "Don't Run" 2015 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Breathless 2019 Best Instrumental Composition "Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil)" 2021 Best Improvised Jazz Solo "Absence" Best Jazz Instrumental Album Absence
Critics Awards Year Award Category Project Result 2002 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards Best Score 25th Hour 2002 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Best Score 2008 Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Original Score Miracle at St. Anna 2018 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards Best Score BlacKkKlansman 2018 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Best Original Score 2018 Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards Best Score 2018 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards Best Original Score 2018 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards Best Score 2020 Austin Film Critics Association Awards Best Score Da 5 Bloods 2020 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Original Score 2020 DiscussingFilm Critics Awards Best Original Score 2020 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards Best Score 2020 Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards Best Original Score 2020 International Online Cinema Awards Best Original Score 2020 Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards Best Musical Score 2020 Music City Film Critics' Association Awards Best Score 2020 Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Original Score 2020 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards Best Original Score 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards Best Original Score 2020 Denver Film Critics Society Awards Best Original Score One Night in Miami... 2020 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards Best Musical Score 2020 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards Best Original Score
Miscellaneous Awards Year Award Category Project Result 1991 Soul Train Music Awards Best Jazz Album Mo' Better Blues 1994 The Malcolm X Jazz Suite 2002 Satellite Awards Best Original Score25th Hour 2003 World Soundtrack Awards Soundtrack Composer of the Year 2005 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Original Score She Hate Me 2007 Inside Man 2008OffBeat's Best of The Beat AwardsBest Contemporary Jazz Band or Performer 2009 BMI Awards Classic Contribution Award Himself OffBeat's Best of The Beat AwardsBest Contemporary Jazz Band or PerformerBest Contemporary Jazz AlbumChoices 2013 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Original Score Red Tails OffBeat's Best of The Beat AwardsBest Contemporary Jazz Band or Performer Soul Train Music Awards Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group "Pet Step Sitter's Theme Song" 2015OffBeat's Best of The Beat AwardsBest Contemporary Jazz Band or PerformerBest Contemporary Jazz AlbumBreathless 2015 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Original Score Black or White 2016 Chi-Raq 2018 BlacKkKlansman 2018 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score in a Feature Film 2018 Satellite Awards Best Original Score 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score in a Feature Film Harriet 2019 Satellite Awards Best Original Score 2020 Venice Film Festival Campari Passion for the Cinema Award 2020 Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards Outstanding Original Score for a Studio FilmDa 5 Bloods Spirit of Collaboration Award (Shared with Spike Lee) 2021-22OffBeat's Best of The Beat AwardsBest Contemporary Jazz Band or PerformerBest Contemporary Jazz AlbumAbsence (with the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet) 2019 Satellite Awards Best Original Score One Night in Miami 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score in a Feature Film The Woman King 2023OffBeat's Best of The Beat AwardsBest Contemporary Jazz ArtistBest Trumpeter
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