---
name: "Stanley Clarke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stanley-clarke"
fi1m_id: "stanley-clarke"
imdb_id: "nm0006010"
tmdb_id: 9769
wikidata_id: "Q453406"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "30 June 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:47:59.279105+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Stanley Clarke

## Identity

Stanley Clarke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stanley-clarke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stanley-clarke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006010
- **TMDB ID:** 9769
- **Wikidata ID:** Q453406
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Clarke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453406, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9769

Composer. Born 30 June 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 30 June 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Clarke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453406, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9769

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Boyz n the Hood*](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md) (86)

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## Biography

Stanley Clarke (born 30 June 1951) is an American composer and bassist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a founding member of the jazz fusion band Return to Forever in the early 1970s.

Clarke has composed scores for numerous films and television projects. His credits include *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), *What's Love Got to Do with It* (1993), *Poetic Justice* (1993), *Romeo Must Die* (2000), *The Transporter* (2002) and *Barbershop: The Next Cut* (2016). He has also worked on series such as *Tales from the Crypt*.

He is a five-time Grammy Award winner with fifteen nominations in total and has received three Emmy nominations for his scoring work.

*Sources: imdb.com, billboard.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Undercover Brother 2* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Halston* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Barbershop: The Next Cut* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Best Man Holiday* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland: Jazz à Sète Festival 2012* (2012), as Bass
- *Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland: Live Catania Jazz 2012* (2012), as Bass
- *SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009* (2009), Actor
- *Soul Men* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Return to Forever: Live in San Sebastian* (2008), Actor
- *First Sunday* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Like Mike 2: Streetball* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Into the Sun* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Roll Bounce* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Time* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Transporter* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Undisputed* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Undercover Brother* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Little John* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Red Sneakers* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Romeo Must Die* (2000), Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
- *The Color of Friendship* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Loretta Claiborne Story* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *If You Believe* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Best Man* (1999), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Funny Valentines* (1999), Music
- *Down in the Delta* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *On the Line* (1998), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Sprung* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *B.A.P.S* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Dangerous Ground* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Cherokee Kid* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Eddie* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Bleeding Hearts* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Show* (1995), Music
- *Panther* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Higher Learning* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Royce* (1994), Music
- *Little Big League* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *A Cool Like That Christmas* (1993), Music
- *Poetic Justice* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *What's Love Got to Do with It* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Watch It* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Mood Indigo* (1993), Music
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Passenger 57* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Love Kills* (1991), Music
- *Cool as Ice* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Boyz n the Hood* (1991), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/boyz-n-the-hood.md)
- *The Five Heartbeats* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Prison Stories: Women on the Inside* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The Kid Who Loved Christmas* (1990), Music
- *Book of Love* (1990), Music
- *Dangerous Pursuit* (1990), Music
- *The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project* (1990), as Bass
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Original Music Composer
- *Out on the Edge* (1989), Music
- *Kung Fu the next generation* (1987), Music
- *Chick Corea: A Very Special Concert* (1982), as Bass

## Gallery

- ![Stanley Clarke](https://film.one/media/person/78452/gallery-6802b64142a5.jpg) Stanley Clarke — Tsaorin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/STANLEY_CLARKE_N_4EVER_Concert_at_International_Jazz_Festival_of_San_Javier_2022_11.jpg/1280px-STANLEY_CLARKE_N_4EVER_Concert_at_International_Jazz_Festival_of_San_Javier_2022_11.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke en el Auditorio Kursaal (2014).](https://film.one/media/person/78452/gallery-915b4b696368.jpg) Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke en el Auditorio Kursaal (2014). — Vidartereyes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Chick_Corea_%26_Stanley_Clarke.jpg/1280px-Chick_Corea_%26_Stanley_Clarke.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten in The SMV Thunder Tour at Stockholm Jazz Fest 2009](https://film.one/media/person/78452/gallery-849e475e4b1a.jpg) Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten in The SMV Thunder Tour at Stockholm Jazz Fest 2009 — Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Clarke_Wooten.jpg/1280px-Clarke_Wooten.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lenny White & Stanley Clarke Rochester, N.Y. - 1976](https://film.one/media/person/78452/gallery-7d7656068359.jpg) Lenny White & Stanley Clarke Rochester, N.Y. - 1976 — Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lenny_White_%26_Stanley_Clarke.jpg/1280px-Lenny_White_%26_Stanley_Clarke.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stanley Clarke](https://film.one/media/person/78452/gallery-7481887a7e64.jpg) Stanley Clarke — Image via TMDB
- ![Lenny White & Stanley Clarke Rochester, N.Y. - 1976](https://film.one/media/person/78452/gallery-3bd18e772acc.jpg) Lenny White & Stanley Clarke Rochester, N.Y. - 1976 — Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Lenny_White_and_his_drum_set_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Lenny_White_and_his_drum_set_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Chick Corea: Return to Forever Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, New York, 1974 (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/78452/gallery-ac6adf735812.jpg) Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Chick Corea: Return to Forever Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, New York, 1974 (2007) — Grant Gouldon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Return_to_Forever_1974.jpg/1280px-Return_to_Forever_1974.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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