---
name: "Terence Blanchard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terence-blanchard"
fi1m_id: "terence-blanchard"
imdb_id: "nm0005966"
tmdb_id: 5287
wikidata_id: "Q967230"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-03T01:24:42.410919+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."
---

# Terence Blanchard

## Identity

Terence Blanchard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/terence-blanchard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** terence-blanchard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005966
- **TMDB ID:** 5287
- **Wikidata ID:** Q967230
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Blanchard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5287

Composer. Born 13 March 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 March 1962, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 2 acting, 8 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Spike Lee](https://film.one/person/spike-lee.md), [Delroy Lindo](https://film.one/person/delroy-lindo.md), [Jon Kilik](https://film.one/person/jon-kilik.md), [Kevin Willmott](https://film.one/person/kevin-willmott.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 69 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 68 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 4, History 4, Mystery 2, War 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $261m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Blanchard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5287

## Coming up

- *Children of Blood and Bone* (2027-01-13), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*One Night in Miami...*](https://film.one/film/one-night-in-miami.md) (84), [*Clockers*](https://film.one/film/clockers.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*The Woman King*](https://film.one/film/the-woman-king.md) (72)
- **Netflix:** [*Da 5 Bloods*](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md) (72)
- **HBO Max:** [*Perry Mason*](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Terence Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Born on 13 March 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana, he studied at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts and Rutgers University. He performed with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1982 before forming his own groups.

Blanchard has composed scores for more than 80 films and television productions. He has worked extensively with director Spike Lee, providing music for *Jungle Fever* (1991), *Malcolm X* (1992), *25th Hour* (2002), *Inside Man* (2006), *BlacKkKlansman* (2018) and *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), among others. He received Academy Award nominations for original score for the latter two films.

He has also written two operas. His opera *Fire Shut Up in My Bones* was staged by the Metropolitan Opera in the 2021–2022 season, the first by an African American composer in the company's history.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

### Performed in (2)

- *Treme* (2010), Fi1m 82, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md)
- *The Princess and the Frog* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Louis' Trumpet Playing (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-and-the-frog.md)

### Crew (8) — the average rests on these

- *By Any Means* (2026), Fi1m 52, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/by-any-means.md)
- *The Woman King* (2022), Fi1m 72, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-woman-king.md)
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Fi1m 72, Music, Conductor, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *One Night in Miami...* (2020), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-in-miami.md)
- *Perry Mason* (2020), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md)
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Fi1m 78, Conductor, Original Music Composer, Music, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)
- *Clockers* (1995), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/clockers.md)
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Fi1m 79, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)

## Complete filmography (85)

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

- *Children of Blood and Bone* (2027), Original Music Composer
- *By Any Means* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/by-any-means.md)
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Champion* (2023), Music
- *The Woman King* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-woman-king.md)
- *A Jazzman's Blues* (2022), Music Producer, Music Arranger, Songs
- *Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues* (2022), Music
- *Father of the Bride* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *They Call Me Magic* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bruised* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Swagger* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *One Night in Miami...* (2020), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/one-night-in-miami.md)
- *Perry Mason* (2020), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md)
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *On the Record* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Harriet* (2019), Conductor, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Guilty until Proven Guilty* (2018), Actor
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Orchestrator, Conductor, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)
- *Shots Fired* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Comedian* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Chi-Raq* (2015), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Black or White* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Gun Hill* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Betty and Coretta* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Abducted: The Carlina White Story* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Red Tails* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Key Man* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Bunraku* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise* (2010), series, Original Music Composer
- *Just Wright* (2010), as Jazz Musician
- *Treme* (2010), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md)
- *The Princess and the Frog* (2009), as Louis' Trumpet Playing (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-and-the-frog.md)
- *Cadillac Records* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Miracle at St. Anna* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Talk to Me* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts* (2006), series, Music
- *Waist Deep* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Inside Man* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *All the Invisible Children* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Jesus Children of America* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Chick Corea Rendezvous in New York - Chick Corea & Bud Powell* (2005), as Trumpet
- *Lethal Seduction* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Their Eyes Were Watching God* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Sucker Free City* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *She Hate Me* (2004), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Musician
- *Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *25th Hour* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Dark Blue* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *People I Know* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Barbershop* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Jim Brown: All-American* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Salton Sea* (2002), Musician
- *Glitter* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Original Sin* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Bojangles* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Caveman's Valentine* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *A Girl Thing* (2001), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bamboozled* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Truth About Jane* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Love & Basketball* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Chick Corea & Friends: Live - Remembering Bud Powell* (2000), Actor
- *Navigating the Heart* (2000), Music, Compositors
- *Next Friday* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Summer of Sam* (1999), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Free of Eden* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Color of Courage* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *A Saintly Switch* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Tempest* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Gia* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Eve's Bayou* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *4 Little Girls* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *'Til There Was You* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Get on the Bus* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Clockers* (1995), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/clockers.md)
- *Trial by Jury* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Crooklyn* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *The Inkwell* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Sugar Hill* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Malcolm X* (1992), as Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Jungle Fever* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Mo' Better Blues* (1990), Musician
- *School Daze* (1988), Musician

## Gallery

- ![L'orchestre de jazz The Jazz Messengers en concert à Plougonven (Bretagne, France) en 1985. De gauche à droite : Jean Toussaint, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harri](https://film.one/media/person/80248/gallery-651f6b32b438.jpg) L'orchestre de jazz The Jazz Messengers en concert à Plougonven (Bretagne, France) en 1985. De gauche à droite : Jean Toussaint, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harri — Roland Godefroy, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Jas_Messengers01.JPG/1280px-Jas_Messengers01.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Terence Blanchard](https://film.one/media/person/80248/gallery-221321271d47.jpg) Terence Blanchard — AZOffice, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Oscars_2019_Robin_and_Terence.jpg/1280px-Oscars_2019_Robin_and_Terence.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![SONY DSC (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/80248/gallery-43a7a47863a5.jpg) SONY DSC (2014) — Dirk Neven, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Terence_Blanchard%2C_Lantaren_Venster_Rotterdam_16_mei_2014_-_Brice_Winston_%2851277879909%29.jpg/1280px-Terence_Blanchard%2C_Lantaren_Venster_Rotterdam_16_mei_2014_-_Brice_Winston_%2851277879909%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![SONY DSC (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/80248/gallery-c7b65ac7e1f9.jpg) SONY DSC (2014) — Dirk Neven, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Terence_Blanchard%2C_Lantaren_Venster_Rotterdam_16_mei_2014_-_Fabian_Almazan_%2851277880719%29.jpg/1280px-Terence_Blanchard%2C_Lantaren_Venster_Rotterdam_16_mei_2014_-_Fabian_Almazan_%2851277880719%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![SONY DSC (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/80248/gallery-dfad4520884f.jpg) SONY DSC (2014) — Dirk Neven, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Terence_Blanchard%2C_Lantaren_Venster_Rotterdam_16_mei_2014_-_Joshua_Crumbly_%2851276405352%29.jpg/1280px-Terence_Blanchard%2C_Lantaren_Venster_Rotterdam_16_mei_2014_-_Joshua_Crumbly_%2851276405352%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2021: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Da 5 Bloods*
- 2019: Best Original Score (nominated), for *BlacKkKlansman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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