Blake Leyh (born in Syracuse, New York in 1962) is a composer, sound designer, and music supervisor.
Leyh's prominent credits include music supervising HBO's television show The Wire, composing original scores for the films of Kirby Dick (including the Oscar-nominated Twist of Faith and SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist) and sound design for the films of Julie Taymor, Ang Lee, Spike Lee, John Waters, and James Cameron. Kirby Dick (b August 23, 1952) is an American Academy Award nominated Documentary film director. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Twist of Faith is a 2005 American Documentary film directed by Kirby Dick. SICK The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan Supermasochist is a 1997 documentary about Bob Flanagan, an American writer poet performance artist Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of Broadway theatre and film Ang Lee ( (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award -winning Film director from Taiwan. Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20 1957 is an Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated American Film director, John Samuel Waters Jr (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, Actor, Writer, Celebrity, James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian - American director He has also released several CDs of original music.
Leyh lives in Harlem, New York City.
External links
- Official web site
- Blake Leyh at the Internet Movie Database
- Baltimore City Paper interview about music in The Wire
- Blake Leyh's music blog, The Ten Thousand Things
- Audio interview with Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jamie Hector, Clarke Peters, and Blake Leyh - The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC
- Feature interview on coordinating music for The Wire
- On selecting local music from the Baltimore scene for The Wire
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