By Staff Report on May 29, 2018
Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard
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Timed to their latest collaboration on BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee’s go-to composer Terence Blanchard talks to VICE about everything from his childhood studying piano in New Orleans and his first partnership with Lee on 1991’s Jungle Fever to the director’s love of orchestral music to complete a score. In addition to music, the VICE’s Noel Ransome […]
By Staff Report on November 23, 2015
Chi-Raq, feature film, Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard
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Jazzman Terence Blanchard scores this Spike Lee retelling of the Lysistrata legend, set in violence-torn Chicago. The film, produced by Amazon Studios and set for distribution in December from Lions Gate Releasing, has already generated a bit of controversy due to its title — a mash-up of Chicago and Iraq (where fewer U.S. special forces troops […]
