Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard on Thirty Years of Composing Beautiful Music
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSpike Lee calls his 30-year collaboration with composer Terence Blanchard “a match made in heaven.”The two have worked together on 17 films and three television projects including their most recent collaboration, “Da 5 Bloods.” Written and directed by Lee, it stars Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Isiah Witlock Jr., Clarke Peters and Chadwick Boseman.Hot off winning the Academy Award for adapted screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” Lee moved onto “Da 5 Bloods” with Blanchard on board to score. “I feel like Spike is the type of artist who never stands still and is never satisfied with something he’s done before,” says the composer.