- Blake Leyh
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 "") and sound design for the films ofJulie Taymor ,Ang Lee ,Spike Lee , John Waters, andJames Cameron . He has also released several CDs of original music.Leyh lives in Harlem, New York City.
External links
* [http://www.blakeleyh.com Official web site]
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* [http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=12203 Baltimore City Paper interview about music in The Wire]
* [http://tenthousand.org Blake Leyh's music blog, The Ten Thousand Things]
* [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2008/01/30 Audio interview with Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jamie Hector, Clarke Peters, and Blake Leyh - The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC]
* [http://www.hbo.com/thewire/music_feature/index.html Feature interview on coordinating music for The Wire]
* [http://www.citypaper.com/film/story.asp?id=12203 On selecting local music from the Baltimore scene for The Wire]
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