Blake Leyh

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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. He has also released several CDs of original music.

Leyh lives in Harlem, New York City.

[edit] 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