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 ''

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'', most notably the end theme called "The Fall" written by Leyh especially for the show and composing original scores for the films of

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(including the

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-nominated '' Twist of Faith'' and '' SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist'') and sound design for the films of

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, and

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. He has also released several CDs of original music, and was employed as a composer and sound designer at

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during the late 90s. He wrote the scores for the award-winning

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/ref> Leyh lives in Harlem, New York City.

Awards

* In 1990 Leyh won a '' Golden Reel Award'' for Best Sound Editing on ''

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''. * In 1992 Leyh won a '' Golden Reel Award'' for Best Sound Editing on ''

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''. * In 2010 Leyh was nominated for a

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for his role as producer on the '' Treme'' soundtrack album * In 2014 Leyh won an

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for his role as music mixer on the HBO television series '' Treme''

External links

Official web site
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Baltimore City Paper interview about music in The WireAudio interview with Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jamie Hector, Clarke Peters, and Blake Leyh - The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYCOn selecting local music from the Baltimore scene for The Wire

References

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