Blake Leyh

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Blake Leyh

| image = Blake Leyh in 2020.jpg

| caption = Leyh in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|12|18}}

| birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S.

| instrument = {{flatlist|

• Guitar
• Bass
• Electric Cello
• Gravikord

}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Soundtrack
• electronic
• avant-garde

}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Composer
• Sound Designer
• Music Supervisor
• Mixer

}}

| years_active = 1980–present

| website = {{URL|blakeleyh.com}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Leslie Asako Gladsjø|2002}}

}}

{{more footnotes|date=September 2009}}

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, most notably the end theme called "The Fall" written by Leyh especially for the show and 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, and was employed as a composer and sound designer at Beatnik during the late 90s.{{Cite web |title=HEADSPACE people: Blake Leyh - Head of Sound Design, Composer |url=http://www.headspace.com/people/bleyh.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970605144346/http://www.headspace.com/people/bleyh.html |archive-date=June 5, 1997 |access-date=December 4, 2021 |website=Headspace}}

He wrote the scores for the award-winning documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell[https://web.archive.org/web/20110118050744/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/191591/Blake-Leyh NY Times Friday, February 5, 2010] and Killing Kasztner[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/killing-kasztner-the-jew-who-dealt-with-1004025359.story/ The Hollywood Reporter, October 20, 2009] Leyh lives in Harlem, New York City.