Biography
Stanley Clarke (born 30 June 1951) is an American composer and bassist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a founding member of the jazz fusion band Return to Forever in the early 1970s.
Clarke has composed scores for numerous films and television projects. His credits include Boyz n the Hood (1991), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Poetic Justice (1993), Romeo Must Die (2000), The Transporter (2002) and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016). He has also worked on series such as Tales from the Crypt.
He is a five-time Grammy Award winner with fifteen nominations in total and has received three Emmy nominations for his scoring work.
