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Derryck Big Tank Thornton

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Actor
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Derryck Big Tank Thornton is known for You Got Served (2004), Praise This (2023) and My Wife and Kids (2000).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Marques Houston and Omarion in You Got Served (2004)
    You Got Served
    4.0
    • Soundtrack(as Big Tank, "Badaboom", "Take It to the Floor")
    • 2004
    Drew 'Druski' Desbordes, Chloe Bailey, Tristan Mack Wilds, Loren Lott, Anjelika Washington, Koryn Hawthorne, and Quavo in Praise This (2023)
    Praise This
    5.8
    • Music Department(as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
    • 2023
    My Wife and Kids (2000)
    My Wife and Kids
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Music Department(as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
    Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Yolanda Robinson in Greenleaf (2016)
    Greenleaf
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Music Department(as Derryck Thornton)

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • A Different World
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • Completed
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • The Spook Who Sat by the Door
      • music supervisor
      • Completed
      • TV Series
    • LA LAW
      • music supervisor
      • Completed
      • TV Series
    • The Chi (2018)
      The Chi
      7.5
      TV Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2018–2026
    • Demetrius Flenory Jr. and Da'Vinchi in Graduation Day (2025)
      BMF
      7.4
      TV Series
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2023–2025
    • Okieriete Onaodowan in Demascus (2023)
      Demascus
      7.2
      TV Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2025
    • Dope Thief (2025)
      Dope Thief
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2025
    • Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021)
      Power Book III: Raising Kanan
      7.7
      TV Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2022–2025
    • Forest Whitaker and Grantham Coleman in Emperor of Ocean Park (2024)
      Emperor of Ocean Park
      6.1
      TV Series
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2024
    • Wesley Snipes, Bill Bellamy, Colleen Camp, Kevin Hart, Faizon Love, Gary Owen, Chris Spencer, Caryn Ward, J.B. Smoove, Tiffany Haddish, Piper Curda, Raigan Harris, Spence Moore II, Emelina Adams, and Ryan Alexander Holmes in Back on the Strip (2023)
      Back on the Strip
      4.3
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2023
    • Swagger (2021)
      Swagger
      7.4
      TV Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2021–2023
    • Drew 'Druski' Desbordes, Chloe Bailey, Tristan Mack Wilds, Loren Lott, Anjelika Washington, Koryn Hawthorne, and Quavo in Praise This (2023)
      Praise This
      5.8
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2023
    • Mike (2022)
      Mike
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2022
    • Queen Latifah, Ludacris, Shaun Dixon, and Mychala Lee in End of the Road (2022)
      End of the Road
      4.8
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton Sr.)
      • 2022
    • Joseph Sikora in Power Book IV: Force (2022)
      Power Book IV: Force
      8.1
      TV Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2022
    • Michael Rainey Jr. in Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
      Power Book II: Ghost
      7.5
      TV Series
      • music supervisor
      • 2020–2022
    • Our Kind of People (2021)
      Our Kind of People
      6.2
      TV Series
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2021–2022
    • Christina Elmore and Jojo T. Gibbs in Twenties (2020)
      Twenties
      6.9
      TV Series
      • music supervisor (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton Sr)
      • 2021

    Composer

    • Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry in The Game (2006)
      The Game
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2011
    • Ving Rhames in American Gangster (2006)
      American Gangster
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Derryck Thornton)
      • 2006–2007
    • Static Shock (2000)
      Static Shock
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Derryck Thornton)
      • 2000–2004
    • My Wife and Kids (2000)
      My Wife and Kids
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2000–2003

    Actor

    • Wesley Snipes, Bill Bellamy, Colleen Camp, Kevin Hart, Faizon Love, Gary Owen, Chris Spencer, Caryn Ward, J.B. Smoove, Tiffany Haddish, Piper Curda, Raigan Harris, Spence Moore II, Emelina Adams, and Ryan Alexander Holmes in Back on the Strip (2023)
      Back on the Strip
      4.3
      • Wedding DJ (as Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton)
      • 2023
    • Lisa Kudrow and Damon Wayans in Marci X (2003)
      Marci X
      3.0
      • Scratcher (as Big Tank)
      • 2003

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton Sr

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    • Nickname
      • Big Tank

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