Blade: Trinity (also known as Blade III or Blade III: Trinity) is a 2004 American superhero film written, produced and directed by David S. Goyer, who also wrote the screenplays to Blade and Blade II. It is produced by and stars Wesley Snipes in the title role, based on the Marvel Comics character Blade. It is the third film in the Blade film series. The film grossed over $128 million at the U.S. box office on a budget of $65 million. The adventures of Blade continue in 2006's Blade: The Series.
A group of vampires look for the hidden resting place of Drake, also known as Dracula—the genetic "father" of their species. They find him in an Iraqi ziggurat tomb, although not before, in a moment of blood lust, he kills one of them. The vampires capitalize on Blade's reputation as a serial killer and frame him for the killing of a familiar. During the ensuing manhunt, the FBI locate Blade's latest hideout, and, during the siege, Abraham Whistler dies. With his mentor gone and surrounded by human authorities, Blade allows himself to be captured and arrested.
Blade Trinity is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It was released on November 23, 2004 and like the previous two soundtracks for the series, featured a mix of hip hop music and electronic music. This proved to be the least successful of the three Blade soundtracks, peaking at #68 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, #15 on the Top Soundtracks and #8 on the Top Independent Albums. There are three different versions of the soundtrack: the clean version, the uncensored version, and the deluxe version. The deluxe version includes a 12-page comic and a bonus DVD featuring an animated short, a story board animatic, making-of footage, character designs, Blade Manga art, a weapons gallery, behind the scenes footage of The RZA scoring the film, and much more. The song "Starting Over" by The Crystal Method was also used in the film, though it is not on the soundtrack.