James Newton Howard
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- June 9, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores include Pretty Woman (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), The Fugitive (1993), Dinosaur (2000), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), Michael Clayton(2007) and the Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, scoring eight of Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007). He has also worked with other directors such as Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P.J. Hogan, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, and David Yates. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Newton Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Remain
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie · Original Music Composer
Behemoth!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marty, Life Is Short
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lost Bus
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pain Hustlers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Day Twelve
Movie · Music
All the Light We Cannot See
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Movie · Original Music Composer
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Willow
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Jungle Cruise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Raya and the Last Dragon
Movie · Original Music Composer
News of the World
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Hidden Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Movie · Music Score Producer, Original Music Composer
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Movie · Original Music Composer
Red Sparrow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Movie · Original Music Composer
Detroit
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Series of Unfortunate Events
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Movie · Original Music Composer
All the Way
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Concussion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pawn Sacrifice
Movie · Original Music Composer
What Lives Inside
TV · Music · 4 eps
Maleficent
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nightcrawler
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cut Bank
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie · Original Music Composer
After Earth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Parkland
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Bourne Legacy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunger Games
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Movie · Music
Darling Companion
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Green Hornet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Green Lantern
Movie · Original Music Composer
Water for Elephants
Movie · Original Music Composer
Larry Crowne
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gnomeo & Juliet
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Airbender
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love & Other Drugs
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tourist
Movie · Original Music Composer
Salt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Movie · Original Music Composer
Inhale
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret of the Whales
Movie · Music
Duplicity
Movie · Original Music Composer
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dark Knight
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mad Money
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Happening
Movie · Original Music Composer
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Defiance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
Movie · Original Music Composer
Michael Clayton
Movie · Original Music Composer
Charlie Wilson's War
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lookout
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Water Horse
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
The Great Debaters
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Am Legend
Movie · Original Music Composer
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Movie · Music Producer
Blood Diamond
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lady in the Water
Movie · Original Music Composer
Freedomland
Movie · Original Music Composer
RV
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Interpreter
Movie · Original Music Composer
King Kong
Movie · Original Music Composer
Batman Begins
Movie · Original Music Composer
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hidalgo
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Village
Movie · Original Music Composer
Collateral
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dreamcatcher
Movie · Original Music Composer
Peter Pan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Making 'Signs'
Movie · Music
Signs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Treasure Planet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Unconditional Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Amongst the Shoes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Big Trouble
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Emperor's Club
Movie · Original Music Composer
America's Sweethearts
Movie · Original Music Composer
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dinosaur
Movie · Original Music Composer
Unbreakable
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Vertical Limit
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sixth Sense
Movie · Original Music Composer
Runaway Bride
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stir of Echoes
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Snow Falling on Cedars
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mumford
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wayward Son
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cuentas claras
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Perfect Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer
From the Earth to the Moon
TV · Music · 1 ep
Fathers' Day
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Best Friend's Wedding
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Postman
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Devil's Advocate
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dante's Peak
Movie · Original Music Composer
Primal Fear
Movie · Original Music Composer
Space Jam
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Fine Day
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Juror
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Trigger Effect
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eye for an Eye
Movie · Original Music Composer
French Kiss
Movie · Original Music Composer
Outbreak
Movie · Original Music Composer
Waterworld
Movie · Original Music Composer
Just Cause
Movie · Original Music Composer
Restoration
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eye of the Stalker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Junior
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wyatt Earp
Movie · Original Music Composer
Intersection
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fugitive
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alive
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dave
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alive: 20 Years Later
Movie · Original Music Composer
Falling Down
Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Music Producer
The Saint of Fort Washington
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Private Matter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Glengarry Glen Ross
Movie · Original Music Composer
Diggstown
Movie · Original Music Composer
American Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night and the City
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Fichera Más Rápida del Oeste
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Prince of Tides
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer
King Ralph
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dying Young
Movie · Original Music Composer
Grand Canyon
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Man in the Moon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Guilty by Suspicion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Land of Men
Movie · Music
Pretty Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marked for Death
Movie · Original Music Composer
3 Men and a Little Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Descending Angel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flatliners
Movie · Original Music Composer
Coupe de Ville
Movie · Original Music Composer
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Image
Movie · Original Music Composer
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Movie · Original Music Composer
Major League
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Package
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tap
Movie · Original Music Composer
Off Limits
Movie · Original Music Composer
Some Girls
Movie · Original Music Composer
Everybody's All-American
Movie · Original Music Composer
Promised Land
Movie · Original Music Composer
Go Toward the Light
Movie · Original Music Composer
Five Corners
Movie · Original Music Composer
Campus Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Russkies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tough Guys
Movie · Original Music Composer
8 Million Ways to Die
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wildcats
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nobody's Fool
Movie · Original Music Composer
Head Office
Movie · Original Music Composer