James Newton Howard
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-06-09 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
James Newton Howard
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2015)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Original Music Composer
(2012)
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Original Music Composer.(archive footage)
(2009)
(2006)
(2005)
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
Making 'Signs'
as Self - Composer
(2000)
(1983)
Crosby, Stills & Nash: Daylight Again
as Self - Keyboards
Crew
The Lost Bus
Original Music Composer
(2023)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Pain Hustlers
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Day Twelve
Music
(2022)
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Original Music Composer
(2021)
Jungle Cruise
Original Music Composer
(2021)
Raya and the Last Dragon
Original Music Composer
(2020)
News of the World
Original Music Composer
(2019)
A Hidden Life
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Music Score Producer, Original Music Composer
(2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Red Sparrow
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Detroit
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Original Music Composer
(2016)
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Original Music Composer
(2016)
All the Way
Original Music Composer
(2015)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Concussion
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Pawn Sacrifice
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Maleficent
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Nightcrawler
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Cut Bank
Original Music Composer
(2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Original Music Composer
(2013)
After Earth
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Parkland
Original Music Composer
(2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Bourne Legacy
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Snow White and the Huntsman
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Hunger Games
Original Music Composer
(2012)
(2012)
Darling Companion
Original Music Composer
(2011)
The Green Hornet
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Green Lantern
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Water for Elephants
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Larry Crowne
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Gnomeo & Juliet
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Last Airbender
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Love & Other Drugs
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Tourist
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Inhale
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Salt
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Duplicity
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Dark Knight
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Mad Money
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Happening
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Defiance
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Michael Clayton
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Charlie Wilson's War
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Lookout
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Water Horse
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2007)
The Great Debaters
Original Music Composer
(2007)
I Am Legend
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Music Producer
(2006)
Blood Diamond
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Lady in the Water
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Freedomland
Original Music Composer
(2006)
RV
Original Music Composer
(2005)
The Interpreter
Original Music Composer
(2005)
King Kong
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Batman Begins
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Hidalgo
Original Music Composer
(2004)
The Village
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Collateral
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Dreamcatcher
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Peter Pan
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Signs
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Treasure Planet
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Unconditional Love
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Big Trouble
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Amongst the Shoes
Original Music Composer
(2002)
The Emperor's Club
Original Music Composer
(2001)
America's Sweethearts
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Dinosaur
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Unbreakable
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2000)
Vertical Limit
Original Music Composer
(1999)
The Sixth Sense
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Runaway Bride
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Stir of Echoes
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1999)
Snow Falling on Cedars
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Wayward Son
Music
(1999)
Mumford
Original Music Composer
(1998)
A Perfect Murder
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Fathers' Day
Original Music Composer
(1997)
My Best Friend's Wedding
Original Music Composer
(1997)
The Postman
Original Music Composer
(1997)
The Devil's Advocate
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Dante's Peak
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Primal Fear
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Space Jam
Original Music Composer
(1996)
One Fine Day
Original Music Composer
(1996)
The Juror
Original Music Composer
(1996)
The Trigger Effect
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Eye for an Eye
Original Music Composer
(1995)
French Kiss
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Outbreak
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Waterworld
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Just Cause
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Restoration
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Junior
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Wyatt Earp
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Intersection
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Fugitive
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Alive
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Dave
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Alive: 20 Years Later
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Saint of Fort Washington
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Falling Down
Original Music Composer
(1992)
A Private Matter
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Diggstown
Original Music Composer
(1992)
American Heart
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Night and the City
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Prince of Tides
Original Music Composer
(1991)
My Girl
Original Music Composer
(1991)
King Ralph
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Dying Young
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Grand Canyon
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Man in the Moon
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Guilty by Suspicion
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Land of Men
Music
(1990)
Pretty Woman
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Marked for Death
Original Music Composer
(1990)
3 Men and a Little Lady
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Descending Angel
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Flatliners
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Coupe de Ville
Music
(1989)
Major League
Original Music Composer
(1989)
The Package
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Tap
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Off Limits
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Some Girls
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Everybody's All-American
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Promised Land
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Five Corners
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Campus Man
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Russkies
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Tough Guys
Original Music Composer
(1986)
8 Million Ways to Die
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Wildcats
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Nobody's Fool
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Head Office
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Dune
Original Music Composer