James Newton Howard

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James Newton Howard

Born
(age 75)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
176 titles

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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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 11

YearTitleRole
2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Film Self - Original Music Composer
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Film Self - Original Music Composer (archive footage)
2011 Hollywood in Vienna TV Self (1 ep)
2009 Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil Film Self
2006 The Eighth Blunder of the World Film Self
2005 Deconstructing 'The Village' Film Self
2004 City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' Film Self
2003 Making 'Signs' Film Self - Composer
2000 Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense' Film Self
1983 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again Film Self - Keyboards
1953 The Oscars TV Self (1 ep)

Crew credits 167

YearTitleJob
2027 Remain Film Original Music Composer, Songs
2026 Behemoth! Film Original Music Composer
2026 The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Film Original Music Composer
2026 Marty, Life Is Short Film Original Music Composer
2025 The Lost Bus Film Original Music Composer
2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Film Original Music Composer
2023 All the Light We Cannot See TV Original Music Composer (4 ep)
2023 Pain Hustlers Film Original Music Composer
2023 Day Twelve Film Music
2022 Willow TV Original Music Composer (3 ep)
2022 LIGHT & MAGIC TV Original Music Composer (6 ep)
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Film Original Music Composer
2021 Jungle Cruise Film Original Music Composer
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Film Original Music Composer
2020 News of the World Film Original Music Composer
2019 A Hidden Life Film Original Music Composer
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Film Music Score Producer, Original Music Composer
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Film Original Music Composer
2018 Red Sparrow Film Original Music Composer
2017 Roman J. Israel, Esq. Film Original Music Composer
2017 Detroit Film Original Music Composer
2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events TV Original Music Composer (5 ep)
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Film Original Music Composer
2016 All the Way Film Original Music Composer
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War Film Original Music Composer
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Film Original Music Composer
2015 Concussion Film Original Music Composer
2015 Pawn Sacrifice Film Original Music Composer
2015 What Lives Inside TV Music (4 ep)
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Film Original Music Composer
2014 Nightcrawler Film Original Music Composer
2014 Cut Bank Film Original Music Composer
2014 Maleficent Film Original Music Composer
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Film Original Music Composer
2013 Parkland Film Original Music Composer
2013 After Earth Film Original Music Composer
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Film Music
2012 The Bourne Legacy Film Original Music Composer
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman Film Original Music Composer
2012 Darling Companion Film Original Music Composer
2012 The Hunger Games Film Original Music Composer
2011 Larry Crowne Film Original Music Composer
2011 Green Lantern Film Original Music Composer
2011 Water for Elephants Film Original Music Composer
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Film Original Music Composer
2011 The Green Hornet Film Original Music Composer
2010 The Tourist Film Original Music Composer
2010 Love & Other Drugs Film Original Music Composer
2010 Inhale Film Original Music Composer
2010 Salt Film Original Music Composer
2010 The Last Airbender Film Original Music Composer
2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Film Original Music Composer
2010 The Secret of the Whales Film Music
2009 Duplicity Film Original Music Composer
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Film Original Music Composer
2008 Defiance Film Original Music Composer
2008 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love Film Original Music Composer
2008 The Dark Knight Film Original Music Composer
2008 Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight Film Original Music Composer
2008 The Happening Film Original Music Composer
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