8.5
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Sound
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
8.5
Movie
7.2
Movie
The Hunger Games
7.7
Movie
Batman Begins
7.3
Movie
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7.4
Movie
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.2
Movie
I Am Legend
6.8
Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
7.1
Movie
Maleficent
6.9
Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
8.0
Movie
The Sixth Sense
7.7
Movie
Nightcrawler
6.8
Movie
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
7.1
Movie
Unbreakable
7.4
Movie
Pretty Woman
6.9
Movie
King Kong
7.6
Movie
Blood Diamond
6.0
Movie
Snow White and the Huntsman
5.2
Movie
Green Lantern
Acting credits 11
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |