James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1951-06-09 (73 years old)

Biography

American composer, orchestrator, and music producer James Newton Howard is an eight-time Academy Award nominee.  He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director M. Night Shyamalan. He is well known for his highly emotional and powerfully subtle music, supplying his talent to an array of films such as The Fugitive, The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village, the two Christopher Nolan Batman films; Batman Begins and The Dark Knight with Hans After Howard left the University of Southern California, he toured with Elton John as a keyboardist during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Howard also arranged strings for several of Elton's songs during this period including on the hits "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word", as well as playing additional keyboards and synthesizers on several of Elton's studio albums, including "Rock of The Westies" (1975), "Blue Moves" (1976), "21 At 33" (1980), and "The Fox" (1981). After his tenure with John, Howard toured briefly with Crosby, Stills and Nash before moving into film music in the mid-1980s. Howard scored the blockbuster Pretty Woman (1990). He received his first Academy Award nomination for his score for Barbra Streisand's drama The Prince of Tides (1991). Howard achieved four more best original score Oscar nominations, for the Harrison Ford action feature The Fugitive (1993), the Julia Roberts romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), M. Night Shyamalan's The Village (2004) and most recently, Michael Clayton (2007). In addition, Howard received Best Song nods for scoring the Western epic Wyatt Earp (1994), Kevin Costner's Waterworld (1995), and Primal Fear (1996).   Howard scored Space Jam (1996), Dante's Peak (1997) (theme only - score was composed by John Frizzell), and Collateral (2004). Howard has  scored three Disney films which are Dinosaur (2000), Treasure Planet and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Howard also earned an Emmy nomination in 1995 the theme and pilot to the television drama, ER. He also won an Emmy for the them to Gideon's Crossing.  He went on to win a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score for the feature King Kong. He went on to receive Oscar nominations for the features Michael Clayton (2007) and Defiace (2008).

Filmography

all 174

Movies 167

self 13

TV Shows 7

Producer 2

Original Music Composer
Pain Hustlers

Pain Hustlers (2023)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Willow

Willow (2022)

TV
5.25
Original Music Composer
Light & Magic

Light & Magic (2022)

TV
Original Music Composer
Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise (2021)

Movie
6.56
Original Music Composer
News of the World

News of the World (2020)

Movie
8
Original Music Composer
A Hidden Life

A Hidden Life (2019)

Movie
6
Music Score Producer / Original Music Composer
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Movie
6.24
Original Music Composer
Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow (2018)

Movie
6.58
Original Music Composer
Detroit

Detroit (2017)

Movie
5.54
Original Music Composer
All the Way

All the Way (2016)

Movie
2
Original Music Composer
Concussion

Concussion (2015)

Movie
8.25
Original Music Composer
Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler (2014)

Movie
7.56
Original Music Composer
Cut Bank

Cut Bank (2014)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Maleficent

Maleficent (2014)

Movie
7.84
Original Music Composer
Parkland

Parkland (2013)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
After Earth

After Earth (2013)

Movie
6.17
Self - Original Music Composer.(archive footage) / Music
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Movie
5.77
Original Music Composer
The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games (2012)

Movie
7.62
Original Music Composer
Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne (2011)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Green Lantern

Green Lantern (2011)

Movie
7.21
Original Music Composer
Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants (2011)

Movie
7
Original Music Composer
Gnomeo & Juliet

Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

Movie
5.8
Original Music Composer
The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet (2011)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Tourist

The Tourist (2010)

Movie
6.82
Original Music Composer
Love & Other Drugs

Love & Other Drugs (2010)

Movie
7.25
Original Music Composer
Inhale

Inhale (2010)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Salt

Salt (2010)

Movie
7.13
Original Music Composer
The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender (2010)

Movie
5.81
Original Music Composer
Defiance

Defiance (2008)

Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer
The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight (2008)

Movie
7.39
Original Music Composer
The Happening

The Happening (2008)

Movie
5.71
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
The Water Horse

The Water Horse (2007)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters (2007)

Movie
Original Music Composer
I Am Legend

I Am Legend (2007)

Movie
7.9
Original Music Composer
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton (2007)

Movie
5.46
Original Music Composer
The Lookout

The Lookout (2007)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond (2006)

Movie
7.5
Original Music Composer
Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water (2006)

Movie
5
Original Music Composer
RV

RV (2006)

Movie
6.75
Original Music Composer
Freedomland

Freedomland (2006)

Movie
Original Music Composer
King Kong

King Kong (2005)

Movie
7.07
Original Music Composer
Batman Begins

Batman Begins (2005)

Movie
6.29
Original Music Composer
The Interpreter

The Interpreter (2005)

Movie
2.67
Original Music Composer
Collateral

Collateral (2004)

Movie
6.36
Original Music Composer
The Village

The Village (2004)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Hidalgo

Hidalgo (2004)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Treasure Planet

Treasure Planet (2002)

Movie
7.18
Original Music Composer
The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club (2002)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Signs

Signs (2002)

Movie
7.4
Original Music Composer
Big Trouble

Big Trouble (2002)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Unbreakable

Unbreakable (2000)

Movie
6.59
Original Music Composer
Dinosaur

Dinosaur (2000)

Movie
6.27
Original Music Composer
Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes (1999)

Movie
4.33
Original Music Composer
The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Movie
6.26
Original Music Composer
Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride (1999)

Movie
6.91
Original Music Composer
A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder (1998)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Postman

The Postman (1997)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak (1997)

Movie
6.36
Original Music Composer
One Fine Day

One Fine Day (1996)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Space Jam

Space Jam (1996)

Movie
6.95
Original Music Composer
Primal Fear

Primal Fear (1996)

Movie
2.5
Original Music Composer
Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye (1996)

Movie
8
Original Music Composer
Waterworld

Waterworld (1995)

Movie
6.03
Original Music Composer
Outbreak

Outbreak (1995)

Movie
5.71
Original Music Composer
Just Cause

Just Cause (1995)

Movie
2.5
Original Music Composer
Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp (1994)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Intersection

Intersection (1994)

Movie
Self - Composer, 'Wyatt Earp'
Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend

Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (1994)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Fugitive

The Fugitive (1993)

Movie
6.31
Original Music Composer
Dave

Dave (1993)

Movie
4.25
Original Music Composer
Falling Down

Falling Down (1993)

Movie
7
Original Music Composer
Alive

Alive (1993)

Movie
2
Original Music Composer
American Heart

American Heart (1992)

Movie
1
Original Music Composer
Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Diggstown

Diggstown (1992)

Movie
1
Original Music Composer
The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides (1991)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
My Girl

My Girl (1991)

Movie
6.6
Original Music Composer
The Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon (1991)

Movie
7
Original Music Composer
Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Marked for Death

Marked for Death (1990)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Flatliners

Flatliners (1990)

Movie
6.18
Original Music Composer
Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman (1990)

Movie
8
Original Music Composer
Major League

Major League (1989)

Movie
5.36
Original Music Composer
The Package

The Package (1989)

Movie
1
Original Music Composer
Some Girls

Some Girls (1988)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Off Limits

Off Limits (1988)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Five Corners

Five Corners (1987)

Movie
1
Original Music Composer
Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool (1986)

Movie
Original Music Composer
8 Million Ways to Die

8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Lost Bus

The Lost Bus

Movie

Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1951-06-09 (73 years old)

Birth Place
Los Angeles, United States

Relationships
Rosanna Arquette (1986 - 1987)

Children
Hayden Howard, Jackson Howard

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
James Howard Newton, James Newton-Howard

Awards
Classic Brit Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards

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