About

Known credits:
161
Birthday:
1951-06-09
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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James Newton Howard

Overview

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 Actor Self - Original Music Composer 59
Average
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Actor Self - Original Music Composer.(archive footage) 59
Average
2009 Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil Actor Self 58
Average
2006 The Eighth Blunder of the World Actor Self N/A
N/A
2005 Deconstructing 'The Village' Actor Self 59
Average
2004 City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' Actor Self 58
Average
2003 Making 'Signs' Actor Self - Composer 59
Average
2000 Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense' Actor Self 59
Average
1983 Crosby, Stills & Nash: Daylight Again Actor Self - Keyboards 58
Average

Sound
2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2023 All the Light We Cannot See Sound Music 74
Good
2023 Pain Hustlers Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
2022 Light & Magic Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
2021 Jungle Cruise Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Sound Original Music Composer 76
Good
2020 News of the World Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
2019 A Hidden Life Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Sound Music Score Producer 67
Fair
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2018 Red Sparrow Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2017 Roman J. Israel, Esq. Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2017 Detroit Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
2016 All the Way Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2015 Concussion Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
2015 Pawn Sacrifice Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
2014 Nightcrawler Sound Original Music Composer 76
Good
2014 Cut Bank Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2014 Maleficent Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Sound Original Music Composer 73
Good
2013 Parkland Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2013 After Earth Sound Original Music Composer 52
Average
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games Sound Music 59
Average
2012 The Bourne Legacy Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2012 Darling Companion Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
2012 The Hunger Games Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
2011 Larry Crowne Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2011 Green Lantern Sound Original Music Composer 52
Average
2011 Water for Elephants Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2011 The Green Hornet Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
2010 The Tourist Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2010 Love & Other Drugs Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
2010 Inhale Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2010 Salt Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
2010 The Last Airbender Sound Original Music Composer 47
Bad
2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2009 Duplicity Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2008 Defiance Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
2008 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2008 The Dark Knight Sound Original Music Composer 84
Very good
2008 The Happening Sound Original Music Composer 54
Average
2008 Mad Money Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2007 The Water Horse Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
2007 The Great Debaters Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2007 The Water Horse Sound Orchestrator 63
Fair
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
2007 I Am Legend Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
2007 Michael Clayton Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
2007 Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens Sound Music Producer 59
Average
2007 The Lookout Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
2006 Blood Diamond Sound Original Music Composer 74
Good
2006 Lady in the Water Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
2006 RV Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2006 Freedomland Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
2005 King Kong Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2005 Batman Begins Sound Original Music Composer 76
Good
2005 The Interpreter Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2004 Collateral Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
2004 The Village Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2004 Hidalgo Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2003 Peter Pan Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
2003 Dreamcatcher Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
2002 Treasure Planet Sound Original Music Composer 74
Good
2002 The Emperor's Club Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2002 Amongst the Shoes Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2002 Unconditional Love Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2002 Signs Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2002 Big Trouble Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2001 America's Sweethearts Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2000 Vertical Limit Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2000 Unbreakable Sound Orchestrator 70
Good
2000 Unbreakable Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
2000 Dinosaur Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1999 Mumford Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1999 Wayward Son Sound Music 58
Average
1999 Stir of Echoes Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1999 Stir of Echoes Sound Orchestrator 64
Fair
1999 The Sixth Sense Sound Original Music Composer 78
Good
1999 Runaway Bride Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1998 A Perfect Murder Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1997 The Postman Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1997 The Devil's Advocate Sound Original Music Composer 73
Good
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1997 Fathers' Day Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
1997 Dante's Peak Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1996 One Fine Day Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1996 Space Jam Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
1996 The Trigger Effect Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1996 Primal Fear Sound Original Music Composer 74
Good
1996 The Juror Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
1996 Eye for an Eye Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1995 Restoration Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1995 Waterworld Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1995 French Kiss Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1995 Outbreak Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1995 Just Cause Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1994 Junior Sound Original Music Composer 53
Average
1994 Wyatt Earp Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1994 Intersection Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
1993 Alive: 20 Years Later Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1993 The Fugitive Sound Original Music Composer 73
Good
1993 Dave Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1993 Falling Down Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
1993 Alive Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1992 American Heart Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1992 Night and the City Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
1992 Diggstown Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1992 A Private Matter Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1991 Grand Canyon Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1991 The Prince of Tides Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1991 My Girl Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
1991 The Man in the Moon Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1991 Dying Young Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1991 Guilty by Suspicion Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1991 King Ralph Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
1990 Descending Angel Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1990 3 Men and a Little Lady Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1990 Marked for Death Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1990 Flatliners Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1990 Pretty Woman Sound Original Music Composer 73
Good
1990 Coupe de Ville Sound Music 59
Average
1989 Major League Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1989 Tap Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1989 The Package Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1988 Everybody's All-American Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1988 Some Girls Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1988 Off Limits Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1988 Promised Land Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1987 Russkies Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1987 Five Corners Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1987 Campus Man Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1986 Nobody's Fool Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1986 Tough Guys Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1986 8 Million Ways to Die Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1986 Wildcats Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1985 Head Office Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1984 Dune Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
The Lost Bus Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A