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James Newton Howard

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James Newton Howard

EN, DE, ES, FR cinema · 166 credits

Born

9 June 1951 (age 75)

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as James Howard Newton · James Newton-Howard · The Behemoth! Collective

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Newton Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

Remain poster

Remain

EN · 2027Not rated

Original Music Composer, Songs

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping poster

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

EN · 2026Not rated

Original Music Composer

Behemoth! poster

Behemoth!

EN · 2026Not rated

Original Music Composer

Marty, Life Is Short poster

Marty, Life Is Short

EN · 20268.0

Original Music Composer

The Lost Bus poster

The Lost Bus

EN · 20257.0

Original Music Composer

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes poster

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

EN · 20237.0

Original Music Composer

Pain Hustlers poster

Pain Hustlers

EN · 20236.6

Original Music Composer

Day Twelve poster

Day Twelve

EN · 2023Not rated

Music

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

EN · 20226.6

Original Music Composer

Jungle Cruise poster

Jungle Cruise

EN · 20217.3

Original Music Composer

Raya and the Last Dragon poster

Raya and the Last Dragon

EN · 20217.8

Original Music Composer

News of the World poster

News of the World

EN · 20206.9

Original Music Composer

A Hidden Life poster

A Hidden Life

EN · 20197.2

Original Music Composer

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald poster

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

EN · 20186.8

Music Score Producer, Original Music Composer

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms poster

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

EN · 20186.1

Original Music Composer

Red Sparrow poster

Red Sparrow

EN · 20186.5

Original Music Composer

Roman J. Israel, Esq. poster

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

EN · 20176.3

Original Music Composer

Detroit poster

Detroit

EN · 20177.2

Original Music Composer

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them poster

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

EN · 20167.3

Original Music Composer

The Huntsman: Winter's War poster

The Huntsman: Winter's War

EN · 20166.3

Original Music Composer

All the Way poster

All the Way

EN · 20166.7

Original Music Composer

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 poster

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

EN · 20157.2

as Self - Original Music Composer

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

EN · 20156.9

Original Music Composer

Concussion poster

Concussion

EN · 20157.1

Original Music Composer

Pawn Sacrifice poster

Pawn Sacrifice

EN · 20156.7

Original Music Composer

Maleficent poster

Maleficent

EN · 20147.1

Original Music Composer

Nightcrawler poster

Nightcrawler

EN · 20147.7

Original Music Composer

Cut Bank poster

Cut Bank

EN · 20145.8

Original Music Composer

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

EN · 20146.8

Original Music Composer

After Earth poster

After Earth

EN · 20135.2

Original Music Composer

Parkland poster

Parkland

EN · 20136.2

Original Music Composer

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

EN · 20137.4

Original Music Composer

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games poster

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

EN · 20128.5

as Self - Original Music Composer (archive footage), Music

The Bourne Legacy poster

The Bourne Legacy

EN · 20126.3

Original Music Composer

Snow White and the Huntsman poster

Snow White and the Huntsman

EN · 20126.0

Original Music Composer

The Hunger Games poster

The Hunger Games

EN · 20127.2

Original Music Composer

Darling Companion poster

Darling Companion

EN · 20125.0

Original Music Composer

The Green Hornet poster

The Green Hornet

EN · 20115.6

Original Music Composer

Green Lantern poster

Green Lantern

EN · 20115.2

Original Music Composer

Water for Elephants poster

Water for Elephants

EN · 20116.9

Original Music Composer

Larry Crowne poster

Larry Crowne

EN · 20116.0

Original Music Composer

Gnomeo & Juliet poster

Gnomeo & Juliet

EN · 20115.9

Original Music Composer

The Last Airbender poster

The Last Airbender

EN · 20104.6

Original Music Composer

Love & Other Drugs poster

Love & Other Drugs

EN · 20107.0

Original Music Composer

The Tourist poster

The Tourist

EN · 20106.2

Original Music Composer

Inhale poster

Inhale

EN · 20106.0

Original Music Composer

Salt poster

Salt

EN · 20106.4

Original Music Composer

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang poster

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

EN · 20106.3

Original Music Composer

The Secret of the Whales poster

The Secret of the Whales

DE · 20102.5

Music

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil poster

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

EN · 20094.8

as Self

Duplicity poster

Duplicity

EN · 20095.9

Original Music Composer

Confessions of a Shopaholic poster

Confessions of a Shopaholic

EN · 20096.5

Original Music Composer

The Dark Knight poster

The Dark Knight

EN · 20088.5

Original Music Composer

Mad Money poster

Mad Money

EN · 20086.5

Original Music Composer

The Happening poster

The Happening

EN · 20085.4

Original Music Composer

Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love poster

Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love

EN · 20088.0

Original Music Composer

Defiance poster

Defiance

EN · 20086.8

Original Music Composer

Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight poster

Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight

EN · 20087.5

Original Music Composer

Michael Clayton poster

Michael Clayton

EN · 20076.8

Original Music Composer

Charlie Wilson's War poster

Charlie Wilson's War

EN · 20076.5

Original Music Composer

The Lookout poster

The Lookout

EN · 20076.6

Original Music Composer

The Water Horse poster

The Water Horse

EN · 20076.5

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

The Great Debaters poster

The Great Debaters

EN · 20077.3

Original Music Composer

I Am Legend poster

I Am Legend

EN · 20077.2

Original Music Composer

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens poster

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

EN · 20077.7

Music Producer

The Eighth Blunder of the World

2006

The Eighth Blunder of the World

EN · 2006Not rated

as Self

Blood Diamond poster

Blood Diamond

EN · 20067.6

Original Music Composer

Lady in the Water poster

Lady in the Water

EN · 20065.6

Original Music Composer

Freedomland poster

Freedomland

EN · 20065.3

Original Music Composer

RV poster

RV

EN · 20065.9

Original Music Composer

Deconstructing 'The Village' poster

Deconstructing 'The Village'

EN · 20054.7

as Self

The Interpreter poster

The Interpreter

EN · 20056.3

Original Music Composer

King Kong poster

King Kong

EN · 20056.9

Original Music Composer

Batman Begins poster

Batman Begins

EN · 20057.7

Original Music Composer

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon poster

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

EN · 20055.8

Original Music Composer

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' poster

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

EN · 20046.2

as Self

Hidalgo poster

Hidalgo

EN · 20046.9

Original Music Composer

The Village poster

The Village

EN · 20046.5

Original Music Composer

Collateral poster

Collateral

EN · 20047.3

Original Music Composer

Making 'Signs'

2003

Making 'Signs'

EN · 20036.3

as Self - Composer, Music

Dreamcatcher poster

Dreamcatcher

EN · 20035.7

Original Music Composer

Peter Pan poster

Peter Pan

EN · 20037.1

Original Music Composer

Signs poster

Signs

EN · 20026.7

Original Music Composer

Treasure Planet poster

Treasure Planet

EN · 20027.6

Original Music Composer

Unconditional Love poster

Unconditional Love

EN · 20026.0

Original Music Composer

Big Trouble poster

Big Trouble

EN · 20026.1

Original Music Composer

Amongst the Shoes poster

Amongst the Shoes

ES · 2002Not rated

Original Music Composer

The Emperor's Club poster

The Emperor's Club

EN · 20027.1

Original Music Composer

America's Sweethearts poster

America's Sweethearts

EN · 20015.7

Original Music Composer

Atlantis: The Lost Empire poster

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

EN · 20017.1

Original Music Composer

Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense' poster

Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense'

EN · 20005.0

as Self

Dinosaur poster

Dinosaur

EN · 20006.6

Original Music Composer

Unbreakable poster

Unbreakable

EN · 20007.1

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Vertical Limit poster

Vertical Limit

EN · 20006.0

Original Music Composer

The Sixth Sense poster

The Sixth Sense

EN · 19998.0

Original Music Composer

Runaway Bride poster

Runaway Bride

EN · 19996.1

Original Music Composer

Stir of Echoes poster

Stir of Echoes

EN · 19996.7

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Snow Falling on Cedars poster

Snow Falling on Cedars

EN · 19996.1

Original Music Composer

Mumford poster

Mumford

EN · 19996.6

Original Music Composer

Wayward Son poster

Wayward Son

EN · 19994.4

Original Music Composer

A Perfect Murder poster

A Perfect Murder

EN · 19986.6

Original Music Composer

Fathers' Day poster

Fathers' Day

EN · 19975.5

Original Music Composer

My Best Friend's Wedding poster

My Best Friend's Wedding

EN · 19976.6

Original Music Composer

The Postman poster

The Postman

EN · 19976.3

Original Music Composer

The Devil's Advocate poster

The Devil's Advocate

EN · 19977.5

Original Music Composer

Dante's Peak poster

Dante's Peak

EN · 19976.3

Original Music Composer

Primal Fear poster

Primal Fear

EN · 19967.7

Original Music Composer

Space Jam poster

Space Jam

EN · 19966.8

Original Music Composer

One Fine Day poster

One Fine Day

EN · 19966.5

Original Music Composer

The Juror poster

The Juror

EN · 19965.7

Original Music Composer

The Trigger Effect poster

The Trigger Effect

EN · 19965.8

Original Music Composer

Eye for an Eye poster

Eye for an Eye

EN · 19966.3

Original Music Composer

French Kiss poster

French Kiss

EN · 19956.5

Original Music Composer

Outbreak poster

Outbreak

EN · 19956.6

Original Music Composer

Waterworld poster

Waterworld

EN · 19956.2

Original Music Composer

Just Cause poster

Just Cause

EN · 19956.3

Original Music Composer

Restoration poster

Restoration

EN · 19956.1

Original Music Composer

Eye of the Stalker poster

Eye of the Stalker

EN · 19957.8

Original Music Composer

Junior poster

Junior

EN · 19945.2

Original Music Composer

Wyatt Earp poster

Wyatt Earp

EN · 19946.8

Original Music Composer

Intersection poster

Intersection

EN · 19945.1

Original Music Composer

The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

EN · 19937.5

Original Music Composer

Alive poster

Alive

EN · 19936.9

Original Music Composer

Dave poster

Dave

EN · 19936.7

Original Music Composer

Alive: 20 Years Later poster

Alive: 20 Years Later

EN · 19937.7

Original Music Composer

The Saint of Fort Washington poster

The Saint of Fort Washington

EN · 19936.6

Original Music Composer

Falling Down poster

Falling Down

EN · 19937.4

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Music Producer

A Private Matter poster

A Private Matter

EN · 19925.5

Original Music Composer

Glengarry Glen Ross poster

Glengarry Glen Ross

EN · 19927.3

Original Music Composer

Diggstown poster

Diggstown

EN · 19926.3

Original Music Composer

American Heart poster

American Heart

EN · 19926.4

Original Music Composer

Night and the City poster

Night and the City

EN · 19925.7

Original Music Composer

The Prince of Tides poster

The Prince of Tides

EN · 19916.6

Original Music Composer

My Girl poster

My Girl

EN · 19917.4

Original Music Composer

King Ralph poster

King Ralph

EN · 19915.4

Original Music Composer

Dying Young poster

Dying Young

EN · 19916.7

Original Music Composer

Grand Canyon poster

Grand Canyon

EN · 19916.4

Original Music Composer

The Man in the Moon poster

The Man in the Moon

EN · 19917.4

Original Music Composer

Guilty by Suspicion poster

Guilty by Suspicion

EN · 19916.5

Original Music Composer

Land of Men poster

Land of Men

FR · 19915.0

Music

Pretty Woman poster

Pretty Woman

EN · 19907.4

Original Music Composer

Marked for Death poster

Marked for Death

EN · 19906.1

Original Music Composer

3 Men and a Little Lady poster

3 Men and a Little Lady

EN · 19905.8

Original Music Composer

Descending Angel poster

Descending Angel

EN · 19905.5

Original Music Composer

Flatliners poster

Flatliners

EN · 19906.5

Original Music Composer

Coupe de Ville poster

Coupe de Ville

EN · 19906.5

Original Music Composer

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler poster

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

EN · 19908.0

Original Music Composer

The Image poster

The Image

EN · 19904.8

Original Music Composer

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture poster

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

EN · 19907.0

Original Music Composer

Major League poster

Major League

EN · 19896.9

Original Music Composer

The Package poster

The Package

EN · 19896.1

Original Music Composer

Tap poster

Tap

EN · 19896.6

Original Music Composer

Off Limits poster

Off Limits

EN · 19885.6

Original Music Composer

Some Girls poster

Some Girls

EN · 19885.8

Original Music Composer

Everybody's All-American poster

Everybody's All-American

EN · 19885.4

Original Music Composer

Promised Land poster

Promised Land

EN · 19885.1

Original Music Composer

Go Toward the Light poster

Go Toward the Light

EN · 19887.7

Original Music Composer

Five Corners poster

Five Corners

EN · 19875.9

Original Music Composer

Campus Man poster

Campus Man

EN · 19874.4

Original Music Composer

Russkies poster

Russkies

EN · 19875.2

Original Music Composer

Tough Guys poster

Tough Guys

EN · 19866.0

Original Music Composer

8 Million Ways to Die poster

8 Million Ways to Die

EN · 19865.5

Original Music Composer

Wildcats poster

Wildcats

EN · 19866.2

Original Music Composer

Nobody's Fool poster

Nobody's Fool

EN · 19864.4

Original Music Composer

Head Office poster

Head Office

EN · 19855.4

Original Music Composer

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again poster

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again

EN · 19837.7

as Self - Keyboards