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James Newton Howard
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American composer and music producer (born 1951)
Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
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)…
Known for
- The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 — Self - Original Music Composer2015
- The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games — Self - Original Music Composer (archive footage)2012
- Hollywood in Vienna — Self2011
- Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil — Self2009
- The Eighth Blunder of the World — Self2006
- Deconstructing 'The Village' — Self2005
- City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' — Self2004
- Making 'Signs' — Self - Composer2003
- Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense' — Self2000
- Crosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again — Self - Keyboards1983
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Key facts
- Born
- James Newton Horowitz , ( 1951-06-09 ) June 9, 1951 (age 74) , Los Angeles , California , United States
- Genres
- Film score rock pop rock
- Occupations
- Composer music producer arranger
- Instrument
- Keyboards
- Years active
- 1973–present
- Formerly of
- Elton John Band Toto Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Spouses
- Brie Howard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 ) Rosanna Arquette ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1987 ) Sofie Lena Barron ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 )
- Website
- jamesnewtonhoward .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Classic Brit Awards
- Field of work
- film score
- Genre
- film score
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Private Music
- Official website
- jamesnewtonhoward.com
- Image
- James Newton Howard.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1951-06-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- related category
- Category:Films scored by James Newton Howard
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- Commons category
- James Newton Howard
- name in native language
- James Newton Howard
- social media followers
- 73900
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Encyclopedic 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), Space Jam (1996), The Sixth Sense (1999), Dinosaur (2000), Unbreakable (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Signs (2002), Treasure Planet (2002), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel, The Dark Knight (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), Blood Diamond (2006), Michael Clayton (2007), The Hunger Games series (2012–present), the Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022), and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films and eight of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007). He has also worked with other directors such as Peter Jackson, Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P. J. Hogan, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, and David Yates; conductor Pete Anthony; and violinist Eun-Mee Ahn.
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