James Newton Howard
Sound
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
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movieRemain
2027
Original Music Composer
movieBehemoth!
2026
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
Original Music Composer
movieMarty, Life Is Short
2026
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lost Bus
2025
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
Original Music Composer
tvAll the Light We Cannot See
2023
Original Music Composer
moviePain Hustlers
2023
Original Music Composer
movieDay Twelve
2023
Music
tvWillow
2022
Original Music Composer
tvLIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Original Music Composer, Music
movieFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
Original Music Composer
movieJungle Cruise
2021
Original Music Composer
movieRaya and the Last Dragon
2021
Original Music Composer
movieNews of the World
2020
Original Music Composer
movieA Hidden Life
2019
Original Music Composer
movieFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
Music Score Producer, Original Music Composer
movieThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
Original Music Composer
movieRed Sparrow
2018
Original Music Composer
movieRoman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
Original Music Composer
movieDetroit
2017
Original Music Composer
movieFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Original Music Composer
movieAll the Way
2016
Original Music Composer
movieThe Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Original Music Composer
movieConcussion
2015
Original Music Composer
moviePawn Sacrifice
2015
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Original Music Composer
movieNightcrawler
2014
Original Music Composer
movieCut Bank
2014
Original Music Composer
movieMaleficent
2014
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Original Music Composer
movieParkland
2013
Original Music Composer
movieAfter Earth
2013
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bourne Legacy
2012
Original Music Composer
movieSnow White and the Huntsman
2012
Original Music Composer
movieDarling Companion
2012
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hunger Games
2012
Original Music Composer
movieLarry Crowne
2011
Original Music Composer
movieGreen Lantern
2011
Original Music Composer
movieWater for Elephants
2011
Original Music Composer
movieGnomeo & Juliet
2011
Original Music Composer
movieThe Green Hornet
2011
Original Music Composer
movieThe Tourist
2010
Original Music Composer
movieLove & Other Drugs
2010
Original Music Composer
movieInhale
2010
Original Music Composer
movieSalt
2010
Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Airbender
2010
Original Music Composer
movieNanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Original Music Composer
movieDuplicity
2009
Original Music Composer
movieConfessions of a Shopaholic
2009
Original Music Composer
movieDefiance
2008
Original Music Composer
movieYoussou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
2008
Original Music Composer
movieThe Dark Knight
2008
Original Music Composer
movieThe Happening
2008
Original Music Composer
movieMad Money
2008
Original Music Composer
movieThe Water Horse
2007
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieThe Great Debaters
2007
Original Music Composer
movieCharlie Wilson's War
2007
Original Music Composer
movieI Am Legend
2007
Original Music Composer
movieMichael Clayton
2007
Original Music Composer
movieAnnie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
Music Producer
movieThe Lookout
2007
Original Music Composer
movieBlood Diamond
2006
Original Music Composer
movieLady in the Water
2006
Original Music Composer
movieRV
2006
Original Music Composer
movieFreedomland
2006
Original Music Composer
movieKing Kong
2005
Original Music Composer
movieMagnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
Original Music Composer
movieBatman Begins
2005
Original Music Composer
movieThe Interpreter
2005
Original Music Composer
movieCollateral
2004
Original Music Composer
movieThe Village
2004
Original Music Composer
movieHidalgo
2004
Original Music Composer
moviePeter Pan
2003
Original Music Composer
movieDreamcatcher
2003
Original Music Composer
movieTreasure Planet
2002
Original Music Composer
movieThe Emperor's Club
2002
Original Music Composer
movieAmongst the Shoes
2002
Original Music Composer
movieUnconditional Love
2002
Original Music Composer
movieSigns
2002
Original Music Composer
movieBig Trouble
2002
Original Music Composer
movieAmerica's Sweethearts
2001
Original Music Composer
movieAtlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
Original Music Composer
movieVertical Limit
2000
Original Music Composer
movieUnbreakable
2000
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieDinosaur
2000
Original Music Composer
movieSnow Falling on Cedars
1999
Original Music Composer
movieMumford
1999
Original Music Composer
movieWayward Son
1999
Original Music Composer
movieStir of Echoes
1999
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieThe Sixth Sense
1999
Original Music Composer
movieRunaway Bride
1999
Original Music Composer
movieA Perfect Murder
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Postman
1997
Original Music Composer
movieThe Devil's Advocate
1997
Original Music Composer
movieMy Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Original Music Composer
movieFathers' Day
1997
Original Music Composer
movieDante's Peak
1997
Original Music Composer
movieOne Fine Day
1996
Original Music Composer
movieSpace Jam
1996
Original Music Composer
movieThe Trigger Effect
1996
Original Music Composer
moviePrimal Fear
1996
Original Music Composer
movieThe Juror
1996
Original Music Composer
movieEye for an Eye
1996
Original Music Composer
movieRestoration
1995
Original Music Composer
movieWaterworld
1995
Original Music Composer
movieFrench Kiss
1995
Original Music Composer
movieOutbreak
1995
Original Music Composer
movieJust Cause
1995
Original Music Composer
movieJunior
1994
Original Music Composer
movieWyatt Earp
1994
Original Music Composer
movieIntersection
1994
Original Music Composer
movieAlive: 20 Years Later
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Saint of Fort Washington
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fugitive
1993
Original Music Composer
movieDave
1993
Original Music Composer
movieFalling Down
1993
Original Music Composer
movieAlive
1993
Original Music Composer
movieAmerican Heart
1992
Original Music Composer
movieNight and the City
1992
Original Music Composer
movieGlengarry Glen Ross
1992
Original Music Composer
movieDiggstown
1992
Original Music Composer
movieA Private Matter
1992
Original Music Composer
movieThe Prince of Tides
1991
Original Music Composer
movieGrand Canyon
1991
Original Music Composer
movieMy Girl
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man in the Moon
1991
Original Music Composer
movieDying Young
1991
Original Music Composer
movieLand of Men
1991
Music
movieGuilty by Suspicion
1991
Original Music Composer
movieKing Ralph
1991
Original Music Composer
movieDescending Angel
1990
Original Music Composer
movie3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
Original Music Composer
movieMarked for Death
1990
Original Music Composer
movieFlatliners
1990
Original Music Composer
movieRevealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990
Original Music Composer
moviePretty Woman
1990
Original Music Composer
movieCoupe de Ville
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Package
1989
Original Music Composer
movieMajor League
1989
Original Music Composer
movieTap
1989
Original Music Composer
movieEverybody's All-American
1988
Original Music Composer
movieSome Girls
1988
Original Music Composer
movieOff Limits
1988
Original Music Composer
moviePromised Land
1988
Original Music Composer
movieRusskies
1987
Original Music Composer
movieFive Corners
1987
Original Music Composer
movieCampus Man
1987
Original Music Composer
movieNobody's Fool
1986
Original Music Composer
movieTough Guys
1986
Original Music Composer
movie8 Million Ways to Die
1986
Original Music Composer
movieWildcats
1986
Original Music Composer
movieHead Office
1985
Original Music Composer
movieDune
1984
Original Music Composer
Acting11
movieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
Self - Original Music Composer
movieThe World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
Self - Original Music Composer (archive footage)
Making 'Signs'
2003
Self - Composer
movieCrosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again
1983
Self - Keyboards
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self