James Newton Howard

Born: 1951-06-09

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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

The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Nightcrawler
I Am Legend
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Maleficent
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Love & Other Drugs
King Kong
The Fugitive

Top Movie Credits

The Dark Knight Original Music Composer
Batman Begins Original Music Composer
Nightcrawler Original Music Composer
I Am Legend Original Music Composer
Maleficent Original Music Composer
Love & Other Drugs Original Music Composer
King Kong Original Music Composer
The Fugitive Original Music Composer