James Newton Howard

Film score, Composer

1951 –

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Who is James Newton Howard?

James Newton Howard is an American composer best known for his scores to motion pictures. He is one of the most popular and respected composers for cinema, and has scored over 100 films. The recipient of eight Academy Award nominations, some of Howard's best known film scores include Pretty Woman, The Prince of Tides, The Fugitive, Dinosaur, The Village, King Kong, Batman Begins, I Am Legend, Blood Diamond,The Dark Knight, and, most recently Green Lantern, The Hunger Games, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Bourne Legacy, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Maleficent. He is known for his frequent collaborations with director M. Night Shyamalan, having scored all his films since The Sixth Sense. Howard also has a reputation of being a fast composer, due to his work on movies such as King Kong and The Hunger Games, both of which were composed in approximately one month.

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Born
Jun 9, 1951
Los Angeles
Also known as
  • Peter Pan
  • James Newtown Howard
  • James Howard Newton
Spouses
Religion
  • Reconstructionist Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Southern California
    Piano
  • The Thacher School
  • Music Academy of the West
Lived in
  • London
    (2010 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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