James Newton Howard

Born: 1951-06-09

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.


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

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Released: 2015-03-06

Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. An impressively in...

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Deconstructing 'The Village'

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Released: 2005-01-11

In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get...

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City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

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Released: 2004-12-14

This documentary chronicles the making of the film Collateral (2004). We get to see Tom Cruise...

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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

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Released: 2012-08-18

A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting...

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Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense'

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Released: 2000-03-28

This making-of piece features Shaymalan and composer James Newton Howard sharing their insights...

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Crosby, Stills & Nash: Daylight Again

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Released: 1983-01-01

This is a 1982 concert by Crosby, Stills and Nash, in support of their "Daylight Again" CD...

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The Oscars

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First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Hollywood in Vienna

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First aired: 2011-09-25

Hollywood in Vienna is an annual film music gala hosted in the Vienna Concert Hall where the Max...

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