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James Newton Howard
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.
Career
Stats
- Credits
- 3
- 3 productions
- Active
- 1999–2008
- 2 decades
- Most-used aspect
- 2.39:1
- 2 of 3 productions
Highlights
Known for
Career
Filmography
| Production | Year | Role | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Composer | 2.39:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf (Panavision spherical) |
![]() | Collateral | 2004 | Composer | 2.39:1·Sony HDW-F900 HD video (primary) |
![]() | The Sixth Sense | 1999 | Composer | — |
Network
Frequent collaborators
People who have worked on the most productions alongside James Newton Howard.









