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James Newton Howard attended the University of Southern California's music school, but dropped out to tour with Elton John, and eventually compose music for film and television. He started with Head Office in 1985. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards. He currently is a songwriter, record producer, conductor, keyboardist, and film composer. See full bio »

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2009 Breast Cancer: The Path of Wellness & Healing (documentary) (composer: theme music)
 
2009 High Noon (TV movie) (score producer)
 
1994-2009 ER (TV series) (composer: theme music - 276 episodes)
– And in the End... (2009) (composer: theme music)
– A House Divided (2007) (composer: theme music)
– Jigsaw (2006) (composer: theme music)
– Heart of the Matter (2006) (composer: theme music)
– Ames v. Kovac (2006) (composer: theme music)
See all 276 episodes »
 
2009 Midnight Bayou (TV movie) (provider: score)
 
2009 Northern Lights (TV movie) (score producer)
 
2008 The Dark Knight (musician: piano - uncredited)
 
2008 Imagine (TV series) (score producer - 1 episode)
– Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2008) (score producer)
 
2007 The Water Horse (orchestrator)
 
2007 Carolina Moon (TV movie) (score producer)
 
2007 Blue Smoke (TV movie) (score producer)
 
2007 Angels Fall (TV movie) (score producer)
 
2006 American Masters (TV series documentary) (score producer - 1 episode)
– Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2006) (score producer)
 
2005 The Interpreter (orchestrator)
 
2003 Great Performances (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode, 2003) (orchestrator - 1 episode, 2003)
– Elton John at the Royal Opera House (2003) (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2003 Dreamcatcher (orchestrator)
 
2002 Treasure Planet (orchestrator, score producer)
 
2002 The Emperor's Club (orchestrator, score producer)
 
2002 Unconditional Love (orchestrator)
 
2002 Signs (score producer)
 
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (orchestrator, score producer)
 
2000-2001 The Fugitive (TV series) (composer: theme music - 8 episodes)
– Smith 282 (2001) (composer: theme music)
– Flesh and Blood (2001) (composer: theme music)
– Tucker's Gift (2001) (composer: theme music)
– Sea Change (2001) (composer: theme music)
– Strapped (2001) (composer: theme music)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2000 Vertical Limit (orchestrator, score producer)
 
2000 Unbreakable (orchestrator, score producer - uncredited)
 
2000 Dinosaur (orchestrator, score producer)
 
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars (orchestrator, score producer)
 
1999 Mumford (orchestrator, score producer)
 
1999 The Sixth Sense (orchestrator, score producer - uncredited)
 
1999 Stir of Echoes (orchestrator, score producer)
 
1999 Runaway Bride (orchestrator)
 
1998 A Perfect Murder (orchestrator)
 
1997 The Postman (orchestrator)
 
1997 The Devil's Advocate (orchestrator)
 
1997 Fathers' Day (orchestrator)
 
1997 Picture Perfect (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1997 Liar Liar (composer: theme music)
 
1997 Dante's Peak (composer: theme music)
 
1997 Metro (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1996 One Fine Day (orchestrator)
 
1996 Space Jam (orchestrator)
 
1996 The Rich Man's Wife (composer: theme music)
 
1996 The Trigger Effect (orchestrator)
 
1996 Primal Fear (orchestrator)
 
1996 The Sentinel (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– The Switchman (1996) (composer: theme music)
 
1996 Eye for an Eye (orchestrator)
 
1995 Waterworld (orchestrator)
 
1995 French Kiss (orchestrator)
 
1995 Outbreak (orchestrator)
 
1995 Just Cause (orchestrator)
 
1994 Junior (orchestrator)
 
1994 Wyatt Earp (orchestrator)
 
1994 Major League II (composer: additional music)
 
1994 Intersection (orchestrations)
 
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington (orchestrator)
 
1993 The Fugitive (orchestrator)
 
1993 Dave (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1993 Falling Down (orchestrator)
 
1993 Alive (orchestrator)
 
1993 Alive: 20 Years Later (video documentary) (musician)
 
1992 2000 Malibu Road (TV series) (composer: theme music - 6 episodes)
– Episode #1.5 (1992) (composer: theme music)
– Episode #1.6 (1992) (composer: theme music)
– Episode #1.4 (1992) (composer: theme music)
– Episode #1.3 (1992) (composer: theme music)
– Episode #1.2 (1992) (composer: theme music)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1991 Grand Canyon (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1990 Pretty Woman (orchestrator)
 
1989 Men (TV series) (composer: theme music - 5 episodes)
– Cupid Ms...Takes (1989) (composer: theme music)
– When the Wind Blows (1989) (composer: theme music)
– The Trouble with Harvey (1989) (composer: theme music)
– Thomas (1989) (composer: theme music)
– Every Good Boy Does Fine (1989) (composer: theme music)
 
1988 Some Girls (conductor)
 
1987 Five Corners (score producer)
 
1986 Nothing in Common (conductor: strings, music arranger: strings)
 
1986 8 Million Ways to Die (musician)
 
1986 Wildcats (music producer)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (song producer)
 
Show ShowComposer (139 titles)
???? Doctor Strange (announced)
 
2014 Mobster: A Call for the New Order (pre-production)
 
2014 Maleficent (post-production)
 
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (post-production)
 
2013 After Earth (completed)
 
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (video documentary) (from "The Hunger Games")
 
2012 The Bourne Legacy
 
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman
 
2012 The Hunger Games
 
2012 Darling Companion
 
2011 Larry Crowne
 
2011 Green Lantern (music by)
 
2011 Water for Elephants (music by)
 
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet
 
2011 The Green Hornet
 
2010 The Cover-Up (short)
 
2010 The Tourist
 
2010 The Last Shot 2 (short)
 
2010 Love & Other Drugs
 
2010 Inhale
 
2010 Salt
 
2010 The Last Airbender
 
2010 Nanny McPhee Returns
 
2009 Wings Over the Rockies (documentary short)
 
2009 Previously On: E.R. (TV movie)
 
2009 Duplicity
 
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic
 
2008/I Defiance
 
2008 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (documentary)
 
2008 The Dark Knight
 
2008 The Happening
 
2008 Mad Money
 
2008 Batman: The Dark Knight
 
2007 The Great Debaters
 
2007 Charlie Wilson's War
 
2007 I Am Legend
 
2007 The Water Horse
 
2007 Michael Clayton
 
2007 The Lookout
 
2006 Reflections of Lady in the Water (video documentary short)
 
2006 Blood Diamond
 
2006 Lady in the Water
 
2006 RV
 
2006 Freedomland
 
2005 It's All Gone King Kong (TV documentary)
 
2005 King Kong
 
2005 Batman Begins
 
2005 The Interpreter
 
2004 Collateral
 
2004 The Village
 
2004 Hidalgo
 
2003 Peter Pan
 
2003 Dreamcatcher
 
2003 Making 'Signs' (video documentary)
 
2002 Treasure Planet
 
2002 De entre los zapatos (short)
 
2002 The Emperor's Club
 
2002 Unconditional Love
 
2002 Signs
 
2002 Big Trouble
 
2001 America's Sweethearts
 
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire
 
2000 Vertical Limit
 
2000 Unbreakable
 
2000 Gideon's Crossing (TV series)
 
2000 Dinosaur
 
1999 Wayward Son
 
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
 
1999 Mumford
 
1999 The Sixth Sense
 
1999 Stir of Echoes
 
1999 Runaway Bride
 
1998 A Perfect Murder
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– Mare Tranquilitatis (1998)
 
1997 The Postman
 
1997 The Devil's Advocate
 
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding
 
1997 Fathers' Day
 
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
 
1996 One Fine Day
 
1996 Space Jam (music by)
 
1996 The Trigger Effect
 
1996 Primal Fear
 
1996 The Juror
 
1996 Eye for an Eye
 
1995 Restoration
 
1995 Waterworld
 
1995 French Kiss
 
1995 Outbreak
 
1995 Just Cause
 
1994 Junior
 
1994 ER (TV series)
– 24 Hours (1994)
 
1994 Wyatt Earp
 
1994 Intersection
 
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
 
1993 The Fugitive
 
1993 Dave
 
1993 Falling Down
 
1993 Alive
 
1993 Alive: 20 Years Later (video documentary)
 
1992 Night and the City
 
1992 American Heart
 
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross
 
1992 2000 Malibu Road (TV series)
– Pilot (1992)
 
1992 Diggstown
 
1992 A Private Matter (TV movie)
 
1991 The Prince of Tides
 
1991 Grand Canyon
 
1991 My Girl
 
1991 The Man in the Moon
 
1991 Dying Young
 
1991 Guilty by Suspicion
 
1991 King Ralph
 
1990 Descending Angel (TV movie)
 
1990 3 Men and a Little Lady
 
1990 Marked for Death
 
1990 Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (TV movie)
 
1990 Flatliners
 
1990 Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler (TV movie)
 
1990 Pretty Woman
 
1990 Coupe de Ville
 
1990 The Image (TV movie)
 
1989 The Package
 
1989 Major League
 
1989 Men (TV series)
– Baltimore (1989)
 
1989 Tap
 
1988 Everybody's All-American
 
1988 Go Toward the Light (TV movie)
 
1988 Some Girls
 
1988 Off Limits
 
1987 Russkies
 
1987 Promised Land
 
1987 Five Corners
 
1987 Campus Man
 
1986 Nobody's Fool
 
1986 Tough Guys
 
1986 8 Million Ways to Die
 
1986 Wildcats
 
1985 Head Office
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (34 titles)
2009-2011 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– Finale: Winner Announced (2011) (music: "The Circus Sets In")
– Two of 8 Voted Off (2011) (music: "The Circus Sets In")
– The Top Six Perform (2009) (music: "Village Attack")
– Two of 12 Voted Off (2009) (music: "Village Attack")
 
2010/I Red ("The Real Setup" - uncredited, "The Ghost" - uncredited)
 
2008/I Defiance (performer: "Ikh Bin A Mame")
 
2008 For the First Time (writer: "For the First Time")
 
2007 Return to Oz: The Joy That Got Away (documentary) ("Peter Pan")
 
2007 Perfect Stranger (writer: "The Lie" / performer: "The Lie")
 
2006 Blood Diamond (writer: "Shine on 'em")
 
2006 Miami Vice (writer: "Daniel")
 
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (writer: "You Were Jealous", "Jules' Confession")
 
2002 De entre los zapatos (short) (writer: "Empty Couch" / performer: "Empty Couch")
 
2002 Return to the Andes (video documentary short) (music: "Score Excerpts")
 
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (music: "Where the Dream Takes You")
 
2000 Expeditie Robinson (TV series)
 
1998 Friends (TV series)
– The One with the Kips (1998) (performer: "Theme from ER" - uncredited)
 
1997 Volcano (writer: "The Boxing Gym")
 
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (writer: "VIV DEJECTED")
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "For the First Time")
 
1996 One Fine Day (writer: "For the First Time")
 
1995 Congo (writer: "The Village Chant" / producer: "The Village Chant")
 
1995 French Kiss (writer: "I Want You" Love Theme from 'French Kiss' / producer: "I Love Paris", "I Want You" Love Theme from 'French Kiss' / arranger: "I Love Paris")
 
1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Look What Love Has Done")
 
1995 MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (TV special) (writer: "Look What Love Has Done")
 
1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #3.211 (1994) (writer: "True Blue")
 
1994 Junior (writer: "LOOK WHAT LOVE HAS DONE" / producer: "LOOK WHAT LOVE HAS DONE")
 
1991 Dying Young (writer: "LOVE THEME FROM DYING YOUNG")
 
1989 Major League (music: "Most of All You", "How Can the Girl Refuse" / producer: "Most of All You")
 
1989 Tap (writer: "Can't Escape The Rhythm" / arranger: "Cheek to Cheek")
 
1987 Overboard (producer: "SOMETHING SPECIAL")
 
1986 Cobra (writer: "Hold on to Your Vision")
 
1986 Wildcats (writer: "Good Hands", "Show Me How It Works", "Razzle Dazzle", "Penetration", "Love Lives Alone", "Don't Wanna Be Normal", "Rock It", "We Stand Alone", "Hard To Say" / producer: "Good Hands")
 
1985 White Nights (writer: "Prove Me Wrong" / producer: "Prove Me Wrong")
 
1985 Out of Control (performer: "She")
 
1984 Body Rock (producer: "The Closest To Love")
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (producer: "NIGHTS ARE FOREVER")
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1981 Elton John in Central Park New York (TV movie)
Keyboards
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2012 Born & Raised (special thanks)
 
2010 Love Ranch (the producers wish to thank)
 
2008 Squeegees (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
2006 Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
2005 The Wedding Date (special thanks)
 
2002 The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (video documentary) (thanks)
 
2001 My First Mister (very special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2012 Go See Talk Podcast (TV series)
Himself
– Interview with James Newton Howard (2012) … Himself
 
2010 Discovering 'The Last Airbender' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Starz Inside: Unforgettably Evil (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score
 
2006 Reflections of Lady in the Water (video documentary short)
 
2005 King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.30 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The Score (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Making 'Signs' (video documentary)
Himself - Composer
 
2002 The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (video documentary)
Himself - Score Composer
 
2000 Spotlight on Location: Snow Falling on Cedars (TV documentary)
Himself/Interviewee
 
1997 The Eddie Files (TV series)
Himself
– Patterns: The Big Concert (1997) … Himself
 
1994 Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (TV documentary)
Himself - Composer, 'Wyatt Earp'
 
1983 Crosby, Stills & Nash: Daylight Again (video)
Himself - Keyboards
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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Wrote original music for the theatrical trailer of Batman Begins.

Alternate Names:

James Howard Newton
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Personal Quote:

I wish I had some great words of advice. The only advice I have ever been able to give anybody is to focus on writing music, and if you're writing a movie score particularly, don't worry about the picture. Just write great music and the rest will take care of itself. See more »

Trivia:

Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2007 and 2008 by the International Film Music Critics Association. See more »

Trademark:

Never conducts his own music See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini