Person · Male
James Newton Howard
American score composer
- From
- Los Angeles, United States
- Since
- 1951–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 128
- classical
- contemporary classical
- instrumental
- orchestral
About
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.
Read more
His film scores include Pretty Woman (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), The Fugitive (1993), Space Jam (1996), The Sixth Sense (1999), Dinosaur (2000), Unbreakable (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Signs (2002), Treasure Planet (2002), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel, The Dark Knight (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), Blood Diamond (2006), Michael Clayton (2007), The Hunger Games series (2012–present), the Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022), and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films and eight of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007). He has also worked with other directors such as Peter Jackson, Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P. J. Hogan, Paul Greengrass, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Roth, Martin Campbell, Joe Johnston, Tony Gilroy, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, and David Yates; conductor Pete Anthony; and violinists Bruce Dukov, and Eun-Mee Ahn.
Member of
Discography
Albums
-
James Newton Howard Apple Music
-
The Sheffield Track Record / The Sheffield Drum Record
-
James Newton Howard and Friends
-
James Newton Howard & Friends Apple Music
-
Howard, Kernis: Violin Concertos / Tovey: Stream of Limelight
-
My Cinematic Autumn
-
Epic Movie Soundtracks
-
Winter Walking: Soundtracks for Cold Days
Singles
Compilations
Other
-
Haymitch Meets Snow (From The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping - The Score)
-
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping – The Album
-
Flatliners
-
The Lost Bus: Apple Original Film Soundtrack
-
All the Light We Cannot See: Soundtrack from the Netflix Limited Series
-
Pain Hustlers: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film
-
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Original Motion Picture Score
-
Light & Magic: Original Soundtrack
-
Willow: Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-3) [Original Soundtrack] Apple Music
-
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
-
Raya and the Last Dragon Apple Music
-
Jungle Cruise Apple Music
-
News of the World Apple Music
-
A Hidden Life: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Apple Music
-
Red Sparrow Apple Music
-
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
-
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
-
The Huntsman: Winter’s War: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
Collateral (Music From the Motion Picture)
-
All the Way Apple Music
-
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
Pawn Sacrifice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
-
Concussion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Hanging Tree (Rebel remix) Apple Music
-
Maleficent Apple Music
-
Falling Down
-
Nightcrawler (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
-
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1: Original Motion Picture Score
-
Eye for an Eye
-
The Hanging Tree Apple Music
-
Parkland Apple Music
-
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Original Motion Picture Score
-
After Earth: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Bourne Legacy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Hunger Games: Original Motion Picture Score
-
Snow White & The Huntsman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Dark Knight Symphony
-
Water for Elephants Apple Music
-
The Green Hornet
-
Green Lantern (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
-
I Need You (From "Love & Other Drugs") Apple Music
-
Salt: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Tourist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Last Airbender Apple Music
-
Duplicity Apple Music
-
The Dark Knight: Bonus Digital Release
-
I Am Legend: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Dark Knight
-
Defiance
-
The Happening: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
-
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Apple Music
-
The Lookout Apple Music
-
Michael Clayton Apple Music
-
Charlie Wilson’s War (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
-
The Great Debaters
-
Freedomland
-
Lady in the Water
Links
Official
Concerts
Buy
Instrumental supporting musician
Married
Also known as
Howard · James Howard · James Newton · James Newton Howard & Friends · James Newton-Howard · James Newtown Howard · Newton · Newton Howard · ジェームズ・ニュートン・ハワード
Tags
- soundtrack
- american
- film composer
- score
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- f6580b26-77f7-4a7b-8513-6db0476e8f21
- ISNI
- 0000000121421961
- IPI
- 00069574335
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.