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James Newton Howard

1951 - Today

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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), Space Jam (1996), Dinosaur (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), Michael Clayton (2007), 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 since The Sixth Sense (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Newton Howard is the 499th most popular composer (down from 421st in 2019), the 2,673rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,951st in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, James Newton Howard ranks 499 out of 1,451. Before him are Riz Ortolani, Franz Schreker, Joachim Raff, Jehan Alain, Ferdinando Paer, and John Koukouzelis. After him are Neville Marriner, Christian Sinding, Raimonds Pauls, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, George Antheil, and Igor Markevitch.

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Among people born in 1951, James Newton Howard ranks 122. Before him are Jackie Jackson, Kim Peek, Beverly D'Angelo, Antonis Samaras, Joachim Streich, and Lynda Carter. After him are Ernesto Zedillo, Jan Timman, Jakaya Kikwete, Alexander Sokurov, Philip Davis, and Enki Bilal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Newton Howard ranks 2,673 out of 20,380. Before him are Val Valentino (1956), Billy Gibbons (1949), John Carroll (1735), Jasper Johns (1930), James Whitmore (1921), and Patty McCormack (1945). After him are Scott McKenzie (1939), David Crosby (1941), Yaphet Kotto (1939), David Farragut (1801), George Antheil (1900), and Elizabeth Bishop (1911).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, James Newton Howard ranks 24. Before him are Bernard Herrmann (1911), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Paul Bowles (1910), and Danny Elfman (1953). After him are George Antheil (1900), Bill Conti (1942), Leroy Anderson (1908), Terry Riley (1935), Michael Kamen (1948), and John Adams (1947).

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