James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American composer.

Personal life

He married Sophie Howard and the couple have 2 children, Jackson Howard and Hayden Howard

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Notes
1974	James Newton Howard
1982	Toto IV	Conductor/Orchestrator(Strings) for I Won't Hold You Back, Afraid of Love, and Lovers in the Night.
1983	James Newton Howard and Friends	Recorded live, direct-to-disc. Features David Paich (keyboards), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Jeff Porcaro (drums) and Joe Porcaro (percussion).

Film

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1985	Head Office	Ken Finkleman	HBO Pictures TriStar Pictures	Film scoring debut. Composed with Alan Howarth.
1986	Wildcats (with Hawk Wolinski)	Michael Ritchie	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records with songs co-written by Howard and one score cue
	8 Million Ways to Die	Hal Ashby	Producers Sales Organization TriStar Pictures	N/A
	Tough Guys	Jeff Kanew	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners II Bryna Productions	N/A
	Nobody's Fool	Evelyn Purcell	Island Pictures	N/A
1987	Campus Man	Ron Casden	RKO Pictures Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Five Corners	Tony Bill	HandMade Films Cineplex-Odeon Films	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande First score by Howard to have an album release.
	Russkies	Rick Rosenthal	New Century Vista Film Company	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
1988	Promised Land	Michael Hoffman	Vestron Pictures	Soundtrack released by Private Music
	Off Limits	Christopher Crowe	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Some Girls	Michael Hoffman	United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
	Go Toward the Light	Mike Robe	RHI Entertainment	television film
	Everybody's All-American	Taylor Hackford	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Capitol Records with one song co-written by Howard; no score included
1989	Tap	Nick Castle	TriStar Pictures	Soundtrack released by Epic Records with one song co-written by Howard; no score included
	Men	various	ABC	TV series pilot and theme. Nominated for an Emmy Award.
	Major League	David S. Ward	Morgan Creek Productions Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Curb Records with two songs co-written by Howard and two score cues
	The Package	Andrew Davis	Orion Pictures	Soundtrack released by Prometheus Records
1990	The Image	Peter Werner	Home Box Office	television film
	Coupe de Ville	Joe Roth	Morgan Creek Productions Universal Pictures	N/A
	Pretty Woman	Garry Marshall	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners III	Cue "She Rescues Him Right Back" written by Thomas Pasatieri. Soundtrack released by EMI America; no score included
	Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler	Michael Seitzer	MCA Television Entertainment	television film
	Flatliners	Joel Schumacher	Columbia Pictures	N/A
	Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture	Frank Pierson	Home Box Office MCA Television Entertainment	television film
	Marked for Death	Dwight H. Little	Steamroller Productions 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Delicious Vinyl with one score cue
	3 Men and a Little Lady	Emile Ardolino	Touchstone Pictures Interscope Communications	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with 20 mins. of score
	Descending Angel	Jeremy Kagan	Home Box Office	television film
1991	King Ralph	David S. Ward	Universal Pictures	N/A
	Guilty by Suspicion	Irwin Winkler	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande with 13 mins. of score End Title composed with Alan and Marilyn Bergman One of the few James Newton Howard film scores to be conducted by the composer
	Dying Young	Joel Schumacher	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Arista Records with 28 mins. of score
	The Man in the Moon	Robert Mulligan	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Soundtrack released by Reprise Records
	My Girl	Howard Zieff	Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with one score cut
	Grand Canyon	Lawrence Kasdan	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Milan Expanded edition later released by La-La Land Records
	The Prince of Tides	Barbra Streisand	Columbia Pictures	Replaced John Barry Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with 44 minutes of score Includes song co-written by Howard and performed by Barbra Streisand not used in the film. Academy Award Nominee for Best Original Score.
1992	A Private Matter	Joan Micklin Silver	Mirage Enterprises Home Box Office	television film
	Diggstown	Michael Ritchie	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande; conducted by Howard
	2000 Malibu Road	various	Spelling Television	TV series theme
	Glengarry Glen Ross	James Foley	New Line Cinema LIVE Entertainment (US) The Rank Organisation (International)	Soundtrack released by Elektra with just over 16 mins. of score; conducted by Howard
	American Heart	Martin Bell	Triton Pictures	Independent film.
	Night and the City	Irwin Winkler	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with two songs co-written by Howard and one score cue
1993	Alive	Frank Marshall	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Touchstone Pictures (US/Canada) Paramount Pictures (International)	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	Falling Down	Joel Schumacher	Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Warner Bros.	Replaced Graeme Revell Soundtrack released by Intrada Records
	Dave	Ivan Reitman	Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Big Screen Records – cover erroneously credits Howard as the conductor (score actually conducted by Marty Paich); expanded edition later released by La-La Land
	The Fugitive	Andrew Davis	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Elektra; complete score later released by La-La Land Academy Award Nominee for Best Original Score.
	The Saint of Fort Washington	Tim Hunter	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
1994	Intersection	Mark Rydell	Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Milan
	Wyatt Earp	Lawrence Kasdan	Tig Productions Kasdan Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records; complete score later released by La-La Land
	ER	various	Amblin Television Warner Bros. Television	TV series theme and pilot score Soundtrack released by Atlantic Records with Howard's theme in TV and complete versions Nominated for an Emmy Award.
	Junior	Ivan Reitman	Northern Lights Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande The song "Look What Love Has Done" was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
1995	Just Cause	Arne Glimcher	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Outbreak	Wolfgang Petersen	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	French Kiss	Lawrence Kasdan	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Mercury Records with one score cue
	Waterworld	Kevin Reynolds	Gordon Company Davis Entertainment Licht/Mueller Film Corporation Universal Pictures	Replaced Mark Isham (who did only demos; his music box melody remains in the movie) Soundtrack released by MCA
	Restoration	Michael Hoffman	Miramax Films	Soundtrack released by Milan with 44 minutes of score
1996	Eye for an Eye	John Schlesinger	Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by La-La Land
	The Juror	Brian Gibson	Columbia Pictures	Replaced John Barry
	Primal Fear	Gregory Hoblit	Rysher Entertainment Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Milan with 28 and a half minutes of score
	Imagine Entertainment ID	N/A	N/A	Logo theme.
	The Trigger Effect	David Koepp	Amblin Entertainment Gramercy Pictures (US/Canada) Universal Pictures (International)	N/A
	The Rich Man's Wife	Amy Holden Jones	Hollywood Pictures Caravan Pictures	Theme only; score by John Frizzell
	Space Jam	Joe Pytka	Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Separate score and song albums released by Atlantic Records Song album includes one track co-written by Howard
	One Fine Day	Michael Hoffman	Lynda Obst Productions 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with a song co-written by Howard and one score suite The song "For the First Time" was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
	The Sentinel	various	Paramount Network Television	TV series theme only; scores by Steve Porcaro and John M. Keane Soundtrack released by Sonic Images with Howard's theme in main and end title versions
1997	Dante's Peak	Roger Donaldson	Pacific Western Production Universal Pictures	Theme and some cues; majority of score by John Frizzell Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Liar Liar	Tom Shadyac	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	Theme only; score by John Debney Soundtrack released by MCA
	Fathers' Day	Ivan Reitman	Silver Pictures Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros.	N/A
	My Best Friend's Wedding	P.J. Hogan	Zucker Brothers Productions TriStar Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony/Work with one score suite For Your Consideration promo with just over 24 minutes issued Nominated for the Academy Award in the category Best Original Musical or Comedy Score.
	The Devil's Advocate	Taylor Hackford	Regency Enterprises Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by TVT with just over 39 minutes of score
	The Postman	Kevin Costner	Tig Productions Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records with just under 50 minutes of score
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	various	Home Box Office	Score for part 6: "Mare Tranquilitatis" Soundtrack released by Epic Soundtrax with period pop songs and Michael Kamen's opening and closing theme music; no episode scores
	A Perfect Murder	Andrew Davis	Kopelson Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
1999	Runaway Bride	Garry Marshall	Lakeshore Entertainment Interscope Communications Paramount Pictures (US/Canada) Touchstone Pictures (International)	Soundtrack released by Sony; no score
	Stir of Echoes	David Koepp	Artisan Entertainment (US/Canada) 20th Century Fox (International)	Soundtrack released by Nettwerk with 17 and a half minutes of score
	The Sixth Sense	M. Night Shyamalan	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Barry Mendel Productions Hollywood Pictures Spyglass Entertainment	Replaced a yet unknown composer Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Mumford	Lawrence Kasdan	Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with just under 25 minutes of score
	Snow Falling on Cedars	Scott Hicks	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Decca Records
	Wayward Son	Randall Harris	Avenue Pictures (International; The movie had no distributor in the United States)	Composed with Steve Porcaro
2000	Dinosaur	Eric Leighton Ralph Zondag	Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records Annie Award Nominee for Individual Achievement for Music Score
	Gideon's Crossing (Emmy Winner)	various	Heel and Toe Films Touchstone Television	TV series theme. Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Title Theme Music.
	Unbreakable	M. Night Shyamalan	Barry Mendel Productions Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	Vertical Limit	Martin Campbell	Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise	Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records 73-minute FYC promo issued Annie Award Nominee for Individual Achievement for Music Score
	America's Sweethearts	Joe Roth	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Atlantic Records with one score suite
	Hey Arnold! Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Tuck Tucker	Nickelodeon Movies Snee-Oosh, Inc. Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with one score suite
2002	Big Trouble	Barry Sonnenfeld	Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	Signs	M. Night Shyamalan	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	Unconditional Love	P.J. Hogan	New Line Cinema	N/A
	The Emperor's Club	Michael Hoffman	Beacon Communications Fine Line Features Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Treasure Planet	Ron Clements John Musker	Walt Disney Pictures	Replaced Alan Silvestri Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records with about 47 and a half minutes of score
	Hey Arnold!: Treasure Planet	Tuck Tucker	Nickelodeon Movies Snee-Oosh, Inc. Paramount Pictures	Replaced Alan Silvestri Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with about 47 and a half minutes of score
2003	Dreamcatcher	Lawrence Kasdan	Castle Rock Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Peter Pan	P.J. Hogan	Revolution Studios Red Wagon Productions Allied Stars Ltd Universal Pictures (US/Canada/Australia) Columbia Pictures (International)	"Flying" later used in commercials for Disneyland Paris Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
2004	Hidalgo	Joe Johnston	Casey Silver Productions Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	The Village	M. Night Shyamalan	Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
	Collateral	Michael Mann	DreamWorks Pictures (US/Canada) Paramount Pictures (International)	Soundtrack released by Hip-O Records with three Howard cues Composed with Tom Rothrock and Antonio Pinto
2005	The Interpreter	Sydney Pollack	Working Title Films Mirage Enterprises Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Batman Begins	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Composed with Hans Zimmer. Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records.
	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	Mark Cowen	Playtone IMAX	Theme only; score by Blake Neely
	King Kong	tertainment]<br/[	termedia Films]] CompCUniversal Pictures	Replaced Howard Shore Soundtrack released by Decca Records. Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score.
2006	Freedomland	Joe Roth	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande. Composed with Mel Wesson.
	Sony Pictures Animation ID	N/A	N/A	Logo theme.
	RV	Barry Sonnenfeld	Relativity Media Red Wagon Entertainment Intermedia Films Columbia Pictures	Composed with Stuart Michael Thomas and Blake Neely.
	Tom and Jerry: RV	Barry Sonnenfeld	Nickelodeon Movies Red Wagon Entertainment Intermedia Films Paramount Pictures	Composed with Stuart Michael Thomas and Blake Neely.
	Lady in the Water	M. Night Shyamalan	Legendary Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Decca Records
	Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick	Bedford Falls Productions Virtual Studios Initial Entertainment Group Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande with 51 and a half minutes of score
2007	The Lookout	Scott Frank	Spyglass Entertainment Miramax Films	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records as an iTunes exclusive. Composed with Clay Duncan and Stuart Michael Thomas.
	Michael Clayton	Tony Gilroy	Section Eight Productions Mirage Enterprises Castle Rock Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
	I Am Legend	Francis Lawrence	Weed Road Pictures Overbrook Entertainment Heyday Films Original Film Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Jay Russell	Revolution Studios Walden Media Beacon Communications Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical with 46 minutes of score iTunes release includes 12 more minutes of score
	Charlie Wilson's War	Mike Nichols	Relativity Media Participant Productions Playtone Universal Pictures	Replaced Ry Cooder Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande One track co-written by Gingger Shankar
	The Great Debaters	Denzel Washington	Harpo Productions The Weinstein Company	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande. Composed with Peter Golub.
2008	Mad Money	Callie Khouri	Millenium Films Overture Films	Composed with Marty Davich.
	The Happening	M. Night Shyamalan	Spyglass Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures UTV Motion Pictures Dune Entertainment 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records in one-disc and two-disc editions. Composed with Hans Zimmer. Nominated for the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music at the BAFTA Awards, shared with Hans Zimmer.
	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi	Shadow Distribution (US theatrical) Oscilloscope Pictures (US home video)	Soundtrack released by Nonesuch with one score track. Composed with Marty Davich.
	Defiance	Edward Zwick	Bedford Falls Productions Paramount Vantage	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
2009	Confessions of a Shopaholic	P.J. Hogan	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with one score suite
	Duplicity	Tony Gilroy	Relativity Media Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Wings Over the Rockies	Tod Williams	Holding Pictures	Short film.
	It's Complicated	Nancy Meyers	Relativity Media Waverly Films Dentsu Universal Pictures	Some additional music with Hans Zimmer.
2010	Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang	Susanna White	Relativity MediactureWorking Title Filmsy Fox	N/A
	[[TUniversal Pictures	Took over from Thomas Newman (who left and did not do a score) Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Salt	Phillip Noyce	Di Bonaventura Pictures Rainmaker Digital Effects Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records
	The Last Airbender	M. Night Shyamalan	Nickelodeon Movies The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records
	Inhale	Baltasar Kormákur	IFC Films	N/A
	Love & Other Drugs	Edward Zwick	Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises New Regency Stuber Pictures 20th Century Fox	N/A
The Tourist	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	GK Films Spyglass Entertainment StudioCanal Columbia Pictures	Replaced Gabriel Yared Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande (includes one track retained from Yared's thrown-out score)
2011	Larry Crowne	Tom Hanks	Playtone StudioCanal Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Rhino Records with one score track
	Water for Elephants	Francis Lawrence	Fox 2000 Pictures Dune Entertainment Ingenious Media 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical
	The Green Hornet	Michel Gondry	Original Film Columbia Pictures	Replaced ling Companion]] due to a scheduling conflict
	Gnomeo & Juliet	Kelly Asbury	Touchstone Pictures Miramax Films (uncredited) Rocket Pictures Arc Productions	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records and Walt Disney Records. Composed with Chris P. Bacon.
	Green Lantern	Martin Campbell	DC Entertainment De Line Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Watertower Music
	Darling Companion	Lawrence Kasdan	Sony Pictures Classics (USA) Sierra / Affinity (International)	N/A
2012	The Hunger Games	Gary Ross	Color Force Lionsgate	Replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict Score album released by Universal Republic
	Snow White and the Huntsman	Rupert Sanders	Roth Films Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Universal Republic
	The Bourne Legacy	Tony Gilroy	Relativity Media The Kennedy/Marshall Company Captivate Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
2013	After Earth	M. Night Shyamalan	Overbrook Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures Relativity Media Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony Masterworks
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Francis Lawrence	Color Force Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic
	Parkland	Peter Landesman	American Film Company Playtone Exclusive Media Group	Soundtrack released by Rhino as a digital download
2014	Cut Bank	Matt Shakman	Kilburn Media A24	N/A
	Maleficent	Robert Stromberg	Roth Films Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records
	Nightcrawler	Dan Gilroy	Bold Films Open Road Films	Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records
	Pawn Sacrifice	Edward Zwick	Bleecker Street
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Francis Lawrence	Color Force Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	Francis Lawrence	Color Forcehris Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic
	Concussion	Peter Landesman	Village Roadshow Pictures Scott Free Productions Columbia Pictures	Score album released by Sony Classical
2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan	Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures	Score album released by Back Lot Music
	All the Way	Jay Roach	Amblin Entertainment HBO Films	N/A
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	David Yates	Warner Bros.	Score album released by WaterTower Music
2017	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Barry Sonnenfeld and Mark Palansky	Netflix Paramount Television What is the Question? Sonnenfeld Productions, Inc.	TV series Scored 5 episodes
	Jumanji	Jake Kasdan	Columbia Pictures Matt Tolmach Productions Radar Pictures Seven Bucks Productions	N/A
	Red Sparrow	Francis Lawrence	20th Century Fox	N/A
2018	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2	David Yates	Warner Bros.	N/A
	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Lasse Hallström	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
	Inner City	Dan Gilroy	Sony Pictures	N/A
2021	The Lord of Talon	Chris Sanders	Universal Pictures	N/A
2022	The Knight Horse	Tony Bancroft	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
	Scicopaths	M. Night Shyamalan	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Blinding Edge Pictures Apatow Productions	Academy Award for Best Original Score
2023	Blood Party		Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Blinding Edge Pictures	Nominated-Academy Award for Best Original Score
2024	The Lord of Talon 2	Chris Sanders	Universal Pictures	N/A