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James Howard

  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
  • Birthday: June 9, 1951

An incredibly prolific and versatile composer, James Newton Howard scored a dizzying array of popular and critically acclaimed films, beginning with “Pretty Woman” (1990), “The Prince of Tides” (1991), “The Fugitive” (1993) and “Wyatt Earp” (1994), through “The Sixth Sense” (1999) “Batman Begins” (2005), “King Kong” (2005) and “I am Legend” (2007). Howard – who first sat down at a piano at age two – went on to earn a degree in music and orchestration from the University of Southern California’s School of Mu…more

Credits

Actor
Music

Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Earned seventh Academy Award nomination for scoring the film, "Michael Clayton"

  • 2005

    Scored the music for Peter Jackson's "King Kong"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score

  • 2004

    Scored the music for M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village"; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score

  • 2003

    Composed the theme music for P.J. Hogan's "Peter Pan"

  • 2001

    Collaborated with Diane Warren on the song "Where the Dream Takes You" for Disney's animated feature "Atlantis: The Lost Empire"; also provided original dramatic underscore

Awards

  • 2001

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

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