James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard
Howard at the premiere of The Dark Knight, 2008
Background information
Born	(1951-06-09) June 9, 1951 (age 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Film score rock pop
Occupation(s)	Composer music producer musician arranger
Instrument(s)	Keyboards
Years active	1975–present
Member of	Remote Control Productions
Formerly of	Elton John Band Toto Crosby, Stills & Nash
Spouse(s)	Brie Howard ​ ​ (m. 1974; div. 1977)​ Rosanna Arquette ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1987)​ Sofie Lena Barron ​ (m. 1992)​
Website	jamesnewtonhoward.com

James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, music producer and keyboardist. 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), Waterworld (1995), Space Jam (1996), Dinosaur (2000), Unbreakable (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), Peter Pan (2003), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) which he composed with Hans Zimmer, The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2023), Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Jungle Cruise (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). He has also worked with such other directors as Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P.J. Hogan, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, David Yates, and Barbra Streisand.