James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard is an American composer, conductor, music producer and musician. Throughout his career, he has scored over 100 films of all scales and genres, earning multiple award nominations for his work. He is the recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award, and eight Academy Award nominations. His best known film scores include Pretty Woman , The Prince of Tides , The Fugitive , The Devils Advocate , The Sixth Sense , Dinosaur , Atlantis The Lost Empire , Signs , The Village , King Kong , Batman Begins , I Am Legend , Blood Diamond , The Dark Knight , The Bourne Legacy , The Hunger Games series and Nightcrawler . He has frequently collaborated with directors M. Night Shyamalan, having scored nine of his films since The Sixth Sense, and Francis Lawrence, having scored all of his films since I Am Legend. He is renowned for composing in a fairly short amount of time, as seen on his work with King Kong and The Hunger Games, both of which took him around one month to finish.

James Newton Howard was born in Los Angeles. He came from a musical family his grandmother was the Pittsburgh Symphonys concertmaster and violinist during the 1930s and 40s.

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