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James Newton Howard
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James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an American film composer.
Throughout his prolific career, composer/musician/songwriter James Newton Howard has scored films of all scales and genres, earning multiple award nominations for his work. Howard began studying music as a small child and went on to attend the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California and then majored in piano performance at the University of Southern California. After Howard left college, he toured with Elton John and Toto as a keyboardist during the late 1970s and early 1980s before moving into film music in the mid-1980s.
By the 1990s, Howard truly hit his career stride, scoring the surprise blockbuster romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) and receiving his first Academy Award nomination for his score for Barbra Streisand’s drama The Prince of Tides (1991). Setting the musical mood for numerous films throughout the decade, Howard’s skills encompassed a plethora of genres, including two more best original score Oscar nominations, the Harrison Ford actioner The Fugitive (1993) and the Julia Roberts romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding. In addition, Howard scored the Western epic Wyatt Earp (1994), the legal drama Primal Fear (1996), and the blockbuster M. Night Shyamalan suspense thrillers The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), and The Village (2004). His collaborations on tunes for One Fine Day (1996) and Junior (1994) garnered Best Song nods.
Throughout his prolific career, composer/musician/songwriter James Newton Howard has scored films of all scales and genres, earning multiple award nominations for his work. Howard began studying music as a small child and went on to attend the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California and then majored in piano performance at the University of Southern California. After Howard left college, he toured with Elton John and Toto as a keyboardist during the late 1970s and early 1980s before moving into film music in the mid-1980s.
By the 1990s, Howard truly hit his career stride, scoring the surprise blockbuster romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) and receiving his first Academy Award nomination for his score for Barbra Streisand’s drama The Prince of Tides (1991). Setting the musical mood for numerous films throughout the decade, Howard’s skills encompassed a plethora of genres, including two more best original score Oscar nominations, the Harrison Ford actioner The Fugitive (1993) and the Julia Roberts romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding. In addition, Howard scored the Western epic Wyatt Earp (1994), the legal drama Primal Fear (1996), and the blockbuster M. Night Shyamalan suspense thrillers The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), and The Village (2004). His collaborations on tunes for One Fine Day (1996) and Junior (1994) garnered Best Song nods.
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Lew_Blu wrote:
Blood Diamond. <3
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poppu974 wrote:
La liste d'albums meriterait une petite mise à jour lol Ou sont donc les BO de "Blood Diamond", de "Batman Begins" et de "The Dark Knight"????
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Deadly_crab wrote:
I love the Peter Pan-Soundtrack. But the Batman stuff is great as well. ^_^
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RainLaiquendi wrote:
The violins in "The Village" is great.
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KCPollak wrote:
Just a master of soundtracks!
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Mcjansen wrote:
You should hear the tracks from The Happening, incredible once again! Specially tracks as; Jesse Comforts Elliot, and Be With you, beautiful masterpieces. My favorite to just listen to is; 'The Vote' from the Village. Long but so emotional and tense, love it!
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TduRonin wrote:
Oh yeah... I AM LEGEND FTW
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ohmylittle wrote:
I Am Legend <3
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Unexpired wrote:
i just love James's music. it so inspires me
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Perverzion wrote:
ER
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Beastage wrote:
I think his work on Unbreakable is best, very inspiring OST
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pioviggina wrote:
Just wanted to let everyone know about http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Dario-Marianelli/18741013562, Dario's facebook fan page; they just started it! Hope everyone joins and spreads his music around :)
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Aeghast wrote:
What..?
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Clackers wrote:
his work on star wars epiosde 3 was amazing
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m_river wrote:
The Happening score is really growing on me with every listen. 'Be With You' is simply stunning...
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atommalac wrote:
i love the Michael Clayton OST. Better than the movie actually.
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Cows-N-Roses wrote:
Can't wait for The Dark Knight ost. Batman Begins is awesome. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard make wonders together.
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iconoplasta wrote:
The Village score is simply delicious. I also like Signs, very Herrmannesque.
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ainfean wrote:
I saw The Village and fell deeply in love with it...because of James Newton Howard. Now I listen to the score everywhere I go on my iPod.
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Legato_Blue wrote:
the first thing i heard from him was The Happening OST.. really amazing.. "Be With You" is just incredible. Gotta check his other works.
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