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James Newton Howard
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Biography
James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. 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), Dinosaur (2000), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), Michael Clayton(2007) and the Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, scoring 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 other directors such as Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P.J. Hogan, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, and David Yates. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Newton Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Dark Knight
Original Music Composer
I Am Legend
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Nightcrawler
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Glengarry Glen Ross
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Collateral
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The Emperor's Club
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Original Music Composer
Batman Begins
Original Music Composer
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Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Neon Fog and the Long Way Home
From Thief's rain-slicked streets to Drive's neon avenues, a journey through neo-noir night drives where every turn tests the driver's moral compass.
8 films
When Studios Marry: Films Born of Corporate Chaos
From the ashes of mergers and acquisitions come some of cinema's most fascinating experiments. This chain traces how boardroom decisions shaped the art on scree...
8 films
The Camera as Weapon
From Chris Hansen's sting operations to the blood sport of nightly news, this chain traces the moral rot at the heart of spectacle.
8 films
The Last Picture Shows
In an age of digital gloss, a new generation of filmmakers has returned to celluloid for its warmth, grain, and honesty. This chain follows the medium's resurge...
8 films
The Stage on Screen: A Theatrical Journey
From the claustrophobic confines of a cabin to the sprawling sets of a Shakespearean epic, these eight films celebrate the art of theatre translated to cinema.
7 films
The Classroom Without Walls
From a London schoolroom to a Parisian banlieue, a journey through films where teaching becomes an act of defiance and connection.
8 films
When the Sequel Outshines the Original
From gritty crime epics to mind-bending sci-fi, these sequels didn't just continue stories, they redefined them. Here's a chain of films that prove the second (...
8 films
Signals in the Ash
From a father's vigil to a robot's devotion, eight films trace the fragile threads that hold humanity together when the world falls quiet.
8 films
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
All the Light We Cannot See
2023
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
Jungle Cruise
2021
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
Red Sparrow
2018
Detroit
2017
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Nightcrawler
2014
Cut Bank
2014
Maleficent
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
The Hunger Games
2012
Water for Elephants
2011
The Green Hornet
2011
The Tourist
2010
Love & Other Drugs
2010
Salt
2010
The Last Airbender
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Duplicity
2009
Defiance
2008
The Dark Knight
2008
The Happening
2008
The Great Debaters
2007
I Am Legend
2007
Michael Clayton
2007
Blood Diamond
2006
Lady in the Water
2006
RV
2006
King Kong
2005
Batman Begins
2005
The Interpreter
2005
Collateral
2004
The Village
2004
Peter Pan
2003
Dreamcatcher
2003
The Emperor's Club
2002
Signs
2002
Unbreakable
2000
Stir of Echoes
1999
The Sixth Sense
1999
Runaway Bride
1999
The Postman
1997
The Devil's Advocate
1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Dante's Peak
1997
Space Jam
1996
Primal Fear
1996
Eye for an Eye
1996
Waterworld
1995
French Kiss
1995
Outbreak
1995
Junior
1994
Intersection
1994
The Fugitive
1993
Falling Down
1993
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
Grand Canyon
1991
My Girl
1991
The Man in the Moon
1991
Dying Young
1991
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
King Ralph
1991
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
Flatliners
1990
Pretty Woman
1990
Five Corners
1987
Dune
1984