James Newton Howard
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), Space Jam (1996), The Sixth Sense (1999), Dinosaur (2000), Unbreakable (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Signs (2002), Treasure Planet (2002), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), Michael Clayton (2007), The Hunger Games series (2012–2015, 2023), the Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022), and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films and all of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007). He has also worked with other directors such as Peter Jackson, Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P. J. Hogan, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, and David Yates.
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Top Tracks
- The Old Therebefore / Singing at Snakes - from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
- The Hanging Tree
- I'm Not a Hero
- A Dark Knight
- The Hanging Tree (From "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay")
- Disney Medley - From "Tree of Life"
- Main Titles
- Snow White - From "Snow White and the Huntsman"
- Election Night - From “All The Way” Original Soundtrack
- Snow Angels
- New Orleans Speech - From “All The Way” Original Soundtrack
- Snow Drive
- Seven Acres
- Snowstorm
- Ripples In The Pool
- A Watchful Guardian - From "The Dark Knight"
- 25 Dollars Worth - From "Michael Clayton"
- Molossus - From "Batman Begins"
- The Hanging Tree - from "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay"
- The Dark Knight Suite (arr. P. Anthony for orchestra)
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