James Newton Howard Biography, Discography, Chart History

Artist

James Newton Howard

Number of songs: 3 | Total weeks on charts: 13
Appearing in a total number of: 3 charts | Total period running: 68 days

Songs by James Newton Howard

Main Title (5\|1\|27) play video	The Phonecall (4\|1\|21) play video
My Name Is Robert Neville (4\|1\|20) play video

Biography

James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American composer best known for his scores to motion pictures. He is one of the most popular and respected composers for cinema, and has scored over 100 films. The recipient of eight Academy Award nominations, some of Howard's best known film scores include Pretty Woman (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), The Fugitive (1993), Dinosaur (2000), Treasure Planet (2002), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005), I Am Legend (2007), Blood Diamond (2006),The Dark Knight (2008), and, most recently Green Lantern (2011), The Hunger Games (2012), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), The Bourne Legacy (2012), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and Maleficent (2014). He is known for his frequent collaborations with director M. Night Shyamalan, having scored all his films since The Sixth Sense (1999). Howard also has a reputation of being a fast composer, due to his work on movies such as King Kong and The Hunger Games, both of which were composed in approximately one month.

Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team

James Newton Howard in the news

	Kah's Releases New Single 'The Hive' (30/11/2023)
	World-Renowned Composer Brian Tyler To Be Honored As A BMI Icon At The 38th Annual BMI Film, TV And Visual Media Awards (15/04/2022)
	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Now Available From WaterTower Music (09/04/2022)
	BMI Distributes $1.335 Billion To Songwriters, Composers & Publishers, $102 Million Over Last Year And The Highest Ever (09/09/2021)
	Varese Sarabande Announces August 2021 CD Club Titles: Dante's Peak' By John Frizzell & 'Love Field' By Jerry Goldsmit (30/08/2021)
	'Wish Dragon' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music By Philip Klein (15/06/2021)
	93rd Academy Awards - Oscars 2021 The Complete Nominations List (16/03/2021)
	78th Annual Golden Globe Award Nominees Announced (03/02/2021)
	Alexander James Rodriguez Receives 'Rising Star Award' At The Hollywood Music In Media Awards (29/01/2021)
	Back Lot Music Set To Release Universal Pictures' News Of The World Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (03/12/2020)