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Jan 23, 2020 · Of course, that composer happens to be James Newton Howard, one of the most accomplished and versatile figures in Hollywood, having scored everything from Pretty Woman to The Sixth Sense to...
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James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer 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 .
- News of The World
- The Fugitive
- My Best Friend's Wedding
- The Village
- Michael Clayton
- Defiance
The score to this Tom Hanks-starring Western is decidedly understated, and that was very much by design, Howard says. "[The film] was kind of an atypical Western, in a lot of ways, because for a large part of the movie it's quiet. We have Tom Hanks' character who is kind of an outsider and a lonely guy wandering around reading news to people, and h...
When asked what comes to mind when he thinks of his time working on this Harrison Ford-starring action film, Howard says simply, "Fear and terror." "I really felt to some extent inadequately prepared for The Fugitive. It was really the first big, giant action movie that I did. I was just very insecure for most of the time I was working on it, but y...
When it comes to Julia Roberts, Howard has an odd connection. "For some strange reason, I think I've done nine Julia Roberts movies. I don't know exactly why. I guess Pretty Woman was the first one I did, and then maybe people associated me with Julia Roberts, which was fine, because you could do worse," he explains with a laugh. My Best Friend's W...
The score to this M. Night Shyamalan thriller was almost verydifferent. In fact, Howard says he completely scrapped his original score for the film. "I always demo all my cues. So we demoed the whole score, and [Shyamalan] was here in L.A. with me, and we were watching the movie, and after we watched it, we kind of looked at each other and thought,...
Despite it being one of his "favorite movies I've ever worked on," Howard says he was surprised that he was nominated for his work on the film. "I never imagined I would be nominated for that score, because it was primarily electronic, which is a really different kind of score for me," he says. The composer likens it to his work on News of the Worl...
Howard was concerned about the score he envisioned for this film about three Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. "First of all, I wanted to have a violin, and so I got Josh Bell to play the violin, fully cognizant of the fact that John Williams wrote one of the greatest scores on earth, Schindler's List, with solo violin," he says. Ult...
Dec 31, 2020 · Clint Worthington December 31, 2020. Tweet. Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard a James Newton Howard score. Howard has composed music for over a hundred films, collecting a whopping eight Oscar nominations along the way.
Aug 22, 2004 · Composer James Newton Howard has been working hard in Hollywood for almost 20 years. With numerous Academy Award nominations, and countless high-profile projects under his belt, he is one of the big A-list composers in town today.
Dec 28, 2020 · James Newton Howard has composed the music for thrillers, Disney animation, and big fantasy series — more than 100 films — a remarkable feat considering that he didn't start doing it until...
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Dec 28, 2020 · James Newton Howard has composed the music for more than 100 films: thrillers, Disney animation and big fantasy series. His latest is the Tom Hanks western, News of the World.
