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James Newton Howard

American score composer

Los Angeles, United States · b. 1951-06-09

James Newton Howard is credited on 2,523 releases across 463 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,523

Credits

463

Albums

6

Decades active

765

In collections

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Born: June 9, 1951, Los Angeles, California.
Composer, conductor, arranger and music producer. Dedicated mostly to film/TV scoring (The Prince of Tides, Wyatt Earp, ER, The Sixth Sense, Dinosaur, The Village, The Dark Knight...), job where he has recurrently collaborated with writers/directors and. He has worked also with pop/rock artists at the early years of his career (notably with Elton John, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Toto).
He's been nominated to 8 Academy Awards, having won an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award (with a total of 41 wins and 27 nominations to different awards).

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Credited work

2,523 releases · 463 albums · active 1972–2025

  • Performance · 5,551
  • Production · 792
  • Other credits · 648

Studios: Sunset Sound · Studio 55, Los Angeles · Sound Labs, Hollywood · AIR Studios, Montserrat

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