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The Hanging TreeJames Newton Howard

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A Dark KnightJames Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer

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There Are Worse Games to Play / Deep in the Meadow / The Hunger Games Suite (feat. Jennifer Lawrence)James Newton Howard

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The Old Therebefore / Singing at Snakes (from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)Rachel Zegler & James Newton Howard

Listen to Main Titles (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) by James Newton Howard, see lyrics, music video & more!

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Why So Serious?Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

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Listen to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Original Motion Picture Score) by James Newton Howard

ALBUMThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Original Motion Picture Score)James Newton Howard

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ALBUMFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)James Newton Howard

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About James Newton Howard

Hometown

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Born

1951

Genre

Soundtrack

Howard attended the University of Southern California as a piano performance major, but he dropped out of the program after only six weeks. ∙ Beginning in 1975, he spent several years touring and recording with Elton John. ∙ Howard has collaborated with such artists as Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr, and Eric Clapton. ∙ During the ’80s, Howard began moving into TV and film scoring, achieving his breakthrough with the blockbuster movie Pretty Woman. ∙ He wrote the opening theme for TV medical drama ER and also scored the series’ iconic two-hour pilot. ∙ He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, in addition to a Grammy Award for his work on The Dark Knight, which he scored with Hans Zimmer. ∙ A winner of ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Award for lifetime achievement, Howard has more than 100 film scores to his name.

James Newton Howard has also released music as a member of Mama Lion and Heavy Cruiser.

Musical InfluencesJames Newton Howard's musical influences include John Williams, Jimmy Van Heusen, Elmer Bernstein and more.
John Williams
Jimmy Van Heusen
Elmer Bernstein
Marty Paich
Max Steiner
Eric Coates
R. C. Stewart

Influenced by James Newton HowardJames Newton Howard has influenced the music of Allen Constantine, David A. Molina, Daniel de la Rosa Oliva and more.
Allen Constantine
David A. Molina
Daniel de la Rosa Oliva
Joseph Caquias
Chance Thomas
Henry Jackman
Jerome Leroy
Matthew Thomas
Martin Stock
Rubén Gallardo