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James Newton Howard peaked at No. 34 on the Shazam Global Chart with "The Hanging Tree", spending 10 days in the Top 50.
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James Newton Howard
#3410Mar 2, 2025
"The Hanging Tree" by James Newton Howard achieved a peak position of No. 34 on the Shazam Global Chart and remained in the Top 50 for 10 day(s).
Released
2014Total Shazams
5M
Days in Top 50
10The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Mar 2, 2025"The Hanging Tree" by James Newton Howard achieved a peak position of No. 34 on the Shazam Global Chart and remained in the Top 50 for 10 day(s).
Released
2014Total Shazams
5M
Days in Top 50
10The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Mar 2, 2025
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.
Musical InfluencesJames Newton Howard's musical influences include John Williams, Jimmy Van Heusen, Elmer Bernstein and more.
Influenced by James Newton HowardJames Newton Howard has influenced the music of Henry Jackman, Daniel de la Rosa Oliva, Martin Stock and more.
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