James Newton Howard 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 The Prince of Tides , The Fugitive , Dinosaur , King Kong , I Am Legend , and, most recently Green Lantern and The Hunger Games . He is also known for his collaboration with director M. Night Shyamalan, having scored all his films since The Sixth Sense . Howard was born in Los Angeles, California. Twenty-five... years after the death of his father, Howard learned that his father's family was Jewish . Throughout his career as a composer/musician/songwriter, he has scored films of all scales and genres, earning multiple award nominations for his work.
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| Birthdate: | June 9, 1951 |
| Birthplace: | Los Angeles, California |
| Age: | 60 |
| Education: | The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry |
| Also known as: | Peter Pan , James Newtown Howard, James Howard Newton |