James Newton Howard
Film

James Newton Howard

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes

1985	Head Office	Ken Finkleman	HBO Pictures TriStar Pictures	Film scoring debut Composed with Alan Howarth

1986	Wildcats	Michael Ritchie	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records with songs co-written by Howard and one score cue with Hawk Wolinski

8 Million Ways to Die	Hal Ashby	Producers Sales Organization TriStar Pictures	N/A

Tough Guys	Jeff Kanew	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners II Bryna Productions	N/A

Nobody's Fool	Evelyn Purcell	Island Pictures	N/A

1987	Campus Man	Ron Casden	RKO Pictures Paramount Pictures	N/A

Five Corners	Tony Bill	HandMade Films Cineplex Odeon Films	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande First score by Howard to have an album release

Russkies	Rick Rosenthal	New Century Vista Film Company	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Promised Land	Michael Hoffman	Vestron Pictures	Soundtrack released by Private Music

1988	Off Limits	Christopher Crowe	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Some Girls	Michael Hoffman	United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A

Everybody's All-American	Taylor Hackford	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Capitol Records with one song co-written by Howard; no score included

1989	Tap	Nick Castle	TriStar Pictures	Soundtrack released by Epic Records with one song co-written by Howard; no score included

Major League	David S. Ward	Morgan Creek Productions Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Curb Records with two songs co-written by Howard and two score cues

The Package	Andrew Davis	Orion Pictures	Soundtrack released by Prometheus Records

1990	Coupe de Ville	Joe Roth	Morgan Creek Productions Universal Pictures	N/A

Pretty Woman	Garry Marshall	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners III	Cue "She Rescues Him Right Back" written by Thomas Pasatieri Soundtrack released by EMI America; no score included

Flatliners	Joel Schumacher	Columbia Pictures	N/A

Marked for Death	Dwight H. Little	Steamroller Productions 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Delicious Vinyl with one score cue

Three Men and a Little Lady	Emile Ardolino	Touchstone Pictures Interscope Communications	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with 20 minutes of score

1991	King Ralph	David S. Ward	Universal Pictures	N/A

Guilty by Suspicion	Irwin Winkler	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande with 13 minutes of score End title song composed with Alan and Marilyn Bergman One of the few James Newton Howard film scores to be conducted by the composer

Dying Young	Joel Schumacher	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Arista Records with 28 minutes of score

The Man in the Moon	Robert Mulligan	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Soundtrack released by Reprise Records

My Girl	Howard Zieff	Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with one score cut

Grand Canyon	Lawrence Kasdan	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Milan Expanded edition later released by La-La Land Records

The Prince of Tides	Barbra Streisand	Columbia Pictures	Replaced John Barry Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with 44 minutes of score Includes song co-written by Howard and performed by Barbra Streisand not used in the film Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score

1992	Diggstown	Michael Ritchie	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande; conducted by Howard

Glengarry Glen Ross	James Foley	New Line Cinema LIVE Entertainment (US) Rank Organisation (International)	Soundtrack released by Elektra with just over 16 minutes of score; conducted by Howard

American Heart	Martin Bell	Triton Pictures	Independent film

Night and the City	Irwin Winkler	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with two songs co-written by Howard and one score cue

1993	Alive	Frank Marshall	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Touchstone Pictures (US/Canada) Paramount Pictures (International)	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records

Falling Down	Joel Schumacher	Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Warner Bros.	Replaced Graeme Revell Soundtrack released by Intrada Records

Dave	Ivan Reitman	Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Big Screen Records – cover erroneously credits Howard as the conductor (score actually conducted by Marty Paich); expanded edition later released by La-La Land

The Fugitive	Andrew Davis	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Elektra; complete score later released by La-La Land Records Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Saint of Fort Washington	Tim Hunter	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

1994	Intersection	Mark Rydell	Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Milan Records; complete score later released by La-La Land Records

Wyatt Earp	Lawrence Kasdan	Tig Productions Kasdan Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records; complete score later released by La-La Land Records

Junior	Ivan Reitman	Northern Lights Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Song (for "Look What Love Has Done") Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (for "Look What Love Has Done")

1995	Just Cause	Arne Glimcher	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Outbreak	Wolfgang Petersen	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

French Kiss	Lawrence Kasdan	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Mercury Records with one score cue

Waterworld	Kevin Reynolds	Gordon Company Davis Entertainment Licht/Mueller Film Corporation Universal Pictures	Replaced Mark Isham (who did only demos; his music box melody remains in the movie) Soundtrack released by MCA; complete score later released by La-La Land Records

Restoration	Michael Hoffman	Miramax Films	Soundtrack released by Milan Records with 44 minutes of score

1996	Eye for an Eye	John Schlesinger	Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by La-La Land Records

The Juror	Brian Gibson	Columbia Pictures	Replaced John Barry

Primal Fear	Gregory Hoblit	Rysher Entertainment Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Milan Records with 28 and a half minutes of score; complete score later released by La-La Land Records

The Trigger Effect	David Koepp	Amblin Entertainment Gramercy Pictures (US/Canada) Universal Pictures (International)	N/A

The Rich Man's Wife	Amy Holden Jones	Hollywood Pictures Caravan Pictures	Theme only; score by John Frizzell

Space Jam	Joe Pytka	Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Separate score and song albums released by Atlantic Records Song album includes one track co-written by Howard

One Fine Day	Michael Hoffman	Lynda Obst Productions 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with a song co-written by Howard and one score suite Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Song (for "For the First Time") Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (for "For the First Time") Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television (for "For the First Time")

1997	Dante's Peak	Roger Donaldson	Pacific Western Productions Universal Pictures	Theme and some cues; majority of score by John Frizzell Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Liar Liar	Tom Shadyac	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	Theme only; score by John Debney Soundtrack released by MCA

Fathers' Day	Ivan Reitman	Silver Pictures Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros.	N/A

My Best Friend's Wedding	P.J. Hogan	Zucker Brothers Productions TriStar Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony/Work with one score suite For Your Consideration promo with just over 24 minutes issued Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

The Devil's Advocate	Taylor Hackford	Regency Enterprises Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by TVT with just over 39 minutes of score

The Postman	Kevin Costner	Tig Productions Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records with just under 50 minutes of score

1998	A Perfect Murder	Andrew Davis	Kopelson Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

1999	Runaway Bride	Garry Marshall	Lakeshore Entertainment Interscope Communications Paramount Pictures (US/Canada) Touchstone Pictures (International)	Soundtrack released by Sony; no score

Stir of Echoes	David Koepp	Artisan Entertainment (US/Canada) 20th Century Fox (International)	Soundtrack released by Nettwerk with 17-and-a-half minutes of score

The Sixth Sense	M. Night Shyamalan	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Barry Mendel Productions Hollywood Pictures Spyglass Entertainment	Replaced a yet unknown composer Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Mumford	Lawrence Kasdan	Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with just under 25 minutes of score

Snow Falling on Cedars	Scott Hicks	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Decca Records Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Original Score

Wayward Son	Randall Harris	Avenue Pictures (International; The movie had no distributor in the United States)	Composed with Steve Porcaro

2000	Dinosaur	Eric Leighton Ralph Zondag	Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records Nominated: Annie Award Nominee for Individual Achievement for Music Score Saturn Award for Best Music

Unbreakable	M. Night Shyamalan	Barry Mendel Productions Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records

Vertical Limit	Martin Campbell	Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise	Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records 73-minute FYC promo issued Nominated: Annie Award Nominee for Individual Achievement for Music Score World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written for a Film

America's Sweethearts	Joe Roth	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Atlantic Records with one score suite

2002	Big Trouble	Barry Sonnenfeld	Touchstone Pictures	N/A

Signs	M. Night Shyamalan	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records

Unconditional Love	P.J. Hogan	New Line Cinema	N/A

The Emperor's Club	Michael Hoffman	Beacon Communications Fine Line Features Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Treasure Planet	Ron Clements John Musker	Walt Disney Pictures	Replaced Alan Silvestri Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records with about 47 and a half minutes of score

2003	Dreamcatcher	Lawrence Kasdan	Castle Rock Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Peter Pan	P.J. Hogan	Revolution Studios Red Wagon Productions Allied Stars Ltd Universal Pictures (US/Canada/Australia) Columbia Pictures (International)	"Flying" later used in commercials for Disneyland Paris Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

2004	Hidalgo	Joe Johnston	Casey Silver Productions Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records

The Village	M. Night Shyamalan	Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score

Collateral	Michael Mann	DreamWorks Pictures (US/Canada) Paramount Pictures (International)	Soundtrack released by Hip-O Records with three Howard cues Composed with Tom Rothrock and Antonio Pinto

2005	The Interpreter	Sydney Pollack	Working Title Films Mirage Enterprises Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Batman Begins	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Composed with Hans Zimmer Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Music World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	Mark Cowen	Playtone IMAX	Theme only; score by Blake Neely

King Kong	Peter Jackson	WingNut Films Universal Pictures	Replaced Howard Shore Soundtrack released by Decca Records Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year

2006	Freedomland	Joe Roth	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande Composed with Mel Wesson

RV	Barry Sonnenfeld	Relativity Media Red Wagon Entertainment Intermedia Films Columbia Pictures	Composed with Stuart Michael Thomas and Blake Neely

Lady in the Water	M. Night Shyamalan	Legendary Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Decca Records

Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick	Bedford Falls Productions Virtual Studios Initial Entertainment Group Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande with 51-and-a-half minutes of score Nominated: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

2007	The Lookout	Scott Frank	Spyglass Entertainment Miramax Films	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records as an iTunes exclusive Composed with Clay Duncan and Stuart Michael Thomas Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Original Score

Michael Clayton	Tony Gilroy	Section Eight Productions Mirage Enterprises Castle Rock Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande Won: World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score

I Am Legend	Francis Lawrence	Weed Road Pictures Overbrook Entertainment Heyday Films Original Film Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande Won: World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Jay Russell	Revolution Studios Walden Media Beacon Communications Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical with 46 minutes of score iTunes release includes 12 more minutes of score

Charlie Wilson's War	Mike Nichols	Relativity Media Participant Productions Playtone Universal Pictures	Replaced Ry Cooder Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande One track co-written by Gingger Shankar Won: World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year

The Great Debaters	Denzel Washington	Harpo Productions The Weinstein Company	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande Composed with Peter Golub

2008	Mad Money	Callie Khouri	Millennium Films Overture Films	Composed with Marty Davich

The Happening	M. Night Shyamalan	Spyglass Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures UTV Motion Pictures Dune Entertainment 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records in one-disc and two-disc editions Composed with Hans Zimmer Won: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated: Anthony Asquith Award for Best Film Music

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi	Shadow Distribution (US theatrical) Oscilloscope Pictures (US home video)	Soundtrack released by Nonesuch with one score track Composed with Marty Davich

Defiance	Edward Zwick	Bedford Falls Productions Paramount Vantage	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical Records Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

2009	Confessions of a Shopaholic	P.J. Hogan	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with one score suite

Duplicity	Tony Gilroy	Relativity Media Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Wings Over the Rockies	Tod Williams	Holding Pictures	Short film. Music from the film Blood Diamond

It's Complicated	Nancy Meyers	Relativity Media Waverly Films Dentsu Universal Pictures	Some additional music with Hans Zimmer

2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Susanna White	Relativity Media Working Title Films StudioCanal Universal Pictures	Took over from Thomas Newman (who left and did not do a score) Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande

Salt	Phillip Noyce	Di Bonaventura Pictures Rainmaker Digital Effects Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Original Score

The Last Airbender	M. Night Shyamalan	Nickelodeon Movies The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records

Inhale	Baltasar Kormákur	IFC Films	N/A

Love & Other Drugs	Edward Zwick	Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises New Regency Stuber Pictures 20th Century Fox	N/A

The Tourist	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	GK Films Spyglass Entertainment StudioCanal Columbia Pictures	Replaced Gabriel Yared Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande (includes one track retained from Yared's thrown-out score)

2011	Larry Crowne	Tom Hanks	Playtone StudioCanal Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Rhino Records with one score track

Water for Elephants	Francis Lawrence	Fox 2000 Pictures Dune Entertainment Ingenious Media 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical Records Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Original Score

The Green Hornet	Michel Gondry	Original Film Columbia Pictures	Replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict

Gnomeo & Juliet	Kelly Asbury	Touchstone Pictures Miramax Films (uncredited) Rocket Pictures Arc Productions	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records and Walt Disney Records Composed with Chris P. Bacon

Green Lantern	Martin Campbell	DC Entertainment De Line Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by WaterTower Music

2012	Darling Companion	Lawrence Kasdan	Sony Pictures Classics (USA) Sierra/Affinity (International)	N/A

The Hunger Games	Gary Ross	Color Force Lionsgate	Replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict Score album released by Universal Republic

Snow White and the Huntsman	Rupert Sanders	Roth Films Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Universal Republic

The Bourne Legacy	Tony Gilroy	Relativity Media The Kennedy/Marshall Company Captivate Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande/Back Lot Music Nominated: World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year

2013	After Earth	M. Night Shyamalan	Overbrook Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures Relativity Media Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony Masterworks Nominated: World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Francis Lawrence	Color Force Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic

Parkland	Peter Landesman	American Film Company Playtone Exclusive Media Group	Soundtrack released by Rhino Records as a digital download Additional music By Sven Faulconer and Sunna Wehrmeijer

2014	Cut Bank	Matt Shakman	Kilburn Media A24	N/A

Maleficent	Robert Stromberg	Roth Films Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records

Nightcrawler	Dan Gilroy	Bold Films Open Road Films	Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records Additional music By Sven Faulconer and Sunna Wehrmeijer

Pawn Sacrifice	Edward Zwick	Bleecker Street

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Francis Lawrence	Color Force Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic

2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

Concussion	Peter Landesman	Village Roadshow Pictures Scott Free Productions Columbia Pictures	Score album released by Sony Classical Records

2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan	Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures	Score album released by Back Lot Music

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	David Yates	Warner Bros.	Score album released by WaterTower Music Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Music

2017	Detroit	Kathryn Bigelow	Annapurna Pictures First Light Productions Page 1	"Rescue" and "Alone" are two cues from the soundtrack of Detroit with various artists Additional music by Karen Han

Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Dan Gilroy	Macro Media Cross Creek Pictures Columbia Pictures	Score album released by Sony Classical Records

2018	Red Sparrow	Francis Lawrence	20th Century Fox

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Lasse Hallström Joe Johnston	Walt Disney Pictures	Score Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel Score album released by Walt Disney Records

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	David Yates	Warner Bros.	Score album released by WaterTower Music

2019	A Hidden Life	Terrence Malick	TBD	N/A

2020	Jungle Cruise	Jaume Collet-Serra	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3	David Yates	Warner Bros.	N/A

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In 2005, Howard appeared in King Kong, which was directed by Peter Jackson.

final_sentence: In 2005, Howard appeared in King Kong, which was directed by Peter Jackson.