# James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards.
His film scores include Pretty Woman (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), The Fugitive (1993), Dinosaur (2000), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) (both composed with Hans Zimmer), Michael Clayton (2007) and the Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007). He has also worked with other directors such as Edward Zwick, Michael Hoffman, P.J. Hogan, Andrew Davis, Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, Taylor Hackford, Ivan Reitman, Joel Schumacher, and David Yates.

## Early life and career

Howard was born in Los Angeles. He is from a musical family; his grandmother was a violinist. His father was Jewish but he did not want his children to know he was, so he changed his last name from Horowitz to Howard.
Howard began studying music as a child, taking classical piano lessons at the age of four. He went on to attend the Thacher School in Ojai, California and the Music Academy of the West in Montecito, California with Reginald Stewart and Leon Fleischer. He then attended the University of Southern California, studying at the School of Music as a piano performance major, but dropped out after 6 weeks because "He wanted to do other things than practicing the piano."
After Howard left college, he joined a short-lived rock band called Mama Lion. The band was led by Neil Merryweather (bass, backing vocals) and featured lead singer Lynn Carey, Coffi Hall on drums, and Rick Gaxiola on guitar. Mama Lion recorded two full-length albums. Members of Mama Lion also formed the band Heavy Cruiser with Merryweather now on lead vocals, recording two albums whose genre was closer to hard rock but also displayed psychedelic and progressive influences. He then worked for a couple of years as a session musician with artists including Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, and Harry Nilsson. In the early 70s, he described himself as being "dirt poor", until his big break in 1975 when his manager got him an audition with Elton John. He joined John's band and toured with them as keyboardist during the late 70s and early 80s. He was part of the band that played Central Park, New York, on September 13, 1980. Howard also arranged strings for several of John's songs during this period including the hits "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", along with "Tonight" (featuring the London Symphony Orchestra). He played additional keyboards and synthesizers on studio albums including Rock of the Westies (1975), Blue Moves (1976), 21 at 33 (1980), and The Fox (1981).
In 1982, Howard was featured on Toto IV as the strings conductor and orchestrator for "I Won't Hold You Back", "Afraid of Love", and "Lovers in the Night". In 1984 the Sheffield Lab direct-to-disc album James Newton Howard and Friends, was released, which featured Toto's David Paich (keyboards), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Jeff Porcaro (drums), and Joe Porcaro (percussion).
In 1983, Howard was co-producer, musician (keyboards), and orchestrator of Riccardo Cocciante's album Sincerità. He also created five arrangements for the album "Aznavour '83" by Charles Aznavour, which was recorded in California.
In 1984, Howard composed his first piece of score for a film, receiving a co-writing credit with David Paich for the cue "Trip to Arrakis" in Toto's music for the David Lynch film Dune.
After briefly touring with Crosby, Stills, and Nash, he took an opportunity brought to him by his manager to write a score for a film. This career move would lead to his becoming a successful film music composer. During this early foray into film music, Howard returned for a brief collaboration with Elton John on his Tour De Force of Australia in the fall of 1986. He conducted both his own and Paul Buckmaster's arrangements during the second half of the set, which focused on orchestrated performances of selected songs from the Elton John catalog.

## 1990s–2000s

Howard scored the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) and received his first Academy Award nomination for his score for Barbra Streisand's drama The Prince of Tides (1991). Setting the musical mood for numerous films throughout the decade, Howard's skills encompassed a plethora of genres, including four more best original score Oscar nominations, for the Harrison Ford action feature The Fugitive (1993), the Julia Roberts romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), M. Night Shyamalan's The Village (2004), and Michael Clayton (2007). In addition, Howard scored the Western epic Wyatt Earp (1994), Kevin Costner's Waterworld (1995), and Primal Fear (1996). His collaborations on songs for One Fine Day (1996) and Junior (1994) garnered Oscar nominations for Best Song. Along with scoring small-scaled, independent films such as Five Corners (1988), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and American Heart (1993), Howard proved equally skilled at composing for big-budget Hollywood spectacles, including Space Jam (1996), Dante's Peak (1997) (theme only – score was composed by John Frizzell), and Collateral (2004). He has also scored four Disney animated feature films: Dinosaur (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). Although he concentrates primarily on films, Howard has also contributed music for TV, earning an Emmy nomination in 1995 for his theme to NBC's ratings smash ER (Howard also scored the two-hour pilot); he also provided the themes for The Sentinel and Gideon's Crossing, winning an Emmy for the latter.
He has scored many of Shyamalan's suspense thrillers, The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), The Happening (2008), and The Last Airbender (2010), notably dropping the intense, yet subtle, opening credit music for The Sixth Sense from the corresponding soundtrack album.
On October 14, 2005, Howard replaced Howard Shore as composer for King Kong, due to "differing creative aspirations for the score" between Shore and director Peter Jackson. The resultant score earned Howard his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. His work on Michael Clayton earned him an Oscar nomination. He followed in 2008 with his eighth Oscar nomination for Edward Zwick's Defiance. He also collaborated with Hans Zimmer on the scores for Batman Begins and its record-breaking sequel The Dark Knight.
Further works were The Happening, his sixth film with M. Night Shyamalan, Blood Diamond, Michael Clayton, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, I Am Legend, Charlie Wilson's War, and Shyamalan's film adaptation of the Nickelodeon series Avatar: the Last Airbender.
Howard debuted his work for symphony orchestra, I Would Plant A Tree, in February 2009 as part of the Pacific Symphony's annual American Composers Festival. The debut took place at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, California, with the Symphony under the direction of Carl St.Clair.
After being replaced in later seasons, his original theme song for the hit TV show ER returned for the final episode of the series.

## 2010s

In September 2010, he was appointed visiting professor of media composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
He composed the Legendary Entertainment fanfare from 2010-2017, and he also composed the 2011 FilmDistrict fanfare.
From 2012 to 2015, James Newton Howard scored the music for the critically acclaimed Hunger Games franchise.
From 2014 to 2015, Howard saw major success with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 when he composed the score for the movie, which included "The Hanging Tree", featuring vocals from actress Jennifer Lawrence. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting single from The Hunger Games movies and both Howard's and Lawrence's first chart single.
In 2014, Howard scored two Academy Award-nominated films, Nightcrawler and Maleficent.
Howard composed the score for the fantasy drama Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spin-off/prequel of the Harry Potter film series, and for its sequels, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
In 2015, James Newton Howard was named the new artistic director of the Henry Mancini Institute (HMI) at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
On March 23–24, 2019, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra gave the world premiere of Howard's Concerto for Cello & Orchestra with LACO principal cello Andrew Shulman as the soloist. The Los Angeles Times described the work as having "an elegiac tone, along with thematic material from the beginning and closing titles of Red Sparrow" the score of which Howard was working on while first composing the concerto.

## Personal life

When delving into his family history, 25 years after the death of his father, Howard learned that his father was Jewish (the family's original surname was Horowitz). Although raised Protestant, Howard later became a practicing Reconstructionist Jew after learning that his father was Jewish.
Howard was married to Rosanna Arquette in 1986; they are divorced. From 1990 to 1991, he was in a relationship with Barbra Streisand. He is married to Sophie Howard, with whom he has a son.

## Awards

In May 2008, he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.
In 2009, he was awarded a Grammy alongside Hans Zimmer for the score soundtrack album to The Dark Knight.
In October 2015, he was honored with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award during the annual Hollywood in Vienna concert.
| Award | Year | Project | Category | Outcome |
| Academy Awards | 1992 | The Prince of Tides | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 1994 | The Fugitive | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 1995 | Junior (shared with Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram and Patty Smyth) | Best Original Song | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 1997 | One Fine Day (shared with Jud Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich) | Best Original Song | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 1998 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2005 | The Village | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2008 | Michael Clayton | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2009 | Defiance | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2021 | News of the World | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Annie Awards | 2000 | Dinosaur | Music in a Feature Production | Nominated |
| Annie Awards | 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Music in a Feature Production | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | 2009 | The Dark Knight (shared with Hans Zimmer) | Anthony Asquith Award for Best Film Music | Nominated |
| Emmy Awards | 1989 | Men | Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Nominated |
| Emmy Awards | 1995 | ER | Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Nominated |
| Emmy Awards | 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Won |
| Emmy Awards | 2016 | All the Way | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Nominated |
| Emmy Awards | 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) | Nominated |
| Emmy Awards | 2023 | Light & Magic: Gang of Outsiders | Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Nominated |
| Emmy Awards | 2024 | All the Light We Cannot See: Episode 4 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1995 | Junior (shared with Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram and Patty Smyth) | Best Original Song | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1997 | One Fine Day (shared with Jud Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich) | Best Original Song | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2006 | King Kong | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2009 | Defiance | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2021 | News of the World | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 1998 | For The First Time (from One Fine Day) (shared with Jud Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich) | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2003 | Signs – Main Titles | Best Instrumental Composition | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2001 | The Egg Travels | Best Instrumental Composition | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2008 | Blood Diamond | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2009 | The Dark Knight (shared with Hans Zimmer) | Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2007 | The Lookout | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2010 | Salt | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2011 | Water for Elephants | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2020 | News of the World | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2000 | Dinosaur | Best Music | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2006 | Batman Begins (shared with Hans Zimmer) | Best Music | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2009 | The Dark Knight (shared with Hans Zimmer) | Best Music | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2017 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Best Music | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire (shared with Diane Warren) | Best Original Song Written for a Film | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2005 | Batman Begins (shared with Hans Zimmer) | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2006 | King Kong | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2006 | King Kong | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2008 | I Am Legend | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Won |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2008 | Michael Clayton | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Won |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2008 | Charlie Wilson's War | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Won |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2013 | The Bourne Legacy | Film Composer of the Year | Nominated |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2013 | After Earth | Film Composer of the Year | Nominated |

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Title | Musician | Notes |
| 1974 | Goodnight Vienna | Ringo Starr | Synthesizer for "Snookeroo" |
| 1974 | Rock 'n' Roll Survivors | Fanny | Synthesizer and clavinet |
| 1974 | James Newton Howard | | |
| 1975 | Playing Possum | Carly Simon | Electric piano and synthesizer for "Look Me in the Eyes" |
| 1975 | He Don't Like You, Like I Love You | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Keyboards |
| 1975 | Melissa | Melissa Manchester | Electric piano, clavinet, ARP synthesizer, organ, piano, celeste keyboards |
| 1975 | It's in Everyone of Us | David Pomeranz | Electric piano and synthesizer for "The Hit Song of All Time" and "If You Walked Away" Synthesizer for "Flying" and "Greyhound Mary" |
| 1975 | Rock of the Westies | Elton John | Clavinet, ARP synthesizer, Elka Synthex, harpsichord, Mellotron, electric piano |
| 1976 | ...That's the Way It Is | Harry Nilsson | Keyboards |
| 1976 | Blue Moves | Elton John | Conductor/arrangement for "Tonight", "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", and "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" Co-writer for "One Horse Town" and "The Wide-Eyed and Laughing" Synthesizer, electric piano, organ, Mellotron |
| 1976 | The Faragher Brothers | The Faragher Brothers | ARP synthesizer for "Never Get Your Love Behind Me" |
| 1976 | Help Is on the Way | Melissa Manchester | String arrangement for "Be Somebody", "Help Is on the Way", "Dirty Work", and "There's More Where That Came From" Electric piano for "Be Somebody" |
| 1976 | The Movies | The Movies | Synthesizer on "Satellite Touchdown" |
| 1976 | Endless Flight | Leo Sayer | Synthesizer on "Reflections" and "When I Need You" |
| 1976 | Better Days & Happy Endings | Melissa Manchester | ARP synthesizer |
| 1976 | Beautiful Noise | Neil Diamond | ARP synthesizer on "If You Know What I Mean", "Home Is a Wounded Heart", and "Jungletime" |
| 1976 | Something New | Barbi Benton | Keyboards |
| 1977 | Kiki Dee | Kiki Dee | Piano for all tracks except "Standing Room Only" and "First Thing in the Morning, Last Thing at Night" Writer for "Sweet Creation" Arrangement for "Sweet Creation", "Night Hours", and "In Return" ARP synthesizer for "Sweet Creation" and "Standing Room Only" Mellotron for "Into Eternity" Organ for "Standing Room Only", "Keep Right On", and "In Return" Electric piano and strings for "Night Hours" |
| 1978 | Wild Child | Valerie Carter | Producer, various keyboards, co-writer (Taking the Long Way Home, Lady In The Dark) |
| 1980 | Black Rose | Black Rose / Cher | Producer of the album, co-writer of the song (and first single) "Never Should've Started". |
| 1982 | Toto IV | Toto | Orchestral arrangements and Conductor on "I Won't Hold You Back", "It's a Feeling", "Afraid of Love" and "Lovers in the Night". |
| 1983 | James Newton Howard and Friends | James Newton Howard David Paich (keyboards) Steve Porcaro (keyboards) Jeff Porcaro (drums) Joe Porcaro (percussion) | Recorded live, direct-to-disc |
| 1983 | In Your Eyes | George Benson | Co-producer, co-writer, keyboards, synthesizer and string arrangements on "Lady Love Me (One More Time) with David Paich |
| 1983 | Allies | Crosby, Stills & Nash | keyboards |
| 1983 | What A Feelin' | Irene Cara | Producer and keyboards on "You Were Made For Me" |
| 1983 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Chaka Khan | Additional keyboards and synthesizer on "Ain't Nobody" |
| 1984 | I Feel for You | Chaka Khan | Producer and co-writer with David "Hawk" Wolinski on "Hold Her", keyboards, synthesizer |
| 1984 | 20/20 | George Benson | Co-writer of "Please Don't Walk Away" with Steve Lukather, keyboards, synthesizer, string arrangements |
| 1984 | Emotion | Barbra Streisand | keyboards, string arrangements on "Clear Sailing" |
| 1984 | Solid | Ashford & Simpson | Producer, keyboards and drum programming on "Closest to Love" |
| 1984 | 1100 Bel Air Place | Julio Iglesias | keyboards |
| 1984 | Isolation | Toto | Orchestral arrangements on "How Does it Feel" and "Change of Heart". |
| 1985 | Eaten Alive | Diana Ross | keyboards |
| 1985 | Anywhere You Go | David Pack | Producer on "Prove Me Wrong", keyboards, synthesizer, string arrangements |
| 1985 | The Magazine | Rickie Lee Jones | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer, string arrangements |
| 1985 | Perspective | America | synthesizer on "(It's Like You) Never Left At All" with Randy Kerber |
| 1985 | Behind the Sun | Eric Clapton | Producer, synthesizer on "Something's Happening" |
| 1986 | East of Midnight | Gordon Lightfoot | keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements |
| 1986 | Abstract Emotions | Randy Crawford | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer on "Don't Wanna Be Normal" |
| 1987 | Flash In Japan | Eikichi Yazawa | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer |
| 1987 | Collaboration | George Benson & Earl Klugh | synthesizer on "Since You're Gone" |
| 1988 | The Seventh One | Toto | String arrangements on "Anna". |
| 1988 | The Rumour | Olivia Newton-John | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming on "The Rumour" |
| 1988 | Land of Dreams | Randy Newman | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer |
| 1988 | Soul Searchin' | Glenn Frey | Producer and co-writer of "Two Hearts" with David "Hawk" Wolinski |
| 1989 | Somebody Loves You | Paul Anka | Additional keyboards, synth horns on "A Steel Guitar and A Glass of Wine" |
| 1989 | Vonda Shepard | Vonda Shepard | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer, co-writer of "Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow" |
| 1989 | Larger than Life | Jody Watley | Co-writer of "Everything" with Gardner Cole |
| 1989 | Can't Escape the Rhythm | Gregory Hines | Producer and co-writer with Glen Ballard |
| 1990 | To Be Continued... | Elton John | keyboards, synthesizer and string arrangements on "Made for Me" |
| 1990 | Simple Mission | Glass Tiger | string arrangements on "Where Did Our Love Go" |
| 1991 | It's Your Life | Gardner Cole | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer |
| 1991 | The Fire Inside | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | Synthesizer and strings on "The Real Love" |
| 1992 | Start the Car | Jude Cole | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer |
| 1992 | The Radical Light | Vonda Shepard | Synth string arrangements on "Clean Rain" |
| 1994 | Look What Love Has Done | Patty Smyth | Producer, keyboards, synthesizer |
| 1995 | One Clear Voice | Peter Cetera | Co-writer and keyboards on "The Lucky Ones" |
| 1995 | A Spanner in the Works | Rod Stewart | Producer and keyboards on "Leave Virginia Alone" |
| 1995 | Feel The Healing | Pamela Thum | Co-writer and synth strings on "The Other Side" |
| 1996 | If We Fall in Love Tonight | Rod Stewart | Producer (both tracks) and keyboards on "Sometimes When We Touch", co-writer of "For the First Time" with Allan Rich and Jud Friedman |
| 1997 | The Other Side | Wynonna Judd | Co-writer of "Why Now" with David Pack and Cliff Downs |
| 1997 | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 | Chicago | Producer, keyboards, string arrangements and co-writer of "Here in My Heart" with Glen Ballard |

## Works as composer
### Film
#### 1980s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 1984 | Dune | David Lynch | Dino De Laurentiis Corporation Universal Pictures | Film scoring debut Composed with David Paich – Howard co-wrote cue "Trip to Arrakis" |
| 1985 | Head Office | Ken Finkleman | HBO Pictures TriStar Pictures | 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 |
| 1986 | 8 Million Ways to Die | Hal Ashby | Producers Sales Organization TriStar Pictures | — |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Jeff Kanew | Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners II The Bryna Company | — |
| 1986 | Nobody's Fool | Evelyn Purcell | Island Pictures | — |
| 1987 | Campus Man | Ron Casden | RKO Pictures Paramount Pictures | — |
| 1987 | Five Corners | Tony Bill | HandMade Films Cineplex Odeon Films | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande First score by Howard to have an album release |
| 1987 | Russkies | Rick Rosenthal | New Century Vista Film Company | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 1987 | Promised Land | Michael Hoffman | Vestron Pictures | Soundtrack released by Private Music |
| 1988 | Off Limits | Christopher Crowe | 20th Century Fox | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 1988 | Some Girls | Michael Hoffman | United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | — |
| 1988 | 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 |
| 1989 | 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 |
| 1989 | The Package | Andrew Davis | Orion Pictures | Soundtrack released by Prometheus Records |

#### 1990s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 1990 | Coupe de Ville | Joe Roth | Morgan Creek Productions Universal Pictures | — |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | Garry Marshall | Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners IV | Cue "She Rescues Him Right Back" written by Thomas Pasatieri Soundtrack released by EMI America; no score included |
| 1990 | Flatliners | Joel Schumacher | Columbia Pictures | — |
| 1990 | Marked for Death | Dwight H. Little | Steamroller Productions 20th Century Fox | Soundtrack released by Delicious Vinyl with one score cue |
| 1990 | 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 | — |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 1991 | Dying Young | Joel Schumacher | 20th Century Fox | Soundtrack released by Arista Records with 28 minutes of score |
| 1991 | The Man in the Moon | Robert Mulligan | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Soundtrack released by Reprise Records |
| 1991 | My Girl | Howard Zieff | Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures | Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with one score cut |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon | Lawrence Kasdan | 20th Century Fox | Soundtrack released by Milan Expanded edition later released by La-La Land Records |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 1992 | 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 |
| 1992 | American Heart | Martin Bell | Triton Pictures | Independent film |
| 1992 | 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; 2-CD expansion released by Intrada Records |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Joel Schumacher | Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. | Replaced Graeme Revell Soundtrack released by Intrada Records |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1993 | 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 Quartet Records |
| 1994 | 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 |
| 1994 | 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 |
| 1995 | Outbreak | Wolfgang Petersen | Warner Bros. | Soundtrack and subsequent 2-CD expansion released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 1995 | French Kiss | Lawrence Kasdan | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films 20th Century Fox | Soundtrack released by Mercury Records with one score cue |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 1996 | The Juror | Brian Gibson | Columbia Pictures | Replaced John Barry |
| 1996 | 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 |
| 1996 | The Trigger Effect | David Koepp | Amblin Entertainment Gramercy Pictures (US/Canada) Universal Pictures (International) | — |
| 1996 | The Rich Man's Wife | Amy Holden Jones | Hollywood Pictures Caravan Pictures | Theme only; score by John Frizzell |
| 1996 | Space Jam | Joe Pytka | Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros. Feature Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment | Separate score and song albums released by Atlantic Records Song album includes one track co-written by Howard |
| 1996 | 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 and subsequent 2-CD expansion released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 1997 | Liar Liar | Tom Shadyac | Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures | Theme only; score by John Debney Soundtrack released by MCA |
| 1997 | Fathers' Day | Ivan Reitman | Silver Pictures Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros. | — |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Taylor Hackford | Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. | Soundtrack released by TVT with just over 39 minutes of score |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 1999 | 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 |
| 1999 | 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 |
| 1999 | Mumford | Lawrence Kasdan | Touchstone Pictures | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with just under 25 minutes of score |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Scott Hicks | The Kennedy/Marshall Company Universal Pictures | Soundtrack released by Decca Records Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Original Score |
| 1999 | Wayward Son | Randall Harris | Avenue Pictures (International; The movie had no distributor in the United States) | Composed with Steve Porcaro |

#### 2000s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Ralph Zondag Eric Leighton | The Secret Lab Walt Disney Feature Animation Walt Disney Pictures | First score for an animated film. Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records 2-CD expansion released by Intrada Records Nominated: Annie Award Nominee for Individual Achievement for Music Score Saturn Award for Best Music |
| 2000 | Unbreakable | M. Night Shyamalan | Barry Mendel Productions Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records |
| 2000 | Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | Columbia Pictures | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise | Walt Disney Feature Animation 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 |
| 2001 | 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 | — |
| 2002 | Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | P.J. Hogan | New Line Cinema | — |
| 2002 | The Emperor's Club | Michael Hoffman | Beacon Communications Fine Line Features Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Universal Pictures | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | John Musker Ron Clements | Walt Disney Feature Animation 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 and subsequent 2-CD expansion released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 2003 | Peter Pan | P.J. Hogan | Revolution Studios Red Wagon Productions Allied Stars Ltd Universal Pictures (US/Canada/Australia/UK) Columbia Pictures (International) | "Flying" later used in commercials for Disneyland Paris 15th Anniversary's Anthem Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande 2-CD expansion released by Intrada Records |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Joe Johnston | Casey Silver Productions Touchstone Pictures | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records |
| 2004 | The Village | M. Night Shyamalan | Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score |
| 2004 | 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 Complete score issued by Intrada Records |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Sydney Pollack | Working Title Films Mirage Enterprises Universal Pictures | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Mark Cowen | Playtone IMAX | Theme only; score by Blake Neely |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2006 | RV | Barry Sonnenfeld | Relativity Media Red Wagon Entertainment Intermedia Films Columbia Pictures | Composed with Stuart Michael Thomas and Blake Neely |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water | M. Night Shyamalan | Legendary Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros. | Soundtrack released by Decca Records |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2008 | The Happening | M. Night Shyamalan | Spyglass Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures UTV Motion Pictures Dune Entertainment 20th Century Fox | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2009 | Duplicity | Tony Gilroy | Relativity Media Universal Pictures | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| 2009 | Wings Over the Rockies | Tod Williams | Holding Pictures | Short film. Music from the film Blood Diamond |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | Nancy Meyers | Relativity Media Waverly Films Dentsu Universal Pictures | Some additional music with Hans Zimmer |

#### 2010s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Salt | Phillip Noyce | Di Bonaventura Pictures Rainmaker Digital Effects Columbia Pictures | Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Original Score |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | M. Night Shyamalan | Nickelodeon Movies The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Paramount Pictures | Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records |
| 2010 | Inhale | Baltasar Kormákur | IFC Films | — |
| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs | Edward Zwick | Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises New Regency Stuber Pictures 20th Century Fox | — |
| 2010 | 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 discarded score) |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Tom Hanks | Playtone StudioCanal Universal Pictures | Soundtrack released by Rhino Records with one score track |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Michel Gondry | Original Film Columbia Pictures | Replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2011 | 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) | — |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Gary Ross | Color Force Lionsgate | Replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict Score album released by Universal Republic |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders | Roth Films Universal Pictures | Soundtrack released by Universal Republic |
| 2012 | 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 Original Bourne themes by John Powell |
| 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 |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Francis Lawrence | Color Force Lionsgate | Score album released by Universal Republic |
| 2013 | 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 | — |
| 2014 | Maleficent | Robert Stromberg | Roth Films Walt Disney Pictures | Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records |
| 2014 | | Bar World: The Adventures Of Teddy Flood ry Cook, J.A. Bayona | Universal Pictures, Reliance Entertainment | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande & Atlantic Records, Orchestrations with Paul Leonard-Morgan & John Powell |
| 2014 | Pawn Sacrifice | Edward Zwick | Bleecker Street | |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Francis Lawrence | Color Force Lionsgate | Score album released by Universal Republic |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | Francis Lawrence | Color Force Lionsgate | Score album released by Universal Republic |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates | Warner Bros. | Score album released by WaterTower Music Nominated: Saturn Award for Best Music Hedwig's Theme by John Williams |
| 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 |
| 2017 | 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 | Score album released by Sony Classical Records |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | David Yates | Warner Bros. | Score album released by WaterTower Music Hedwig's Theme by John Williams |
| 2019 | A Hidden Life | Terrence Malick | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Score album released by Sony Classical Records |

#### 2020s

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 2020 | News of the World | Paul Greengrass | Universal Pictures | Score album released by Back Lot Music, a division of Universal Studios Music LLLP Nominated: Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Anthony Asquith Award for Best Film Music |
| 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | Don Hall Carlos López Estrada | Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures | — |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | Jaume Collet-Serra | Walt Disney Pictures | — |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | David Yates | Warner Bros. | Hedwig's Theme by John Williams |
| 2023 | Pain Hustlers | David Yates | Netflix | Composed with Michael Dean Parsons |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Francis Lawrence | Lionsgate | Score album released by Sony Classical Records |
| 2025 |
| 2025 | The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | Blumhouse Productions Apple TV+ | — |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 1988 | Go Toward the Light | Mike Robe | RHI Entertainment | Television film |
| 1989 | Men | Various | ABC | TV series pilot and theme Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music |
| 1990 | The Image | Peter Werner | Home Box Office | Television film |
| 1990 | Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler | Michael Seitzer | MCA Television Entertainment | Television film |
| 1990 | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Frank Pierson | Home Box Office MCA Television Entertainment | Television film |
| 1990 | Descending Angel | Jeremy Kagan | Home Box Office | Television film |
| 1992 | A Private Matter | Joan Micklin Silver | Mirage Enterprises Home Box Office | Television film |
| 1992 | 2000 Malibu Road | Various | Spelling Television | TV series theme |
| 1994 | ER | Various | Amblin Television Warner Bros. Television | TV series theme and pilot score Soundtrack released by Atlantic Records with Howard's theme in TV and complete versions Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music |
| 1996 | The Sentinel | Various | Paramount Network Television | TV series theme only; scores by Steve Porcaro and John M. Keane Soundtrack released by Sonic Images with Howard's theme in main and end title versions |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Various | Home Box Office | Score for part 6: "Mare Tranquilitatis" Soundtrack released by Epic Soundtrax with period pop songs and Michael Kamen's opening and closing theme music; no episode scores |
| 2000 | Gideon's Crossing | Various | Heel and Toe Films Touchstone Television | TV series theme Won: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music |
| 2016 | All the Way | Jay Roach | Amblin Entertainment HBO Films | Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Barry Sonnenfeld and Mark Palansky | Netflix Paramount Television What is the Question? Sonnenfeld Productions, Inc. | TV series Scored 5 episodes Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) (for "A Bad Beginning") |
| 2020 | Emily in Paris | Various | Netflix MTV Entertainment Studios Jax Media Darren Star Productions | TV series theme |
| 2022 | Light & Magic | Lawrence Kasdan | Disney+ Lucasfilm Imagine Documentaries Kasdan Pictures | Documentary miniseries Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) (for "Gang of Outsiders ") |
| 2022 | Willow | Various | Disney+ Lucasfilm Imagine Television MGM Television | Composed with Xander Rodzinski Original "Willow" Themes by James Horner |
| 2023 | All the Light We Cannot See | Shawn Levy | Netflix 21 Laps Entertainment | TV mini-series Scored all 4 episodes Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) (for "Episode 4") |

### Other work

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2003 | Cheyenne Enterprises ID | Logo theme |
| 2006 | Sony Pictures Animation ID | Logo theme |
| 2010 | Legendary Pictures ID | Logo theme |
| 2011 | FilmDistrict ID | Logo theme |