years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
1992 -- present los angeles , california , u.s. non_vocal_instrumentalist 2 october 1970 guitar , piano film music , video game music howard drossin
 howard drossin musician , composer , arranger
howard drossin

howard drossin -lrb- born october 2 , 1970 -rrb- is an american composer for film and video games .
his work includes co-scoring with longtime collaborator rza , `` the man with the iron fists '' for universal pictures , starring russell crowe and lucy liu ; several award-winning video game titles including `` afro samurai '' , `` splatterhouse '' , and `` baldur 's gate '' ; a super bowl commercial ; and orchestration on the grammy-winning jazz record , `` a tale of god 's will '' .
he has also worked on albums and musical projects with a wide variety of artists including herbie hancock , terence blanchard , rod stewart , the black keys , beyoncé knowles , wiz khalifa , and paul oakenfold .
