Howard Drossin
Howard Drossin is an American composer for film and video games. Most recently, he has worked with Spike Lee on documentaries and short films. 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 video games including Afro Samurai, Sonic & Knuckles, and Baldur's Gate; a Super Bowl commercial; and orchestration on the Grammy-winning jazz record A Tale of God's Will.
Howard Drossin
- Name
- Howard Drossin
- Occupation
- Musician, composer, arranger
- Born
- 1970 · Los Angeles.
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- music video game · soundtrack
- Known for
- Die Hard Arcade
- Languages
- English · Thai
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Howard Drossin is an American composer for film and video games. Most recently, he has worked with Spike Lee on documentaries and short films. 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 video games including Afro Samurai, Sonic & Knuckles, and Baldur's Gate; a Super Bowl commercial; and orchestration on the Grammy-winning jazz record A Tale of God's Will.
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Howard Drossin (born 1970) is an American composer, engineer and guitarist, among other activities. The composer was born in Los Angeles.
Howard Drossin worked for The Walt Disney Company. The composer is active in music video game and soundtrack.
Works include Die Hard Arcade. Genres include video game music. Languages used include English and Thai.
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He has also worked on albums and musical projects with a wide variety of artists including Terence Blanchard, Rod Stewart, The Black Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, Wiz Khalifa, and Paul Oakenfold.
The recorded working language is English and Thai. The field of work recorded is music video game and soundtrack. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are video game music. Employment is recorded with The Walt Disney Company. Works named in the authority record are Die Hard Arcade.
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• Name — Howard Drossin • Genre — Film music, video game music, electronic, rock, jazz • Occupation — Musician, composer, arranger • Years Active — 1992–present • Instrument — Guitar, piano • Website — howarddrossin.com
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Notes • 1992 — Wolf: True Life Adventure — Music (uncredited) • 1993 — Sonic Spinball — Music with Barry Blum and Brian Coburn • 1994 — Sonic & Knuckles — Music with several others • 1995 — Comix Zone — Music • The Ooze — Music • 1996 — Die Hard Arcade — Music • 1997 — Manx TT SuperBike — Music • 1998 — Dynamite Cop — Music • Vigilante 8 — Music with Jeehun Hwang • 1999 — Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style — Cutscene music • 2000 — Vigilante 8: Second Offense — Music with Christian Salyer and Eric Klein • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn — Music with Michael Hoenig • Giants: Citizen Kabuto — Music editing • Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War — Music editing • 2001 — Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates — Music • Alien Front Online — Music with Makito Nomiya • Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal — Music with Inon Zur • 2009 — Sonic and the Black Knight — Music with Jun Senoue, Tommy Tallarico, Richard Jacques and others • Afro Samurai — Music • 2010 — Splatterhouse — Music • 2013 — Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition — Music editing • Astropede / Segapede — Music (unreleased) • Sonic X-treme — Music (unreleased)
Film and television
• Year — Title — Notes • 1997 — Backstreet Boys: Everybody (Backstreet's Back) — Additional music • 1999 — The Item — Music • 2001 — The Theory of the Leisure Class — Music • Jane Bond — Music • 2002 — Barbershop — Orchestrations • 25th Hour — Orchestrations • 2003 — What Boys Like — Music • 2004 — She Hate Me — Orchestrations • 2005 — Unleashed — Additional music • Blade: Trinity — Additional music • The Protector — Music • Their Eyes Were Watching God — Orchestrations • All the Invisible Children — Orchestrations • 2006 — Akeelah and the Bee — Orchestrations • Inside Man — Orchestrations • Waist Deep — Additional music • 2007 — Talk To Me — Orchestrations • 2008 — Miracle at St. Anna — Orchestrations • Cadillac Records — Orchestrations • 2010 — Sidewalk — Music • Bunraku — Orchestrations • 2011 — Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant — Music with Paul Oakenfold • Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer — Music with Paul Oakenfold • 2012 — Red Tails — Orchestrations • The Man with the Iron Fists — Music with RZA • 2014 — Da Sweet Blood of Jesus — Orchestrations • Black or White — Orchestrations • 2015 — The Man with the Iron Fists 2 — Music with RZA • Chi-Raq — Orchestrations • 2017 — Feud — Orchestrations • She's Gotta Have It — Orchestrations • 2018 — BlacKkKlansman — Orchestrations • American Crime Story — Orchestrations • Pass Over — Music • 2019 — Harriet — Orchestrations • 2020 — Coach: Words Matter — Music • Welcome to Sudden Death — Music • 2022 — Nike: Seen It All — Music • 2024 — Italy in America — Music • 2025 — Highest 2 Lowest — Music
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