James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard (born 1951) is an American composer, pianist and conductor.

Also recorded as Jim Howard.

Overview

Born at Los Angeles in 1951.

In detail

James Newton Howard studied at University of Southern California, Music Academy of the West and USC Thornton School of Music. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is film score. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are free jazz and film score.

Distinctions recorded are Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, Grammy Awards and Classic Brit Awards.

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Record

Kind of record: Person
Born: 1951
Awards: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media,Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music,Grammy Awards,Classic Brit Awards
Family: musicians
Fields: film score
Genres: free jazz,film score
Authority: Q213869
Languages: English
Production: one_pass
Birth place: Los Angeles
Educated at: University of Southern California,Music Academy of the West,USC Thornton School of Music,The Thacher School
Nationality: United States
Occupations: composer,pianist,conductor,record producer,songwriter,musician,bandleader
External identifiers: wikidata: Q213869 · wikipedia: James Newton Howard
Published: 14 August 2026
Last substantive revision: 14 August 2026

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