James Newton Howard

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About James Newton Howard

Howard attended the University of Southern California as a piano performance major, but he dropped out of the program after only six weeks. ∙ Beginning in 1975, he spent several years touring and recording with Elton John. ∙ Howard has collaborated with such artists as Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr, and Eric Clapton. ∙ During the ’80s, Howard began moving into TV and film scoring, achieving his breakthrough with the blockbuster movie Pretty Woman. ∙ He wrote the opening theme for TV medical drama ER and also scored the series’ iconic two-hour pilot. ∙ He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, in addition to a Grammy Award for his work on The Dark Knight, which he scored with Hans Zimmer. ∙ A winner of ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Award for lifetime achievement, Howard has more than 100 film scores to his name.

HOMETOWN
Los Angeles, CA, United States
BORN
June 9, 1951
GENRE
Soundtrack
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