James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American composer, conductor, and record producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award, and nine Academy Award nominations. His film scores include Pretty Woman (1990), The Fugitive (1993), Space Jam (1996), King Kong (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored nine of Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense and all of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend, including the Hunger Games series.
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James Horner
film composer and conductor
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Howard Shore
Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores (born 1946)
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Alexandre Desplat
French film composer, of Greek descent
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Thomas Newman
American composer best known for his many film scores
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Michael Giacchino
American composer of music for films, television and video games
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Ludwig Göransson
Swedish composer
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Hans Zimmer
German film composer and music producer
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Nicholas Britell
American composer
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Carter Burwell
American film score composer
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Alan Silvestri
American composer
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Gabe Witcher
American bluegrass fiddler
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John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
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Steven Price
UK film music composer
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Maya Beiser
American musician
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Jerry Goldsmith
American composer and conductor, most known for his works in film and television scoring (1924-2004)
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Italian composer
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Jeff Porcaro
American drummer
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James Ingram
American singer–songwriter and record producer
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Henry Jackman
British film composer
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Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932-2019)
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Ennio Morricone
Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)
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Alberto Iglesias
Spanish composer
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John Powell
English composer of film scores
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Bill Conti
American composer and conductor (born 1942)
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Francis Lai
Academy Award-winning French Composer
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Indian singer and composer
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Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
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Howard Blake
composer
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Ramin Djawadi
Iranian-German composer
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Marco Beltrami
American composer
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Martin Tillman
Swiss composer
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Elton John
English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
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Mychael Danna
Canadian composer
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Jon Batiste
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Alan Menken
American composer
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Randy Edelman
American musician, producer, and composer for film and television (born 1947)
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John Altman
composer
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Atticus Ross
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John Barry
English film score composer
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William Ross
composer
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Maciej Zieliński
Polish composer
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Hildur Guðnadóttir
Icelandic musician and composer
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Pritam Chakraborty
Indian music director and composer
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Patrick Doyle
Scottish composer
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Dustin O'Halloran
American musician