Composing
First Film: Head Office (1985)
Last Film: Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Next Film: The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Academy Awards
Nominated: Best Original Score, The Princes of Tides (1991)
Nominated: Best Original Score, The Fugitive (1993)
Nominated: Best Original Song, Junior (1994)
Nominated: Best Original Song, One Fine Day (1996)
Nominated: Best Original Score, My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Nominated: Best Original Score, The Village (2004)
Nominated: Best Original Score, Michael Clayton (2007)
Nominated: Best Original Score, Defiance (2008)
Over the years, I have managed to see thirty-one films with Howard's scores, and on average, those films have received a 'B-' grade. From those thirty-one, I have created the following list of my five favorite of his scores:
5. Defiance
2008
*****
4. The Sixth Sense
1999
*****
3. Waterworld
1995
*****
2. Batman Begins
(with Hans Zimmer)
2005
*****
1. King Kong
2005
Once again, I'd like to wish James Newton Howard a happy 61st birthday!
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