Early life and career

James Newton Howard was born in Los Angeles. He came from a musical family; his grandmother was the Pittsburgh Symphony's concertmaster and violinist during the 1930s and 40s.

Howard began studying music as a child, taking classical piano lessons at the age of four. He went on to attend the Thacher School in Ojai, California and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California with Reginald Stewart and Leon Fleischer. He then attended the University of Southern California, studying at the School of Music as a piano performance major, but dropped out after 6 weeks because "He wanted to do other things than practicing the piano."

After Howard left college, he joined a short-lived rock band, then worked for a couple of years as a session musician with artists including Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, and Harry Nilsson. In the early 70s, he described himself as being "dirt poor", until his big break in 1975 when his manager got him an audition with Elton John. He joined Elton's band and toured with them as keyboardist during the late 70s and early 80s. He was part of the band that played Central Park, New York, on September 13, 1980. True to his intentions of doing more than just playing the piano, Howard also arranged strings for several of Elton's songs during this period including the hits "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", as well as playing additional keyboards and synthesizers on several of Elton's studio albums, including Rock of the Westies (1975), Blue Moves (1976), 21 at 33 (1980), and The Fox (1981).

In 1982, Howard was featured on Toto IV as the strings conductor and orchestrator for "I Won't Hold You Back", "Afraid of Love", and "Lovers in the Night". A year later, he released the live album James Newton Howard and Friends, which featured Toto's David Paich (keyboards), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Jeff Porcaro (drums), and Joe Porcaro (percussion).

In 1983, Howard was co-producer, musician (keyboards), and orchestrator of Riccardo Cocciante's album Sincerità.

After briefly touring with Crosby, Stills and Nash, he took an opportunity brought to him by his manager to write a film score for a small-time movie. This career move would lead to his becoming a successful film music composer. During this early foray into film music, he did not entirely abandon his previous musical path and returned for a brief collaboration with Elton John on his Tour De Force of Australia in the fall of 1986. He conducted both his own and Paul Buckmaster's arrangements during the second half of the set, which focused on orchestrated performances of selected songs from the Elton John catalog.

When delving into his family history, twenty-five years after the death of his father, Howard learned that his father was Jewish. He later became a practicing Reconstructionist Jew.

1990s

Howard scored the surprise blockbuster romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) and received his first Academy Award nomination for his score for Barbra Streisand's drama The Prince of Tides (1991). Setting the musical mood for numerous films throughout the decade, Howard's skills encompassed a plethora of genres, including four more best original score Oscar nominations, for the Harrison Ford action feature The Fugitive (1993), the Julia Roberts romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), M. Night Shyamalan's The Village (2004), and Michael Clayton (2007). In addition, Howard scored the Western epic Wyatt Earp (1994), Kevin Costner's Waterworld (1995), and Primal Fear (1996). His collaborations on songs for One Fine Day (1996) and Junior (1994) garnered Oscar nominations for Best Song. Along with scoring small-scaled, independent films such as Five Corners (1988), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and American Heart (1993), Howard proved equally skilled at composing for big-budget Hollywood spectacles, including Space Jam (1996), Dante's Peak (1997) (theme only - score was composed by John Frizzell), and Collateral (2004). He has also scored three Disney feature films: Dinosaur (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and Treasure Planet (2002). Although he concentrates primarily on films, Howard has also contributed music for TV, earning an Emmy nomination in 1995 for his theme to NBC's ratings smash ER (Howard also scored the two-hour pilot); he also provided the themes for The Sentinel and Gideon's Crossing, winning an Emmy for the latter.

He has scored all of Shyamalan's suspense thrillers, The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), The Happening (2008), and The Last Airbender (2010), notably dropping the intense, yet subtle, opening credit music for The Sixth Sense from the corresponding soundtrack album.

2000s

On October 14, 2005, it was officially announced that James Newton Howard would replace Howard Shore as composer for King Kong, due to "differing creative aspirations for the score" between Shore and director Peter Jackson. The resultant score earned Howard his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. His work on Michael Clayton earned him an Oscar nomination. He followed in 2008 with his eighth Oscar nomination for Edward Zwick's Defiance. He also collaborated with Hans Zimmer on the scores for Batman Begins and its record-breaking sequel The Dark Knight.

Some of his most recent works are The Happening, his sixth film with M. Night Shyamalan, Blood Diamond, Michael Clayton, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, I Am Legend, Charlie Wilson's War, and the M. Night Shyamalan film adaptation of the Nickelodeon series Avatar: the Last Airbender. Additionally, in a radio interview from early 2008, Howard revealed that he would collaborate with Terrence Malick "in about a year", a project likely to be the director's upcoming Tree of Life. However, it was later announced that Alexandre Desplat would provide the score.

Howard debuted his work for symphony orchestra, I Would Plant A Tree, in February 2009 as part of the Pacific Symphony's annual American Composers Festival. The debut took place at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, California, with the Symphony under the direction of Carl St.Clair.

In 2009, he was awarded a Grammy alongside Hans Zimmer for the soundtrack to The Dark Knight.

After being replaced in later seasons, his original theme song for the hit TV show ER returned for the final episode of the series.

In September 2010, he was appointed visiting professor of media composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

From 2012-2015, James Newton Howard scored the music for the critically acclaimed The Hunger Games franchise.

From 2014-2015, Howard saw major success with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 when he composed the score for the movie, which included "The Hanging Tree", featuring vocals from actress Jennifer Lawrence. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting single from The Hunger Games movies and both Howard's and Lawrence's first chart single.

In 2014, Howard scored two Academy Award nominated films, Nightcrawler and Maleficent.

On April 7, 2016, it was officially announced that James Newton Howard would compose the score for the upcoming fantasy drama Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spin-off/prequel of the Harry Potter film series.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Notes
1974	James Newton Howard
1982	Toto IV	Conductor/Orchestrator(Strings) for I Won't Hold You Back, Afraid of Love, and Lovers in the Night.
1983	James Newton Howard and Friends	Recorded live, direct-to-disc. Features David Paich (keyboards), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Jeff Porcaro (drums) and Joe Porcaro (percussion).

Film

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1985	Head Office	Ken Finkleman	HBO Pictures TriStar Pictures	Film scoring debut. Composed with Alan Howarth.
1986	Wildcats (with Hawk Wolinski)	Michael Ritchie	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records with songs co-written by Howard and one score cue
	8 Million Ways to Die	Hal Ashby	Producers Sales Organization TriStar Pictures	N/A
	Tough Guys	Jeff Kanew	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners II Bryna Productions	N/A
	Nobody's Fool	Evelyn Purcell	Island Pictures	N/A
1987	Campus Man	Ron Casden	RKO Pictures Paramount Pictures	N/A
	Five Corners	Tony Bill	HandMade Films Cineplex-Odeon Films	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande First score by Howard to have an album release.
	Russkies	Rick Rosenthal	New Century Vista Film Company	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
1988	Promised Land	Michael Hoffman	Vestron Pictures	Soundtrack released by Private Music
	Off Limits	Christopher Crowe	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Some Girls	Michael Hoffman	United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	N/A
	Go Toward the Light	Mike Robe	RHI Entertainment	television film
	Everybody's All-American	Taylor Hackford	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Capitol Records with one song co-written by Howard; no score included
1989	Tap	Nick Castle	TriStar Pictures	Soundtrack released by Epic Records with one song co-written by Howard; no score included
	Men	various	ABC	TV series pilot and theme. Nominated for an Emmy Award.
	Major League	David S. Ward	Morgan Creek Productions Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Curb Records with two songs co-written by Howard and two score cues
	The Package	Andrew Davis	Orion Pictures	Soundtrack released by Prometheus Records
1990	The Image	Peter Werner	Home Box Office	television film
	Coupe de Ville	Joe Roth	Morgan Creek Productions Universal Pictures	N/A
	Pretty Woman	Garry Marshall	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners III	Cue "She Rescues Him Right Back" written by Thomas Pasatieri. Soundtrack released by EMI America; no score included
	Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler	Michael Seitzer	MCA Television Entertainment	television film
	Flatliners	Joel Schumacher	Columbia Pictures	N/A
	Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture	Frank Pierson	Home Box Office MCA Television Entertainment	television film
	Marked for Death	Dwight H. Little	Steamroller Productions 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Delicious Vinyl with one score cue
	3 Men and a Little Lady	Emile Ardolino	Touchstone Pictures Interscope Communications	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with 20 mins. of score
	Descending Angel	Jeremy Kagan	Home Box Office	television film
1991	King Ralph	David S. Ward	Universal Pictures	N/A
	Guilty by Suspicion	Irwin Winkler	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande with 13 mins. of score End Title composed with Alan and Marilyn Bergman One of the few James Newton Howard film scores to be conducted by the composer
	Dying Young	Joel Schumacher	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Arista Records with 28 mins. of score
	The Man in the Moon	Robert Mulligan	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Soundtrack released by Reprise Records
	My Girl	Howard Zieff	Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with one score cut
	Grand Canyon	Lawrence Kasdan	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Milan Expanded edition later released by La-La Land Records
	The Prince of Tides	Barbra Streisand	Columbia Pictures	Replaced John Barry Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with 44 minutes of score Includes song co-written by Howard and performed by Barbra Streisand not used in the film. Academy Award Nominee for Best Original Score.
1992	A Private Matter	Joan Micklin Silver	Mirage Enterprises Home Box Office	television film
	Diggstown	Michael Ritchie	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande; conducted by Howard
	2000 Malibu Road	various	Spelling Television	TV series theme
	Glengarry Glen Ross	James Foley	New Line Cinema LIVE Entertainment The Rank Organisation	Soundtrack released by Elektra with just over 16 mins. of score; conducted by Howard
	American Heart	Martin Bell	Triton Pictures	Independent film.
	Night and the City	Irwin Winkler	20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with two songs co-written by Howard and one score cue
1993	Alive	Frank Marshall	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Touchstone Pictures Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	Falling Down	Joel Schumacher	Le Studio Canal+ Regency Enterprises Warner Bros.	Replaced Graeme Revell Soundtrack released by Intrada Records
	Dave	Ivan Reitman	Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Big Screen Records - cover erroneously credits Howard as the conductor (score actually conducted by Marty Paich); expanded edition later released by La-La Land
	The Fugitive	Andrew Davis	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Elektra; complete score later released by La-La Land Academy Award Nominee for Best Original Score.
	The Saint of Fort Washington	Tim Hunter	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
1994	Intersection	Mark Rydell	Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Milan
	Wyatt Earp	Lawrence Kasdan	Tig Productions Kasdan Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records; complete score later released by La-La Land
	ER	various	Amblin Television Warner Bros. Television	TV series theme and pilot score Soundtrack released by Atlantic Records with Howard's theme in TV and complete versions Nominated for an Emmy Award.
	Junior	Ivan Reitman	Northern Lights Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande The song "Look What Love Has Done" was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
1995	Just Cause	Arne Glimcher	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Outbreak	Wolfgang Petersen	Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	French Kiss	Lawrence Kasdan	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Mercury Records with one score cue
	Waterworld	Kevin Reynolds	Gordon Company Davis Entertainment Licht/Mueller Film Corporation Universal Pictures	Replaced Mark Isham (who did only demos; his music box melody remains in the movie) Soundtrack released by MCA
	Restoration	Michael Hoffman	Miramax Films	Soundtrack released by Milan with 44 minutes of score
1996	Eye for an Eye	John Schlesinger	Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by La-La Land
	The Juror	Brian Gibson	Columbia Pictures	Replaced John Barry
	Primal Fear	Gregory Hoblit	Rysher Entertainment Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Milan with 28 and a half minutes of score
	Imagine Entertainment ID	N/A	N/A	Logo theme.
	The Trigger Effect	David Koepp	Amblin Entertainment Gramercy Pictures Universal Pictures	N/A
	The Rich Man's Wife	Amy Holden Jones	Hollywood Pictures Caravan Pictures	Theme only; score by John Frizzell
	Space Jam	Joe Pytka	Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Separate score and song albums released by Atlantic Records Song album includes one track co-written by Howard
	One Fine Day	Michael Hoffman	Lynda Obst Productions 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Columbia Records with a song co-written by Howard and one score suite The song "For the First Time" was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
	The Sentinel	various	Paramount Network Television	TV series theme only; scores by Steve Porcaro and John M. Keane Soundtrack released by Sonic Images with Howard's theme in main and end title versions
1997	Dante's Peak	Roger Donaldson	Pacific Western Production Universal Pictures	Theme and some cues; majority of score by John Frizzell Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Liar Liar	Tom Shadyac	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	Theme only; score by John Debney Soundtrack released by MCA
	Fathers' Day	Ivan Reitman	Silver Pictures Northern Lights Entertainment Warner Bros.	N/A
	My Best Friend's Wedding	P.J. Hogan	Zucker Brothers Productions TriStar Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony/Work with one score suite For Your Consideration promo with just over 24 minutes issued Nominated for the Academy Award in the category Best Original Musical or Comedy Score.
	The Devil's Advocate	Taylor Hackford	Regency Enterprises Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by TVT with just over 39 minutes of score
	The Postman	Kevin Costner	Tig Productions Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records with just under 50 minutes of score
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	various	Home Box Office	Score for part 6: "Mare Tranquilitatis" Soundtrack released by Epic Soundtrax with period pop songs and Michael Kamen's opening and closing theme music; no episode scores
	A Perfect Murder	Andrew Davis	Kopelson Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
1999	Runaway Bride	Garry Marshall	Lakeshore Entertainment Interscope Communications Paramount Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony; no score
	Stir of Echoes	David Koepp	Artisan Entertainment 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Nettwerk with 17 and a half minutes of score
	The Sixth Sense	M. Night Shyamalan	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Barry Mendel Productions Hollywood Pictures Spyglass Entertainment	Replaced a yet unknown composer Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Mumford	Lawrence Kasdan	Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with just under 25 minutes of score
	Snow Falling on Cedars	Scott Hicks	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Decca Records
	Wayward Son	Randall Harris	Avenue Pictures	Composed with Steve Porcaro
2000	Dinosaur	Eric Leighton Ralph Zondag	Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records Annie Award Nominee for Individual Achievement for Music Score
	Gideon's Crossing (Emmy Winner)	various	Heel and Toe Films Touchstone Television	TV series theme. Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Title Theme Music.
	Unbreakable	M. Night Shyamalan	Barry Mendel Productions Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	Vertical Limit	Martin Campbell	Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise	Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records 73-minute FYC promo issued Annie Award Nominee for Individual Achievement for Music Score
	America's Sweethearts	Joe Roth	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Atlantic Records with one score suite
2002	Big Trouble	Barry Sonnenfeld	Touchstone Pictures	N/A
	Signs	M. Night Shyamalan	The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	Unconditional Love	P.J. Hogan	New Line Cinema	N/A
	The Emperor's Club	Michael Hoffman	Beacon Communications Fine Line Features Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Treasure Planet	Ron Clements John Musker	Walt Disney Pictures	Replaced Alan Silvestri Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records with about 47 and a half minutes of score
2003	Dreamcatcher	Lawrence Kasdan	Castle Rock Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Peter Pan	P.J. Hogan	Revolution Studios Red Wagon Productions Allied Stars Ltd Universal Pictures Columbia Pictures	"Flying" later used in commercials for Disneyland Paris Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
2004	Hidalgo	Joe Johnston	Casey Silver Productions Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records
	The Village	M. Night Shyamalan	Blinding Edge Pictures Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
	Collateral	Michael Mann	DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hip-O Records with three Howard cues Composed with Tom Rothrock and Antonio Pinto
2005	The Interpreter	Sydney Pollack	Working Title Films Mirage Enterprises Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Batman Begins	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Composed with Hans Zimmer. Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records.
	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	Mark Cowen	Playtone IMAX	Theme only; score by Blake Neely
	King Kong	Peter Jackson	WingNut Films Universal Pictures	Replaced Howard Shore Soundtrack released by Decca Records. Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score.
2006	Freedomland	Joe Roth	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande. Composed with Mel Wesson.
	Sony Pictures Animation ID	N/A	N/A	Logo theme.
	RV	Barry Sonnenfeld	Relativity Media Red Wagon Entertainment Intermedia Films Columbia Pictures	Composed with Stuart Michael Thomas and Blake Neely.
	Lady in the Water	M. Night Shyamalan	Legendary Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Decca Records
	Blood Diamond	Edward Zwick	Bedford Falls Productions Virtual Studios Initial Entertainment Group Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande with 51 and a half minutes of score
2007	The Lookout	Scott Frank	Spyglass Entertainment Miramax Films	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records as an iTunes exclusive. Composed with Clay Duncan and Stuart Michael Thomas.
	Michael Clayton	Tony Gilroy	Section Eight Productions Mirage Enterprises Castle Rock Entertainment Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
	I Am Legend	Francis Lawrence	Weed Road Pictures Overbrook Entertainment Heyday Films Original Film Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Jay Russell	Revolution Studios Walden Media Beacon Communications Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical with 46 minutes of score iTunes release includes 12 more minutes of score
	Charlie Wilson's War	Mike Nichols	Relativity Media Participant Productions Playtone Universal Pictures	Replaced Ry Cooder Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande One track co-written by Gingger Shankar
	The Great Debaters	Denzel Washington	Harpo Productions The Weinstein Company	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande. Composed with Peter Golub.
2008	Mad Money	Callie Khouri	Millenium Films Overture Films	Composed with Marty Davich.
	The Happening	M. Night Shyamalan	Spyglass Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures UTV Motion Pictures Dune Entertainment 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan	DC Comics Syncopy Inc. Legendary Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records in one-disc and two-disc editions. Composed with Hans Zimmer. Nominated for the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music at the BAFTA Awards, shared with Hans Zimmer.
	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi	Shadow Distribution Oscilloscope Pictures	Soundtrack released by Nonesuch with one score track. Composed with Marty Davich.
	Defiance (Oscar Nomination)	Edward Zwick	Bedford Falls Productions Paramount Vantage	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
2009	Confessions of a Shopaholic	P.J. Hogan	Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records with one score suite
	Duplicity	Tony Gilroy	Relativity Media Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Wings Over the Rockies	Tod Williams	Holding Pictures	Short film.
	It's Complicated	Nancy Meyers	Relativity Media Waverly Films Dentsu Universal Pictures	Some additional music with Hans Zimmer.
2010	Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang	Susanna White	Relativity Media Working Title Films StudioCanal Universal Pictures	Took over from Thomas Newman (who left and did not do a score) Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
	Salt	Phillip Noyce	Di Bonaventura Pictures Rainmaker Digital Effects Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Madison Gate Records
	The Last Airbender	M. Night Shyamalan	Nickelodeon Movies The Kennedy/Marshall Company Blinding Edge Pictures Paramount Pictures	Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records
	Inhale	Baltasar Kormákur	IFC Films	N/A
	Love & Other Drugs	Edward Zwick	Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises New Regency Stuber Pictures 20th Century Fox	N/A
	The Tourist	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	GK Films Spyglass Entertainment StudioCanal Columbia Pictures	Replaced Gabriel Yared Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande (includes one track retained from Yared's thrown-out score)
2011	Larry Crowne	Tom Hanks	Playtone StudioCanal Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Rhino Records with one score track
	Water for Elephants	Francis Lawrence	Fox 2000 Pictures Dune Entertainment Ingenious Media 20th Century Fox	Soundtrack released by Sony Classical
	The Green Hornet	Michel Gondry	Original Film Columbia Pictures	Replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict
	Gnomeo & Juliet	Kelly Asbury	Touchstone Pictures Miramax Films Rocket Pictures Arc Productions	Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records and Walt Disney Records. Composed with Chris P. Bacon.
	Green Lantern	Martin Campbell	DC Entertainment De Line Pictures Warner Bros.	Soundtrack released by Watertower Music
	Darling Companion	Lawrence Kasdan	Sony Pictures Classics Sierra / Affinity	N/A
2012	The Hunger Games	Gary Ross	Color Force Lionsgate	Replaced Danny Elfman due to a scheduling conflict Score album released by Universal Republic
	Snow White and the Huntsman	Rupert Sanders	Roth Films Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Universal Republic
	The Bourne Legacy	Tony Gilroy	Relativity Media The Kennedy/Marshall Company Captivate Entertainment Universal Pictures	Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande
2013	After Earth	M. Night Shyamalan	Overbrook Entertainment Blinding Edge Pictures Relativity Media Columbia Pictures	Soundtrack released by Sony Masterworks
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Francis Lawrence	Color Force Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic
	Parkland	Peter Landesman	American Film Company Playtone Exclusive Media Group	Soundtrack released by Rhino as a digital download
2014	Cut Bank	Matt Shakman	Kilburn Media A24	N/A
	Maleficent	Robert Stromberg	Roth Films Walt Disney Pictures	Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records
	Nightcrawler	Dan Gilroy	Bold Films Open Road Films	Soundtrack released by Lakeshore Records
	Pawn Sacrifice	Edward Zwick	Bleecker Street
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	Francis Lawrence	Color Force Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	Francis Lawrence	Color Force Lionsgate	Score album released by Universal Republic
	Concussion	Peter Landesman	Village Roadshow Pictures Scott Free Productions Columbia Pictures	Score album released by Sony Classical
2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan	Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures	Score album released by Back Lot Music
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	David Yates	Warner Bros.	N/A

Accolades

In May 2008 he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.

In October 2015 he was honored with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award during the annual Hollywood in Vienna concert.

Award	Year	Project	Category	Outcome
Academy Awards	1992	The Prince of Tides	Best Original Score	Nominated
	1994	The Fugitive	Best Original Score	Nominated
	1995	Junior	Best Original Song	Nominated
	1997	One Fine Day	Best Original Song	Nominated
	1998	My Best Friend's Wedding	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2005	The Village	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2008	Michael Clayton	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2009	Defiance	Best Original Score	Nominated
Annie Awards	2000	Dinosaur	Music in a Feature Production	Nominated
	2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Music in a Feature Production	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	2009	The Dark Knight	Anthony Asquith Award for Best Film Music	Nominated
Emmy Awards	1989	Men	Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music	Nominated
	1995	ER	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music	Nominated
	2001	Gideon's Crossing	Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Won
Golden Globe Awards	1995	Junior	Best Original Song	Nominated
	1997	One Fine Day	Best Original Song	Nominated
	2006	King Kong	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2009	Defiance	Best Original Score	Nominated
Grammy Awards	1998	One Fine Day	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television	Nominated
	2008	Blood Diamond	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Nominated
	2009	The Dark Knight	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Won
Satellite Awards	2000	Snow Falling on Cedars	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2007	The Lookout	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2010	Salt	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2011	Water for Elephants	Best Original Score	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2000	Dinosaur	Best Music	Nominated
	2006	Batman Begins	Best Music	Nominated
	2009	The Dark Knight	Best Music	Won
World Soundtrack Awards	2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Best Original Song Written for a Film	Nominated
	2005	Batman Begins	Best Original Soundtrack of the Year	Nominated
	2006	King Kong	Best Original Soundtrack of the Year	Nominated
			Soundtrack Composer of the Year	Nominated
	2008	I Am Legend	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	Won
		Michael Clayton		Won
		Charlie Wilson's War		Won
	2013	The Bourne Legacy	Film Composer of the Year	Nominated
		After Earth		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]