Awards & Winners

James Newton Howard

Date of Birth 09-June-1951
Place of Birth Los Angeles
(Southern California, Los Angeles County, United States of America, California)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Peter Pan , James Newtown Howard, James Howard Newton, James Howard, James Howard Newton, Peter Pan, James Newtown Howard, James Howard Newton
Profession Songwriter, Musician, Film Score Composer, Composer, Record producer
James Newton Howard is an American composer best known for his scores to motion pictures. He is one of the most popular and respected composers for cinema, and has scored over 100 films. The recipient of eight Academy Award nominations, some of Howard's best known film scores include Pretty Woman, The Prince of Tides, The Fugitive, Dinosaur, The Village, King Kong, Batman Begins, I Am Legend The Dark Knight, and, most recently Green Lantern, The Hunger Games, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Bourne Legacy and Catching Fire. He is known for his frequent collaborations with director M. Night Shyamalan, having scored all his films since The Sixth Sense. Howard also has a reputation of being a fast composer, due to his work on movies such as King Kong and The Hunger Games, both of which were composed in approximately one month.

Awards by James Newton Howard

Check all the awards nominated and won by James Newton Howard.

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Original Score Water for Elephants
20th Century Fox

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Original Score Salt
COLUMBIA PICTURES

2009


Saturn Award for Best Music
Honored for : The Dark Knight

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Saturn Award for Best Music The Dark Knight
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music The Dark Knight
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Defiance

2008


Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : The Dark Knight
(Producers, Engineers, Composers/Producers)
World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year
Honored for : I Am Legend
(Tied with Charlie Wilson's War and Michael Clayton)
World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year
Honored for : Michael Clayton
(Tied with Charlie Wilson's War and I Am Legend)
World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year
Honored for : Charlie Wilson's War
(Tied with Michael Clayton (2007) and I Am Legend (2007).)

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year Michael Clayton
Tied with Charlie Wilson's War and I Am Legend
World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year I Am Legend
Tied with Charlie Wilson's War and Michael Clayton
World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year Charlie Wilson's War
Tied with Michael Clayton (2007) and I Am Legend (2007).
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer The Dark Knight
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Defiance
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Dark Knight

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Michael Clayton
Satellite Award for Best Original Score The Lookout

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Saturn Award for Best Music Batman Begins
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score King Kong

2005


ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films
Honored for : Collateral
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films
Honored for : The Village

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films The Village
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Collateral

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Village

2001


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
Honored for : Gideon's Crossing

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film Atlantis: The Lost Empire
For the song Where the Dream Takes You
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Gideon's Crossing

2000


ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films
Honored for : Runaway Bride

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Runaway Bride
Satellite Award for Best Original Score Snow Falling on Cedars

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score My Best Friend's Wedding
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song For the First Time
from One Fine Day
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media For the First Time

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song For the First Time
One Fine Day

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Look What Love Has Done
Junior
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music ER

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Look What Love Has Done
Junior

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Fugitive

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Prince of Tides

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Men