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James Newton Howard

1951 - Today

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James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, music producer and keyboardist. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores include Pretty Woman (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), The Fugitive (1993), Space Jam (1996), Dinosaur (2000), Peter Pan (2003), King Kong (2005), Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) which he composed with Hans Zimmer, The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2023), Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022), and Jungle Cruise (2021). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Newton Howard has received more than 2,546,219 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. James Newton Howard is the 475th most popular composer (down from 454th in 2019), the 2,235th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,135th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Composer.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, James Newton Howard ranks 475 out of 1,216. Before him are Erwin Schulhoff, Bill Conti, Peter Cornelius, Paul Bowles, Pavel Haas, and Einojuhani Rautavaara. After him are Vicente Martín y Soler, Henri Duparc, Antonio Sacchini, Luigi Rossi, Carl Friedrich Zelter, and Ferdinando Paer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, James Newton Howard ranks 82. Before him are Fernando Lugo, Ben Feringa, Thomas Boni Yayi, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Edward Witten, and Mamoru Oshii. After him are Joe Lynn Turner, Šaban Šaulić, Isabel Preysler, Horst Hrubesch, Jack Unterweger, and Zdravko Čolić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Newton Howard ranks 2,235 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Ivan Sutherland (1938), Ricky Nelson (1940), Richard Sennett (1943), Chet Atkins (1924), and Eva Longoria (1975). After him are Russ Meyer (1922), Anastacia (1968), Vera Farmiga (1973), Mary Steenburgen (1953), Henry L. Stimson (1867), and Myrna Loy (1905).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, James Newton Howard ranks 28. Before him are Terry Riley (1935), Michael Kamen (1948), Richard Rodgers (1902), George Crumb (1929), Bill Conti (1942), and Paul Bowles (1910). After him are Danny Elfman (1953), Stephen Foster (1826), John Adams (1947), George Antheil (1900), Morton Feldman (1926), and Carmine Coppola (1910).

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