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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), Waterworld (1995), Space Jam (1996), Dinosaur (2000), Unbreakable (2000), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), 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), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) 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 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). James Newton Howard is the 421st most popular composer (up from 475th in 2019), the 1,951st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,233rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Newton Howards by language

Over the past year James Newton Howard has had the most page views in the with 272,609 views, followed by German (30,868), and Spanish (21,790). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (46.44%), Tamil (26.16%), and Volapük (15.71%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, James Newton Howard ranks 421 out of 1,451. Before him are Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Alexander Agricola, Georg Muffat, Johan Svendsen, André Jolivet, and Giuseppe Sammartini. After him are Ferdinand Ries, Étienne Méhul, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Nikolai Medtner, Józef Elsner, and Ernest Ansermet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, James Newton Howard ranks 83. Before him are Behgjet Pacolli, Ben Carson, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Mamoru Oshii, Fernando Lugo, and Gustavo Santaolalla. After him are Joe Lynn Turner, Karekin II, Hilda Heine, Isabel Preysler, Kim Peek, and Jack Unterweger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Newton Howard ranks 1,951 out of 20,380. Before him are Donna Karan (1948), Robert Fogel (1926), Billy Dee Williams (1937), Dean Koontz (1945), Langston Hughes (1902), and Bo Diddley (1928). After him are Eric Adams (1952), Mark W. Clark (1896), Dana Elcar (1927), Peggy Lee (1920), Paul Schrader (1946), and Howard S. Becker (1928).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, James Newton Howard ranks 20. Before him are Bernard Herrmann (1911), Charles Ives (1874), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Aaron Copland (1900), Cole Porter (1891), and Richard Rodgers (1902). After him are Bill Conti (1942), Leroy Anderson (1908), Terry Riley (1935), John Adams (1947), Carmine Coppola (1910), and Danny Elfman (1953).

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