James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard · Arts & Literature
Composer of The Fugitive and The Dark Knight; Max Steiner Award (2015)
1951, Los Angeles, California, USA
United States
James Newton Howard is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Composer of The Fugitive and The Dark Knight; Max Steiner Award (2015)
James Newton Howard is an American film composer who has scored more than 100 films, including The Fugitive, The Dark Knight (with Hans Zimmer) and the Hunger Games series, and received the Max Steiner Award in 2015. A Grammy and Emmy winner with nine Academy Award nominations, he blends orchestral and contemporary styles. He learned as an adult that his father was Jewish (the family surname was Horowitz) and later became a practicing Reconstructionist Jew.
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Composer of The Fugitive and The Dark Knight; Max Steiner Award (2015)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Academy Award for Best Scoring
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