Newton Howard Biography (1951-)

Born June 9, 1951; divorced from first wife; married Rosanna Arquette (an actress), 1986 (divorced); married; wife's name, Sophie; children: Jackson, Hayden. Career: Composer, music producer, and keyboardist. Worked as a producer for Valerie Carter, 1978, and played as a session musician with such performers as Fanny, 1974, Ringo Starr, 1974, Elton John, 1975-80, Neil Diamond, 1976, Harry Nilsson, 1976, Neil Sedaka, 1976, Yvonne Elliman, 1978, the Dudek-Finnigan-Kruger Band, 1980, Boz Scaggs, 1980, and Melissa Manchester. Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nomination, outstanding main title theme music,1989, for Men; Grammy Award nomination, best instrumental music fromtelevision or film, 1990, for Dying Young; Academy Award nomination, best original score, 1991, for The Prince of Tides; Academy Award nomination, for best original score, 1994, for The Fugitive; Academy Awardnomination, best music-song, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best originalsong-motion picture, both 1994, for "Look What Love Has Done"; Emmy Award, outstanding individual achievement in main title theme music, 1994, for ER; Academy Award nomination (with others), best song, Golden Globe Award nominations, best music-song and best original song-motion picture, and GrammyAward nomination, best song written specifically for a motion picture or fortelevision, all 1997, for "For the First Time"; Academy Award nomination, best musical or comedy score, 1998, for My Best Friend's Wedding..

Nationality: American
Occupation: Composer, producer, keyboardist
Birth Details: June 9, 1951; United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Orchestrator, Unless Otherwise Noted
Music conductor and music arranger for strings, Nothing in Common,TriStar, 1986
Music producer, Five Corners, Cineplex Odeon, 1987
Music conductor, Some Girls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Pretty Woman (also known as $3000), Buena Vista, 1990
Falling Down, Warner Bros., 1993
The Fugitive, Warner Bros., 1993
The Saint of Fort Washington, Warner Bros., 1993
Junior, Universal, 1994
Intersection, Paramount, 1994
Song producer, "Ride Gambler Ride," Maverick, Warner Bros., 1994
Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros., 1994
French Kiss (also known as Paris Match), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
Outbreak, Warner Bros., 1995
Waterworld, Universal, 1995
Eye for an Eye, Paramount, 1996
One Fine Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Primal Fear, Paramount, 1996
The Trigger Effect, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
Father's Day, Warner Bros., 1997
The Postman, Warner Bros., 1997
Television Work
Specials
Orchestrator, Alive-The Miracle of the Andes (also known as Alive-Twenty Years Later), CBS, 1993
Television Appearances
Specials
Orchestra conductor, Elton John in Australia (also known as Elton John in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), Showtime, 1987
RECORDINGS
Albums
James Newton Howard, Kama Sutra, 1974
James Newton Howard and Friends, Sheffield Lab, 1985
Promised Land, Private Music, 1985
Man in the Moon, Reprise, 1991
Performed or worked with numerous artists and music groups, including Elton John, Ringo Starr, Melissa Manchester, Carly Simon, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, The Pointer Sisters, Kenny Loggins,Randy Newman, Toto, Gordon Lightfoot, David Lee Roth, Julio Iglesias, Ashford & Simpson, America, Rickie Lee Jones, Bob Seger, Rod Stewart, Peter Cetera, Dusty Springfield, and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
WRITINGS
Film Music
Scores, Unless Otherwise Noted
Song "Prove Me Wrong," White Nights, Columbia, 1985
Song "Hold on to Your Vision," Cobra, Warner Bros., 1986
(With Hawk Wolinski) Wildcats (also known as First and Goal), Warner Bros., 1986
Head Office, TriStar, 1986
Nobody's Fool, Island Pictures, 1986
Never Too Young to Die, Paul Releasing, 1986
8 Million Ways to Die, TriStar, 1986
Tough Guys, Buena Vista, 1986
Promised Land (also known as Young Hearts), Vestron, 1987
Five Corners, Cineplex Odeon, 1987
Russkies, New Century/Vista, 1987
Campus Man, Paramount, 1987

Some Girls (also known as Sisters), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Off Limits (also known as Saigon), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
(And song "Until Forever") Everybody's All American, Warner Bros.,1988
Tap, TriStar, 1989
(And song "Most of All You") Major League, Paramount, 1989
The Package, Orion, 1989
Coupe de Ville, Universal, 1990
Pretty Woman (also known as $3000), Buena Vista, 1990
Three Men and a Little Lady, Buena Vista, 1990
Flatliners, Columbia, 1990
Marked for Death (also known as Screwface), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
(And song "Love Theme from Dying Young ") Dying Young, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
The Prince of Tides, Columbia, 1991
The Man in the Moon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
King Ralph, Universal, 1991
Guilty by Suspicion, Warner Bros., 1991
My Girl, Columbia, 1991
Grand Canyon, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
American Heart, Triton Pictures, 1992
Glengarry Glen Ross, New Line Cinema, 1992
Diggstown (also known as Midnight Sting), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1992
(And songs "I Wanna Be the One," "Love Doesn't Matter," and "Never GonnaStop") Night and the City, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Falling Down, Warner Bros., 1993
Dave, Warner Bros., 1993
The Fugitive, Warner Bros., 1993
The Saint of Fort Washington, Warner Bros., 1993
(And song "Look What Love Has Done") Junior, Universal, 1994
Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros., 1994
Intersection, Paramount, 1994
French Kiss (also known as Paris Match), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
Just Cause, Warner Bros., 1995
Outbreak, Warner Bros., 1995
Restoration, Miramax, 1995
Waterworld, Universal, 1995
Eye for an Eye, Paramount, 1996
(And song "For the First Time") One Fine Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Primal Fear, Paramount, 1996
Space Jam, Warner Bros., 1996
The Juror, Columbia, 1996
Theme music, The Rich Man's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996
The Trigger Effect, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
Theme music, Dante's Peak, Universal, 1997
Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
Father's Day, Warner Bros., 1997
Theme music, Liar Liar, Universal, 1997
My Best Friend's Wedding, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
Song "Viv Dejected," Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, BuenaVista, 1997
The Postman, Warner Bros., 1997
Song "The Boxing Gym," Volcano, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
A Perfect Murder (also known as Dial M for Murder), WarnerBros., 1998
Snow Falling on Cedars, Universal, 1999
Mumford, Buena Vista, 1999
Television Music
Series
Men, ABC, 1989
Theme song "You'll Love the Ride," Sunday Dinner, CBS, 1991
Middle Ages, CBS, 1992
2000 Malibu Road, 1992
ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1994
Theme "You Know Me Too Well," The George and Alana Show, syndicated, 1995
The Sentinel, UPN, 1996-97
Movies
Go Toward the Light (also known as Go to the Light and Toward the Light), CBS, 1988
The Image, HBO, 1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture, HBO, 1990
Descending Angel, HBO, 1990
Revealing Evidence (also known as Heat, Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler, and Tango), NBC, 1990
A Private Matter (also known as Miss Sherri and The Sherri Finkbine Story), HBO, 1992
Episodic
"The Visit," Trying Times, PBS, 1987
"Bedtime Story," Trying Times, PBS, 1987
"The Hit List," Trying Times, PBS, 1989
Miniseries
"Mare Tranquilitatis," From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998
Specials
Alive-The Miracle of the Andes (also known as Alive-Twenty Years Later), CBS, 1993
Song "For the First Time," The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997

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