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Music in the movies: James Newton Howard

December 7, 2010 Rohan 6

A movie’s music is one of its most important aspects; a characteristic that is often taken for granted. A film can reveal so much within its music. Beyond the creepy background music of thrillers that tells […]

The Last Airbender Soundtrack Score by James Newton Howard: June 29

May 25, 2010 Paul Martin 3

James Newton Howard’s score for The Last Airbender will be in stores on June 29th. I have not listened to the clips from the score yet, that are available online, because I’d rather wait for […]

Composer James Newton Howard All Access Interview

August 9, 2009 Paul Martin 3

He’s been the primary composer on all of M. Night’s films starting with The Sixth Sense. Currently writing the music for The Last Airbender, composer James Newton Howard invites you into his studio for […]

Howard wins IFMCA Award for his score to The Happening

February 23, 2009 Dr Malcolm Crowe 0

On February 19th composer James Newton Howard won the IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film for his score to M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening. Congrats James! See the full list of […]

Score to ‘The Happening’ Nominated for 2 IFMCA Awards

January 17, 2009 Dr Malcolm Crowe 0

James Newton Howard’s score to The Happening has been nominated for 2 IFMCA awards, including Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film and Film Music Composition of the Year. James was nominated for 4 more […]

James Newton Howard to Compose for The Last Airbender

December 19, 2008 Paul Martin 3

The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency has added The Last Airbender to James Newton Howard’s filmography. This is M. Night Shyamalan’s new film, which is expected to premiere in the summer of 2010. It is the seventh feature […]

James Newton Howard Film Composer of the Year 2008

October 18, 2008 Paul Martin 1

Tonight the World Soundtrack Academy announced the winners of the World Soundtrack Awards 2008, the closing event of the 35th Ghent International Film Festival. The 8th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards was once again […]

The Happening Original Motion Picture Soundtrack News

April 22, 2008 Dr Malcolm Crowe 2

Varese Sarabande announced that they will be releasing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for The Happening on June 3, 2008. Returning to the collaboration that spawned his acclaimed scores for such films as The Sixth […]

James Newton Howard records The Happening score

March 15, 2008 Dr Malcolm Crowe 6

Oscar-nominated composer James Newton Howard was recently at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, CA to record his score to the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan thriller The Happening. This marks the sixth time the […]

The Happening Score Recording Soon

March 9, 2008 Dr Malcolm Crowe 5

In a recent interview, Donald Foster mentioned that recording for James Newton Howard’s score to Shyamalan’s triller The Happening will start in the next two weeks. Who is this Donald Foster you say? Well, Foster […]