James Newton Howard
Composer128 moviesAvg 6.51984 – 2025
🏆28 films with Oscar nominations·4 winners
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128 movies · 1984–2025
Avg 6.58.0+ great7.0+ solidbelow 6.5
1980s
1990s
1990
Pretty Woman
7.1
1990
NOM
Flatliners
6.6
1990
Marked for Death
5.9
1990
3 Men and a Little Lady
5.5
1991
The Man in the Moon
7.2
1991
My Girl
6.9
1991
Grand Canyon
6.8
1991
NOM
The Prince of Tides
6.8
1991
Guilty by Suspicion
6.6
1991
Dying Young
6.0
1991
King Ralph
5.4
1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
7.6
1992
Diggstown
6.9
1992
American Heart
6.7
1992
Night and the City
5.8
1993
NOM
The Fugitive
7.8
1993
Falling Down
7.5
1993
Alive
7.1
1993
Dave
6.9
1994
NOM
Wyatt Earp
6.7
1994
Intersection
5.4
1994
NOM
Junior
4.8
1995
French Kiss
6.6
1995
Outbreak
6.6
1995
OSCAR
Restoration
6.6
1995
Just Cause
6.4
1995
NOM
Waterworld
6.3
1996
Primal Fear
7.7
1996
NOM
One Fine Day
6.5
1996
Space Jam
6.5
1996
Eye for an Eye
6.2
1996
The Juror
5.7
1996
The Trigger Effect
5.7
1997
The Devil's Advocate
7.5
1997
NOM
My Best Friend's Wedding
6.4
1997
Dante's Peak
6.1
1997
The Postman
6.1
1997
Fathers' Day
5.3
1998
A Perfect Murder
6.6
1999
NOM
The Sixth Sense
8.2
1999
Stir of Echoes
6.9
1999
Mumford
6.8
1999
NOM
Snow Falling on Cedars
6.7
1999
Runaway Bride
5.6
2000s
2000
Unbreakable
7.3
2000
Dinosaur
6.4
2000
Vertical Limit
6.0
2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
6.9
2001
America's Sweethearts
5.7
2002
NOM
Treasure Planet
7.2
2002
The Emperor's Club
6.9
2002
Signs
6.8
2002
Unconditional Love
6.7
2002
Big Trouble
6.4
2003
Peter Pan
6.8
2003
Dreamcatcher
5.6
2004
NOM
Collateral
7.5
2004
Hidalgo
6.7
2004
NOM
The Village
6.6
2005
NOM
Batman Begins
8.2
2005
OSCAR
King Kong
7.2
2005
The Interpreter
6.4
2006
NOM
Blood Diamond
8.0
2006
RV
5.6
2006
Lady in the Water
5.5
2006
Freedomland
5.2
2007
The Great Debaters
7.5
2007
I Am Legend
7.2
2007
NOM
Michael Clayton
7.2
2007
Charlie Wilson's War
7.0
2007
The Lookout
6.9
2007
The Water Horse
6.4
2008
OSCAR
The Dark Knight
9.1
2008
NOM
Defiance
7.1
2008
Mad Money
5.9
2008
The Happening
5.0
2009
Duplicity
6.1
2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
5.9
2010s
2010
Love & Other Drugs
6.7
2010
Inhale
6.5
2010
NOM
Salt
6.5
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
6.1
2010
The Tourist
6.0
2010
The Last Airbender
3.9
2011
Water for Elephants
6.9
2011
Larry Crowne
6.1
2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
5.9
2011
The Green Hornet
5.8
2011
Green Lantern
5.5
2012
The Hunger Games
7.2
2012
The Bourne Legacy
6.6
2012
NOM
Snow White and the Huntsman
6.1
2012
Darling Companion
5.2
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.5
2013
Parkland
6.4
2013
After Earth
4.8
2014
Nightcrawler
7.8
2014
NOM
Maleficent
6.9
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
6.6
2014
Cut Bank
6.1
2015
Concussion
7.1
2015
Pawn Sacrifice
6.8
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
6.6
2016
All the Way
7.2
2016
OSCAR
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7.2
2016
The Huntsman: Winter's War
6.1
2017
Detroit
7.3
2017
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
6.5
2018
Red Sparrow
6.6
2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
6.5
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
5.6
2019
A Hidden Life
7.4
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