Legendary composer James Newton Howard discusses his technique, his biggest challenges & giving back

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[@kissmyasthma3155]

Definitely one of the best composers working today...

[@LevCallahan]

I'd argue he's *the* best. Better than Williams. Better than Zimmer. Better than Bernstein or Korngold.

[@hhandersom72]

Thomas Newman is also verry good i find.

[@JSGirl09able]

Indeed he is. Is there any reason why studios cherry pick him for certain works?

[@baoxuanchen5545]

Totally agree!!!

[@MatthewHarnage]

I love how honest and open James is about insecurity and fear. What a class act.

[@NoudvanHarskamp]

What a fantastic person!!!

[@hiattgrey9161]

James Newton Howard is my second favorite composer of all time. His score on Dinosaur is my favorite score of his.

[@YoshisVGM]

His current project is "Fantastic Beasts" and holy crap I am so excited to hear what he does for that movie. His fantasy film scores are amazing. I'm still drawn to Maleficent's score.

[@mcjansen]

James and Hans are to me the most inspiring and most fascinating composers out there. His work he did with M.Night Shyamalan is out of this world...

[@mcjansen]

Have to agree with you there, the work he did like 10 years ago was golden. Road to Perdition is my favorite of Thomas Newman

[@vladimirpavlisin6187]

@Vincent H. For me it would be Zimmer's Thin Red Line, Howard's Snow Falling on Cedars and Newman's The Shawshank Redemption.

[@vladimirpavlisin6187]

@Vincent H. You are for sure gonna realize you know Tarawa, which was many times used in many trailers and with amazing beach dead fish montage in the movie works sooo well

[@StuartFuckingLittle]

I agree. Although I couldn't miss out on saying Newman..

[@bilalkahhaleh3403]

The two of them are the greatest of all time in my opinion.

[@baoxuanchen5545]

Always feel grateful for what JHN has given to you. The idea of his unique orchestration, the way he sets up the notes and bind the instrument into an orchestra are always blown my mind away. One of the biggest dreams that I wanna make it into reality is to finally get involved in his writing team. To work closely with him. If John Williams and Joe Hisaishi are the ones who really brought me into the FS world. JHN should always been the one who has passed out lots of wonderful tools of how to wisely combine those instruments that could best represent the core emotion of scene. Conveying the feeling in a way that is meaningful to the picture. Mostly, how to translate the dramatic message to score that can embrace and embellish what’s really going on the screen. By the time I know him. I immediately know this is something I would like to do for the rest of my life.

[@jamlym4974]

Composing sounds so fun.

[@iceomistar4302]

He is very similar to Jerry Goldsmith in certain ways, his score to the Fugitive was so Goldsmith in style

[@m1ke1981]

Such a great composer. His Blood Diamond score is gritty and beautiful at the same time.

[@garrincha1199]

'thought I'd never call' is my favourite from that soundtrack

[@m1ke1981]

+Imran Noor Mine is "Village Attack" and "London". The whole score is a good listen.

[@dinam5017]

the Unbreakable movie theme

[@stevengrovecomposer]

Thank you for this fantastic interview. I very much admire Mr. Howard's music and he is certainly a composer that I look up to.

[@KanishQQuotes]

He is so realistic, no phony voice, his tone is like a working dad and nothing artsy fartsy

[@iceomistar4302]

he and Jerry Goldsmith had that in common.

[@jamlym4974]

The scariest experiences are always the most successful.

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

A very good composer.

[@sebastiaanham]

Absolute genius

[@JSGirl09able]

Honestly one of the most respected composers in the industry today. He's done film and TV work. Now all we need for him to do is to score a AAA video game and a Disney theme park ride, and he's got all forms of media completed. Honestly, how excited would you be if he did a AAA-budget video game score or a Disney theme park attraction score? I would be hyped up to 11.

[@IW0lfieI]

Favorite score by him is the Peter Pan score

[@angelinegil1135]

100% AGREE

[@kobipbip1448]

listen to "snow falling on cedars"!! maybe his most chilling and emotional work. but "dying young" and "my best friends wedding" are so emotional also. and i also love "maleficent"

[@sandeepyarramshetty7428]

can anybody tell me the starting sound track

[@azraptor774]

This man looks like he could be James Potter

[@alexwmusic]

Where's the whole interview? There's got to be more footage than this?

[@thewolfandtheraven8337]

Title of starting track??

[@NicolasWaldvogel]

Sounds like a variation of Ludovico Einaudi's music

[@KevinRivera-pg7ze]

@@NicolasWaldvogel but what is the name of the music?