Howard also arranged strings for several of John's songs during this period including the hits " Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and " Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", and played additional keyboards and synthesizers on studio albums including Rock of the Westies (1975), Blue Moves (1976), 21 at 33 (1980), and The Fox (1981). He was part of the band that played Central Park, New York, on September 13, 1980. He joined John's band and toured with them as keyboardist during the late 70s and early 80s. In the early 70s, he described himself as being "dirt poor", until his big break in 1975 when his manager got him an audition with Elton John. He then worked for a couple of years as a session musician with artists including Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, and Harry Nilsson. Members of Mama Lion also formed the band Heavy Cruiser with Merryweather now on lead vocals, recording two albums whose genre was closer to hard rock, bit also displayed psychedelic and progressive influences. Mama Lion recorded two full-length albums. The band was led by Neil Merryweather (bass, backing vocals) and featured lead singer Lynn Carey, Coffi Hall on drums, and Rick Gaxiola on guitar. He then attended the University of Southern California, studying at the School of Music as a piano performance major, but dropped out after 6 weeks because "He wanted to do other things than practicing the piano." Īfter Howard left college, he joined a short-lived rock band called Mama Lion. He went on to attend the Thacher School in Ojai, California and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California with Reginald Stewart and Leon Fleischer. Howard began studying music as a child, taking classical piano lessons at the age of four.
He is from a musical family his grandmother was the Pittsburgh Symphony's concertmaster and violinist during the 1930s and '40s.
The forthcoming albums showcasing his enormous musical talents will be a wonderful addition to the label and I am both thrilled and excited to welcome James Newton Howard to the Sony Music family.Howard was born in Los Angeles. Sony Music Masterworks President, Mark Cavell noted: “The opportunity to work closely with such a creative and talented film artist and composer as James Newton Howard is a great honour and privilege. I look forward to working with Mark Cavell, Liam Toner, and the entire Sony family to make this project a high point of my career.” This is a dream project for me representing among other things highlights from my 35 years as a composer for film. Howard says : “I am thrilled and honoured to be in partnership with Sony Music Masterworks. Howard is also noted for his long-standing collaborations with Sir Elton John, both arranging music for and performing live with the legendary rock star as well as for his own rock music career, which includes working with Toto, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Barbra Streisand, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bob Seger and others. Away from the big screen, he has also scored a huge amount of music for TV, including the smash hit ‘ER’. He has collaborated with some of the leading film directors in the industry, such as Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson, Lawrence Kasdan and Francis Lawrence. Night Shyamalan, scoring many of his classic movies including ‘The Sixth Sense’, ‘Signs’ and ‘The Village’. He has forged a special partnership with director, M. The new partnership will see Sony Music Masterworks release a number of albums with Howard, including new arrangements of some of Howard’s classic, genre-defying scores, a range of new orchestral works and unique arrangements of classical pieces.īorn in Los Angeles in 1951, Howard has composed the scores to more than 150 films, including such blockbuster movies as ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘King Kong’, ‘The Hunger Games’ franchise, ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Dark Knight’ (in collaboration with Hans Zimmer), ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ and many more. New York, Aug– Sony Music Masterworks, a division of Sony Music Entertainment is delighted to announce a new, multi-album deal with acclaimed Grammy and Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated film music composer, conductor, musician and music producer, James Newton Howard. SONY MUSIC MASTERWORKS ANNOUNCES EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH FOREMOST FILM MUSIC COMPOSER, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
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