![]() sat down with Howard to talk about his decades of scoring, how COVID is impacting the film music business, and the haunting sounds of “News of the World.” In that way, it’s not unlike the father-daughter dance at the film’s core, loaded with melancholy and bittersweet possibility. But the absence of that expected grandeur works in the film’s favor-it’s a smaller score, filled with off-key pianos and slightly broken strings that dance awkwardly around each other until they find a curious equilibrium. Largely absent in Howard’s score are the thrumming fanfares and sweeping strings of classical Westerns, replaced by a deeply introspective sound that matches Greengrass’ bleak, bittersweet approach to the frontier. It’s a different kind of old-fashioned Western, one marked by recitations of the nation’s news more than sandstorms and gun fights, though the film itself has plenty of both. With “ News of the World,” now in theaters Howard returns to the Western genre for the first time since “ Hidalgo,” this time taking a more contemplative mode to Paul Greengrass’ adaptation of Paulette Jiles’ 2016 novel about a widowed Confederate captain ( Tom Hanks at his warmest and most stentorian) tasked with returning a mute German girl named Joanna ( Helena Zengel) to the only family she has left. His scores are as versatile as they are austere he’s as comfortable with the delicate strings and rhythms of something like Terrence Malick’s “ A Hidden Life” as he is with drum-heavy bombast in franchise films like “ The Hunger Games” or “ The Dark Knight.” Howard has composed music for over a hundred films, collecting a whopping eight Oscar nominations along the way. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007).ġ.01 - James Newton Howard - Light & Magic (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (0:41)ġ.02 - James Newton Howard - Scale & Focus (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (1:44)ġ.03 - James Newton Howard - Building Technologies (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (1:48)ġ.04 - James Newton Howard - Wonder (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (1:18)ġ.05 - James Newton Howard - Team Assembles (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (4:10)ġ.06 - Michael Dean Parsons - The Paintings Inspired Me (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:22)ġ.07 - James Newton Howard - 1000x Exciting (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (0:59)ġ.08 - James Newton Howard - Separate Ways (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (0:49)ġ.09 - James Newton Howard - I Wasn't Invited to Go (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:36)ġ.10 - James Newton Howard - The Train of Drama (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:22)ġ.11 - Xander Rodzinski - Indistinguishable from Reality (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (1:54)ġ.12 - James Newton Howard - Not Happy (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (0:43)ġ.13 - James Newton Howard - Lucky Guy (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (1:19)ġ.14 - Michael Dean Parsons - Secret Special Effects People (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:19)ġ.15 - Tobin Pugash - A Form of Alchemy (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:45)ġ.16 - James Newton Howard - Potatoes (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:04)ġ.17 - Xander Rodzinski - Family (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (1:57)ġ.18 - Tobin Pugash - Optical Printer (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (1:33)ġ.19 - James Newton Howard - Final Assembled Product (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:28)ġ.20 - James Newton Howard - Ingenuity (From "Light & Magic"/Score) (2:45)ġ.Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard a James Newton Howard score. He has collaborated extensively with directors M. His film scores include Pretty Woman (1990), The Fugitive (1993), Space Jam (1996), Peter Pan (2003), King Kong (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) which he composed with Hans Zimmer, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer and music producer. ![]() ![]() The series debuted as a Disney+ Original on July 27, 2022, with all six episodes airing at once. Light & Magic is a 2022 documentary TV series directed by Lawrence Kasdan, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. ![]()
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