James Newton Howard

American score composer

Role

Keyboardist Composer

Genre

Rock Stage & Screen Classical

Group

Mama Lion Heavy Cruiser Elton John Band

Credits

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Light & Magic (Original Soundtrack) A Hidden Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Keyboardist Composer

Genre

Rock Stage & Screen Classical

Group

Mama Lion Heavy Cruiser Elton John Band

Credits

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Light & Magic (Original Soundtrack) A Hidden Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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True Strike

Virtual Instrument

"True Strike is a permanent part of my palette. I use it in all my scores."

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EastWest Complete Composers Collection

Instrument Bundles

"Having new sounds at my fingertips is always an inspiration and these new EastWest/Quantum Leap PLAY plug-ins have plenty of great sounds to choose from."

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Heavyocity Damage

Kontakt Instrument

Composer James Newton Howard praises Heavyocity Damage, highlighting its impressive capabilities. This endorsement is featured on Native Instruments' page for Komplete Professional Instruments and Effects.

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Spectrasonics Symphony of Voices

Vocals

James Newton Howard has praised Spectrasonics Symphony of Voices, highlighting its effectiveness by stating, "Sometimes your samples work better than real singers. The best in the business." This endorsement is featured on Spectrasonics' official legacy products page.

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ILIO

Eastwest Quantum Leap Orchestral Hollywood Series

Virtual Instrument

James Newton Howard utilizes the Eastwest Quantum Leap Orchestral Hollywood Series, as noted by Eastwest.

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cinemorphx

Kontakt Instrument

James Newton Howard utilizes Sample Logic's CinemorphX, as highlighted on the Sample Logic LLC. community page.

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Steinberg Cubase

DAW Software

With three to five major film projects each year, Howard relies on Cubase 5 on the PC to simplify his sequencing tasks. "The ease with which I can manipulate audio has become better and better," he notes. "The technology has made it possible for me to work about 35 times faster than in the old days! Though I learned long ago that I would be more effective as a composer if I chose what I spent my time doing. So I don't program as much as I used to, although I'm very facile with all the soft synths."

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