James Newton Howard
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He’s been in my top 10 for as long as I can remember. Even these days, when there’s a lot of gaps beetween his good stuff, he still clings on to that 10th place! I have 40 JNH albums, out of which WATERWORLD reigns on top.
I’m doing a thread on him now because Intrada is apparently releasing FLATLINERS at long last, on October 21. I’ve had a boot of this for decades, and while the main takeaway is the glorious choral cue(s), there’s still some interesting textures going on in the more suspense-oriented bits. Anyone intend to pick this up?
I like some Newton Howards but never was a huge fan somehow. I have that boot as well… Probably won’t pick it up. Too many other things on the list and so few budget 😉
Yeah, it can be a bit harsh here and there.
By the way, I just finished watching Paul Greengrass’ latest, THE LOST BUS, with a score by JNH. As a fan of both Greengrass and survival/disaster films, I had high hopes, but alas it was all rather meager. Same for the score – whatever I could hear under the sound effects was anonymous drones; the type of which he’s done too many in recent years (this feeling was reinforced when I sampled the album awhile back).
Very cool! I love fly-on-the-wall stuff like that. Only wish I’d seen him actually play the keys — probably some rights issues involved.
Funny to see the differences in their personalities — JNH’s calm, professional demeanour and Zimmer’s slightly more larger-than-life.
I like James Newton Howard a lot… UNBREAKABLE was a fantastic score… I remember FSM called it “part Arvo Pärt meets hiphop, and part Miklós Rózsa meets Danny Elfman”, which made me buy that score… well, that was a few decades ago. I don’t have FLATLINERS, so I might get it, sure sounds interesting. I’ve seen the movie way back when it came out (I watched a lot of movies back then), but didn’t think it was all that good, so I don’t remember the music.
James Newton Howard, on the other hand, is an excellent composer. I was at a concert he gave some years ago, and not only did I enjoy the music, it was quite interesting that Howard a few times turned from the conductor’s podium and told little anecdotes and background stories about the music he selected. He sure came across as a very likeable person.
Just realized I actually don’t that FLATLINERS boot. But I for sure saw the movie. So will wait for samples.
I once got Jim Titus to design a cover for my CD-R boot of FLATLINERS and FALLING DOWN (pictured below). Of course, that CD-R is obsolete now, with both scores getting commercial releases.
I’m hoping to acquire a digital promo of FLATLINERS and write a review of it. But…I’m curious if it’s possible to recreate the old, 31-minute bootleg programme from it? I know it’s a long shot to ask here, since I’m not sure any of you have it, or have ordered it, or even have the old bootleg, but I thought I’d ask. Here’s what the old boot looks like:
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