TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

In Conversation With James Newton Howard
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Four Seasons Hotel, Regency Ballroom
Guest, James Newton Howard
Guest Interviewer, Jon Burlingame

Emmy and Academy Award(TM) nominee James Newton Howard has scored over 80 films and worked with some of pop music's elite, including Elton John, Cher and Barbra Streisand. As a visonary that wasn't afraid to depart from tradition in order to create music to perfectly accompany a film, he continues to influence peers and set new standards for soundtrack excellence.

Howard's evocative scores for THE PRINCE OF TIDES (1991), THE FUGITIVE (1993), MUMFORD (1999) and THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) have broken new ground in blending orchestral music with the keyboard.

A musical producer, arranger and pianist, Howard has worked with some of Hollywood's top producers, writers and directors, including Lawrence Kasdan, Joel Shumacher, David Mamet, Ivan Reitman, Scott Hicks and Irwin Winkler, and is highly sought after for his ability to create the right musical setting for films. Films scored by Howard for release in 2002 include TREASURE PLANET, WHO SHOT VICTOR FOX and DREAMCATCHER.

Among his credits as a composer are: FIVE CORNERS (1987), PRETTY WOMAN (1990), DYING YOUNG (1991), FRENCH KISS (1995), MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING (1997), RUNAWAY BRIDE (1999), SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS (1999), ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (2001) and AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (2001).


Guest Interviewer Jon Burlingame is an author, journalist and professor of film-music history at the University of Southern California. He is the most widely published writer in the U.S. on the subject of music for motion pictures and has covered the field for publications such as Variety, the Los Angeles Times and Premiere, among others. His most recent book is Sound and Vision: 60 Years of Motion Picture Soundtracks.

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