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James Newton Howard attended the University of Southern California's music school, but dropped out to tour with Elton John, and eventually compose music for film and television. He started with Head Office (1985) in 1985. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards. He currently is a songwriter, record producer, conductor, keyboardist, and film... See full bio »
June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Hide Show Music department (94 credits)
2018 BaseBoys (TV Series) (music - 4 episodes)
- Vi SKAL redde Oliver! (2018) ... (music)
- Opdager kæmpe hemmelighed (2018) ... (music)
- Lad os sprænge GunPowder i luften? (2018) ... (music)
- Stjæler fra slikbutik (2018) ... (music)
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (score producer - uncredited)
2018 Sherlock Gnomes (music consultant)
2016/IX Split (composer: theme from "Unbreakable")
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (score producer - uncredited)
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (score producer - uncredited)
2012 The Hunger Games (score producer - uncredited)
2010 What If...? (TV Series) (music by - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2 (2010) ... (music by)
2009 Breast Cancer: The Path of Wellness & Healing (Documentary) (composer: theme music)
2009 Vezhete (Short) (composer: stock music)
2009 High Noon (TV Movie) (score producer)
1994-2009 ER (TV Series) (composer - 277 episodes)
- And in the End... (2009) ... (composer: theme music)
- A House Divided (2007) ... (composer: theme music)
- Scoop and Run (2006) ... (composer: theme music)
- Jigsaw (2006) ... (composer: theme music)
- Heart of the Matter (2006) ... (composer: theme music)
2009 Midnight Bayou (TV Movie) (provider: score)
2009 Northern Lights (TV Movie) (score producer)
2008 The Dark Knight (musician: piano - uncredited) / (score producer - uncredited)
2008 Imagine (TV Series documentary) (score producer - 1 episode)
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2008) ... (score producer)
2007 I Am Legend (score producer - uncredited)
2007 The Water Horse (orchestrator)
2007 Carolina Moon (TV Movie) (score producer)
2007 Blue Smoke (TV Movie) (score producer)
2007 Angels Fall (TV Movie) (score producer)
2006 Blood Diamond (score producer - uncredited)
2006 American Masters (TV Series documentary) (score producer - 1 episode)
2005 Batman Begins (score producer - uncredited)
2005 The Interpreter (orchestrator)
2005 Drie Gasten en een Videocamera (Video) (composer: themes)
Great Performances (TV Series) (conductor - 1 episode, 2003) (orchestrator - 1 episode, 2003)
- Elton John at the Royal Opera House (2003) ... (conductor) / (orchestrator)
2003 Dreamcatcher (orchestrator) / (score producer - uncredited)
2002 Treasure Planet (orchestrator) / (score producer)
2002 The Emperor's Club (orchestrator) / (score producer)
2002 Unconditional Love (orchestrator)
2002 Signs (score producer)
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (orchestrator) / (score producer)
2000-2001 The Fugitive (TV Series) (composer - 8 episodes)
- Smith 282 (2001) ... (composer: theme music)
- Flesh and Blood (2001) ... (composer: theme music)
- Tucker's Gift (2001) ... (composer: theme music)
- Sea Change (2001) ... (composer: theme music)
- Strapped (2001) ... (composer: theme music)
2000-2001 Gideon's Crossing (TV Series) (musician - 20 episodes)
- Heart of Glass (2001) ... (musician: keyboards, synthesizers)
- The Crash (2001) ... (musician: keyboards, synthesizers)
- Filaments and Ligatures (2001) ... (musician: keyboards, synthesizers)
- Flashpoint (2001) ... (musician: keyboards, synthesizers)
- The Others (2001) ... (musician: keyboards, synthesizers)
2000 Vertical Limit (orchestrator) / (score producer)
2000 Unbreakable (orchestrator) / (score producer - uncredited)
2000 FreakyLinks (TV Series) (composer - 1 episode)
- Un-aired Pilot ... (composer: stock music; from "The Sixth Sense")
2000 Dinosaur (orchestrator) / (score producer)
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars (orchestrator) / (score producer)
1999 Mumford (orchestrator) / (score producer)
1999 The Sixth Sense (orchestrator) / (score producer - uncredited)
1999 Stir of Echoes (orchestrator) / (score producer)
1999 Runaway Bride (orchestrator)
1998 A Perfect Murder (orchestrator)
1997 The Postman (music producer - uncredited) / (orchestrator)
1997 The Devil's Advocate (orchestrator)
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding (conductor - uncredited)
1997 Fathers' Day (orchestrator)
1997 Picture Perfect (composer: additional music - uncredited)
1997 Liar Liar (composer: theme music)
1997 Dante's Peak (composer: theme music)
1997 Metro (composer: additional music - uncredited)
1996 One Fine Day (orchestrator)
1996 Space Jam (orchestrator)
1996 The Rich Man's Wife (composer: theme music)
1996 The Trigger Effect (orchestrator)
1996 Primal Fear (orchestrator)
1996 The Sentinel (TV Series) (composer - 1 episode)
- The Switchman (1996) ... (composer: theme music)
1996 Eye for an Eye (orchestrator)
1995 Waterworld (musician: synthesizer & drum programmer - uncredited) / (orchestrator)
1995 French Kiss (orchestrator)
1995 Outbreak (orchestrator)
1995 Just Cause (orchestrator)
1994 Junior (orchestrator)
1994 Wyatt Earp (orchestrator)
1994 Major League II (composer: additional music)
1994 Intersection (orchestrations)
1993 Alive: 20 Years Later (Video documentary) (musician)
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington (orchestrator)
1993 The Fugitive (conductor - uncredited) / (music producer - uncredited) / (musician: keyboards, piano - uncredited) / (orchestrator)
1993 Dave (composer: source cues - uncredited) / (musician: keyboards - uncredited) / (orchestrator - uncredited) / (score producer - uncredited)
1993 Falling Down (orchestrator) / (score producer - uncredited)
1993 Alive (orchestrator)
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross (arranger - uncredited)
2000 Malibu Road (TV Series) (composer - 6 episodes, 1992) (musician - 6 episodes, 1992)
- Episode #1.6 (1992) ... (composer: theme music) / (musician: keyboards, synthesizer)
- Pilot (1992) ... (composer: theme music) / (musician: keyboards, synthesizer)
1992 Diggstown (conductor - uncredited)
1991 Grand Canyon (orchestrator - uncredited)
1991 The Prince of Tides (music producer - uncredited)
1991 Guilty by Suspicion (conductor - uncredited)
1990 Pretty Woman (orchestrator)
1990 Coupe de Ville (musician: keyboards, synthesizers)
1989 Men (TV Series) (composer - 5 episodes)
- Every Good Boy Does Fine (1989) ... (composer: theme music)
- Cupid Ms...Takes (1989) ... (composer: theme music)
- When the Wind Blows (1989) ... (composer: theme music)
- The Trouble with Harvey (1989) ... (composer: theme music)
- Thomas (1989) ... (composer: theme music)
1989 Major League (musician: keyboards, synthesizer)
1989 Tap (musician: keyboards, synthesizer, programming)
1988 Some Girls (conductor)
1987 Promised Land (conductor - uncredited)
1987 Five Corners (score producer)
1987 Campus Man (musician: keyboards, synthesizers)
1986 Nothing in Common (conductor: strings) / (music arranger: strings)
1986 8 Million Ways to Die (musician)
1986 Wildcats (music producer)
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (musician: keyboards - uncredited) / (song producer)
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2020 Jungle Cruise (post-production)
2019 A Hidden Life
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (music by)
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (music by)
2018/I Saved (Short)
2018 Red Sparrow (music by)
2017 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (music by)
2017 Mario and Luigi's Almost Not-so Near Death Experience (TV Movie)
2017 Detroit
2017 The Lotto (Short)
2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV Series) (5 episodes)
- The Wide Window: Part Two (2017)
- The Wide Window: Part One (2017)
- The Reptile Room: Part Two (2017)
- The Bad Beginning: Part Two (2017) ... (as James Newton-Howard)
- The Bad Beginning: Part One (2017)
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (music by)
2016 All the Way (TV Movie)
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War
2015 Concussion
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 What Lives Inside (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes)
- Episode #1.4 (2015) ... (music composed by)
2014 Pawn Sacrifice
2014 Nightcrawler
2014 Cut Bank
2014 Maleficent
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 Parkland
2013 After Earth
2012 The Bourne Legacy
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 The Hunger Games
2012 Darling Companion
2011 Larry Crowne
2011 Green Lantern
2011 Water for Elephants
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet (original score composed by)
2011 The Green Hornet
2010 The Cover-Up (Short)
2010 The Tourist
2010 The Last Shot 2 (Short)
2010 Love & Other Drugs
2010 Inhale
2010 The Last Airbender
2010 Nanny McPhee Returns
2009 Wings Over the Rockies (Documentary short)
2009 Previously On: E.R. (TV Movie documentary)
2009 Duplicity
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic
2008 Batman: The Dark Knight (Video short)
2008/I Defiance
2008 Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (Documentary)
2008 The Dark Knight (music by)
2008 The Happening
2008 Mad Money
2007 The Great Debaters
2007 Charlie Wilson's War
2007 I Am Legend
2007 The Water Horse
2007 The Lookout
2006 Reflections of Lady in the Water (Video documentary short)
2006 Blood Diamond
2006 Lady in the Water
2006 RV
2006 Freedomland
2005 It's All Gone King Kong (TV Movie documentary)
2005 King Kong
2005 Batman Begins
2004 Collateral
2004 The Village
2004 Hidalgo
2003 Peter Pan
2003 Dreamcatcher
2003 Making 'Signs' (Video documentary)
2002 Treasure Planet
2002 De entre los zapatos (Short)
2002 The Emperor's Club
2002 Unconditional Love
2002 Signs
2002 Big Trouble
2001 America's Sweethearts
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2000 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short) (1 episode)
- Surviving 'Vertical Limit' (2000) ... (music by)
2000 Vertical Limit
2000 Unbreakable
2000 Gideon's Crossing (TV Series)
2000 Dinosaur
1999 Wayward Son
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 Mumford
1999 The Sixth Sense
1999 Stir of Echoes
1999 Runaway Bride
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
- Mare Tranquilitatis (1998)
1998 A Perfect Murder
1997 Kenny Loggins: For the First Time (Video short)
1997 The Postman
1997 The Devil's Advocate
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding (music by)
1997 Fathers' Day (music by)
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1996 One Fine Day
1996 Space Jam
1996 The Trigger Effect
1996 Primal Fear
1996 The Juror
1996 Eye for an Eye
1995 Restoration
1995 Waterworld (music by)
1995 French Kiss
1995 Outbreak
1994 ER (TV Series) (1 episode)
- 24 Hours (1994)
1994 Wyatt Earp
1994 Intersection
1993 Alive: 20 Years Later (Video documentary)
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
1993 The Fugitive (music by)
1993 Dave (music by)
1993 Falling Down
1993 Alive
1992 Night and the City
1992 American Heart
1992 Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 Diggstown
1992 A Private Matter (TV Movie)
1991 Grand Canyon
1991 The Prince of Tides
1991 My Girl
1991 The Man in the Moon
1991 Dying Young
1991 Guilty by Suspicion
1991 King Ralph
1990 Descending Angel (TV Movie)
1990 3 Men and a Little Lady
1990 Marked for Death
1990 Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (TV Movie)
1990 Flatliners
1990 Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler (TV Movie)
1990 Pretty Woman
1990 Coupe de Ville
1990 The Image (TV Movie)
1989 Jody Watley: Everything (Video short)
1989 The Package
1989 Major League
1989 Men (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Baltimore (1989)
1989 Tap
1988 Everybody's All-American
1988 Go Toward the Light (TV Movie) (music by)
1988 Some Girls
1988 Off Limits
1987 Russkies
1987 Promised Land
1987 Five Corners
1987 Campus Man
1986 Nobody's Fool
1986 Tough Guys
1986 8 Million Ways to Die
1986 Wildcats
1985 Head Office
1985 David Pack: Prove Me Wrong (Video short)
1981 Elton John: Fanfare (Video short)
2019 Glass ("David at Home", "Joseph Parking Lot", "Joseph Leaves Casey Arrives", "David and Elijah Speak", "Joseph and David") / (performer: "Goodnight", "Mr. Glass", "Falling Down") / (writer: "Goodnight", "Mr. Glass", "Falling Down")
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (producer: "The Nutcracker Suite")
2018 The Hunger Flames (Short) (performer: "Katniss", "Incoming Bombers", "The Games Begin", "Horn of Plenty", "Mockingjay Graffiti", "Muttations", "Jamming the Capitol", "Katniss Afoot", "The Fog") / (writer: "Katniss", "Incoming Bombers", "The Games Begin", "Horn of Plenty", "Mockingjay Graffiti", "Muttations", "Jamming the Capitol", "Katniss Afoot", "The Fog")
2017 The Footy Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #24.20 (2017) ... (writer: "Theme from ER" - uncredited)
DVTV (TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 2017) (performer - 1 episode, 2017)
- James Newton Howard (2017) ... (music: "The Hanging Tree") / (performer: "The Hanging Tree")
2017/I The Shack (performer: "Bobby Wins") / (writer: "Bobby Wins")
2017 The Simpsons (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pork and Burns (2017) ... (writer: "Theme from ER" - uncredited)
2016/IX Split (performer: "Unbreakable") / (writer: "Unbreakable")
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War (arranger: "Castle (The Huntsman: Winter's War Version)")
2016 Disney Magic Kingdoms (Video Game) (performer: "Touring The City") / (writer: "Touring The City")
2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix (TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes)
- 2016: Day Four - Part 1 (2016) ... (writer: "A Watchful Guardian" - uncredited)
- 2016: Day Two - Part 2 (2016) ... (writer: "A Watchful Guardian" - uncredited)
- 2016: Day One - Part 2 (2016) ... (writer: "A Watchful Guardian" - uncredited)
2015 Reel Iconic (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The Battle for Hollywood (2015) ... ("Jim Saves the Crew")
- Casa of Beginnings (2015) ... ("To the Spaceport")
2014 Tobias and the Half-Pariah ("Fenland in Flames", "The Fog", "Monkey Mutts", "Escape from the Tower", "White Horse", "Dark Army")
2014 Rockworld (Short) (writer: "Main Titles", "Escaping the Smokers", "Balloon Flight", "Dry Land", "Main Credits")
2014 Maleficent (writer: "Maleficent Suite", "Welcome to the Moors", "Maleficent Flies", "Battle of the Moors", "Three Peasant Women", "Go Away", "Aurora and the Fawn", "The Christening", "Prince Phillip", "The Spindle's Power", "You Could Live Here Now", "Path of Destruction", "Aurora in Faerieland", "The Wall Defends Itself", "The Curse Won't Reverse", "Are You Maleficent?", "The Army Dances", "Phillip's Kiss", "The Iron Gauntlet", "True Love's Kiss", "Maleficent is Captured", "The Queen of Faerieland" - uncredited)
2013 Atop the Fourth Wall (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Showcase #22 (2013) ... ("We're Gonna Fly Now")
2013 Versus: The Way to Shadow (Short) (writer: "Molossus" - uncredited)
So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (music - 4 episodes, 2009 - 2011) (performer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Top 10 Perform: 2 Eliminated (2013) ... (performer: "The Gravel Road")
- Finale: Winner Announced (2011) ... (music: "The Circus Sets In")
- Two of 8 Voted Off (2011) ... (music: "The Circus Sets In")
- The Top Six Perform (2009) ... (music: "Village Attack")
- Two of 12 Voted Off (2009) ... (music: "Village Attack")
2013 The Dark Knight in the Playroom (Video short) (writer: "A Dark Knight" - uncredited)
2012 Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (TV Movie) (performer: "James Speech") / (writer: "James Speech")
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman (arranger: "Breath of Life")
2010 RED ("The Real Setup", "The Ghost", uncredited)
How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Perfect Week (2010) ... (performer: "Pennant Fever" - uncredited) / (writer: "Pennant Fever" - uncredited)
2008/I Defiance (performer: "Ikh Bin A Mame")
2008 For the First Time (writer: "For the First Time")
2007 War of the Servers (writer: "Corynorhinus")
2007 Return to Oz: The Joy That Got Away (Documentary) ("Peter Pan")
2007 Perfect Stranger (performer: "The Lie") / (writer: "The Lie")
2006 Blood Diamond (writer: "Shine on 'em")
2006 Miami Vice (writer: "Daniel")
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (writer: "You Were Jealous", "Jules' Confession")
2002 De entre los zapatos (Short) (performer: "Empty Couch") / (writer: "Empty Couch")
2002 Return to the Andes (Video documentary short) (music: "Score Excerpts")
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire (music: "Where the Dream Takes You")
2000 Expeditie Robinson (TV Series) (writer: "Molossus")
1998 Friends (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The One with the Kips (1998) ... (performer: "Theme from ER" - uncredited)
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (writer: "Viv Dejected")
1997 Volcano (writer: "The Boxing Gym")
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (writer: "For the First Time")
1996 One Fine Day (writer: "For the First Time")
1995 MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (TV Special) (writer: "Look What Love Has Done")
1995 Congo (producer: "The Village Chant") / (writer: "The Village Chant")
1995 French Kiss (producer: "I Want You" (Love Theme from 'French Kiss')) / (writer: "I Want You" (Love Theme from 'French Kiss'))
1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (writer: "Look What Love Has Done")
1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.211 (1994) ... (writer: "True Blue")
1994 Junior (producer: "Look What Love Has Done") / (writer: "Look What Love Has Done")
1992 Night and the City (writer: "I Wanna Be The One", "Love Doesn't Matter", "Never Gonna Stop")
1991 Dying Young (writer: "LOVE THEME FROM DYING YOUNG")
1989 Major League (music: "Most of All You", "How Can the Girl Refuse") / (producer: "Most of All You")
1989 Tap (arranger: "Cheek to Cheek") / (writer: "Can't Escape The Rhythm")
1988 Everybody's All-American (writer: "Untill Forever")
1987 Overboard (producer: "SOMETHING SPECIAL")
1986 Cobra (writer: "Hold on to Your Vision")
1986 Wildcats (producer: "Good Hands") / (writer: "Good Hands", "Show Me How It Works", "Razzle Dazzle", "Penetration", "Love Lives Alone", "Don't Wanna Be Normal", "Rock It", "We Stand Alone", "Hard To Say")
1985 White Nights (producer: "Prove Me Wrong") / (writer: "Prove Me Wrong")
1985 Out of Control (performer: "She")
1984 Body Rock (producer: "The Closest To Love")
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (producer: "NIGHTS ARE FOREVER")
Hide Show Thanks (12 credits)
2018 Shyamalan Sundays (TV Mini-Series short) (special thanks - 1 episode)
- The Sixth Sense (2018) ... (special thanks)
2016 The Worst Batman Fanfilm Ever... Period (Short) (inspirational thanks)
2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Video documentary) (special thanks)
2013 The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of the Dark Knight Trilogy (Video documentary) (special thanks)
2012 Born & Raised (special thanks)
2010 Love Ranch (the producers wish to thank)
2008 Squeegees (TV Movie) (special thanks)
2007 Surfwise (Documentary) (special thanks to)
2006 Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (Video documentary) (special thanks)
2005 The Wedding Date (special thanks)
2002 The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (Video documentary) (thanks)
2001 My First Mister (very special thanks)
2018 A Puzzle of Need: Post-Production (Video documentary short)
2018 Score: The Podcast (TV Series)
- James Newton Howard, Behind the Score: Hans Zimmer & Name That Score (2018) ... Himself
2018 Na plovárne (TV Series)
- Na plovárne s Jamesem Newtonem Howardem (2018) ... Himself
2017 DVTV (TV Series)
- James Newton Howard (2017) ... Himself
2016 Pawns No More: Making the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (Video documentary)
2015 Hollywood in Vienna 2015: Tales of Mystery (TV Movie)
Himself - Awardee
2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Video documentary)
Himself - Composer
2013 Surviving the Game - Making the Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Documentary)
2012 Music to the Extreme: The Sounds of Moby (Video short)
2012 Go See Talk Podcast (TV Series)
- Interview with James Newton Howard (2012) ... Himself
2010 Salt: Declassified (Video documentary short)
2010 Discovering 'The Last Airbender' (Video documentary)
2009 Starz Inside: Unforgettably Evil (TV Movie documentary)
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee
2008 Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene (Video documentary)
2005 King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (Video documentary)
2005 Shootout (TV Series)
2005 Deconstructing 'The Village' (Video documentary short)
2004 City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' (Video documentary short)
2003 The Score (TV Movie documentary)
2002 The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (Video documentary)
Himself - Score Composer
2001 The Making of 'Unbreakable' (Video documentary short)
2000 Snow Falling on Cedars: Spotlight on Location (TV Movie documentary)
2000 Music and Sound Design of 'The Sixth Sense' (Video short)
1997 The Eddie Files (TV Series)
- Patterns: The Big Concert (1997) ... Himself
1994 Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Composer, 'Wyatt Earp'
1987 Elton John in Australia (TV Special)
1983 Crosby, Stills & Nash: Daylight Again (Video)
Himself - Keyboards
1981 Elton John in Central Park New York (TV Special)
Hide Show Archive footage (2 credits)
2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (Video documentary)
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Wrote original music for the theatrical trailer of Batman Begins (2005).
James Howard Newton | James Newton-Howard
I wish I had some great words of advice. The only advice I have ever been able to give anybody is to focus on writing music, and if you're writing a movie score particularly, don't worry about the picture. Just write great music and the rest will take care of itself.
Toured with Elton John. Worked with pop group Toto. See more »
Extensive use of multiple chord progressions, false cadences, and changes in key. See more »