Howard Drossin
{{Short description|American composer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}
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|genre=Film music, video game music, electronic, rock, jazz
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Howard Drossin is an American composer for film and video games. Most recently, he has worked with Spike Lee on documentaries and short films. His work includes co-scoring with longtime collaborator RZA, The Man with the Iron Fists for Universal Pictures, starring Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu; several video games including Afro Samurai, Sonic & Knuckles, and Baldur's Gate; a Super Bowl commercial; and orchestration on the Grammy-winning jazz record A Tale of God's Will. He has also worked on albums and musical projects with a wide variety of artists including Terence Blanchard, Rod Stewart, The Black Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, Wiz Khalifa, and Paul Oakenfold.
Works
=Film and television=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1997
|Backstreet Boys: Everybody (Backstreet's Back) |Music | ||
| 1999
|The Item | Music | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2001
|The Theory of the Leisure Class |Music | ||
| Jane Bond
|Music | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Orchestrations | ||
| 25th Hour
|Orchestrations | ||
| 2003
|What Boys Like |Music | ||
| 2004
|Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="5" | 2005
| Music | ||
| Blade: Trinity
|Music | ||
| Tom-Yum-Goong
|Music | ||
| Their Eyes Were Watching God
|Orchestrations | ||
| All the Invisible Children
| Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2006
|Orchestrations | ||
| Inside Man
|Orchestrations | ||
| Waist Deep
|Additional music | ||
| 2007
| Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2008
|Miracle at St. Anna |Orchestrations | ||
| Cadillac Records
|Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2010
|Sidewalk |Music | ||
| Bunraku
|Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2011
|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer | Music | ||
| The Consultant
|Music | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2012
|Orchestrations | ||
| The Man with the Iron Fists
|Music with RZA | ||
| rowspan="2" |2014
|Orchestrations | ||
| Black or White
|Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2015
|The Man with the Iron Fists 2 |Music | ||
| Chi-Raq
|Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2017
|Feud |Orchestrations | ||
| She's Gotta Have It
|Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2018
|Orchestrations | ||
| American Crime Story
|Orchestrations | ||
| 2018
|Music | ||
| 2019
|Orchestrations | ||
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Coach: Words Matter |Music | ||
| Welcome to Sudden Death
|Music | ||
| 2022
|Nike: Seen It All |Music | ||
| 2024
|Italy in America |Music |
= Video games =
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992
|Wolf: True Life Adventure | ||
| 1993
| Music with Barry Blum and Brian Coburn | ||
| 1994
| Music with several others | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1995
|Music | ||
| The Ooze
|Music | ||
| 1996
|Music | ||
| 1997
|Music | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1998
|Music | ||
| Vigilante 8
| Music with Jeehun Hwang | ||
| 1999
| Cutscene music | ||
| rowspan="4" | 2000
| Music with Christian Salyer and Eric Klein | ||
| Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
| Music with Michael Hoenig | ||
| Giants: Citizen Kabuto
|Music editing | ||
| Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War
|Music editing | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates | Music | ||
| Alien Front Online
| Music with Makito Nomiya | ||
| Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
| Music with Inon Zur | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Music with Jun Senoue, Tommy Tallarico, Richard Jacques and others | ||
| Afro Samurai
|Music | ||
| 2010
|Music | ||
| 2013
| Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | Music editing | ||
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|Music (unreleased) |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.howarddrossin.com}}
- {{IMDb name|0238300}}
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Category:American film score composers
Category:American male film score composers
Category:American video game composers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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