Howard Drossin

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Howard Drossin is a music composer for film, television, commercials, and video games. He is best known for his score on the Tony Jaa martial arts film, The Protector, which he co-composed with legendary hip-hop producer, The RZA.

Howard was educated at the Southern California Conservatory of music and studied film scoring at UCLA. His early music was for video games as the Music Director at SEGA. In 1999, he began scoring films with the Sundance Film Festival's surreal horror film, The Item. In 2002, he started working with Terence Blanchard for whom he orchestrated and arranged music for film scores and jazz albums. Howard began working with The RZA on 2004's "Blade: Trinity" which led to their work together on film, soundtracks and commercials. In 2006, the music he wrote for Joseph Kahn's commercial (and YouTube video sensation) "Hail: Return of the Sun" won a Clio for Music & Sound.

Howard's work with Terence Blanchard won a 2008 Grammy in the category of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category for A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina).

Howard lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Linda Kordek with The Agency Group and managed by Jessica Monson with YEA Management.

Official Website for Howard Drossin[1]

Contents 1 Movie soundtracks 2 Commercials 3 Video game soundtracks 3.1 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Movie soundtracks

• Talk to Me - (2007)
• Waist Deep - (2006)
• Inside Man - (2006)
• Akeelah and the Bee - (2006)
• The Protector - (2006)
• Tom yum goong - (2005)
• Blade: Trinity - (2005)
• Danny the Dog (film) - (2005)
• What Boys Like — (2003)
• Jane Bond — (2001)
• The Theory of the Leisure Class — (2001)
• The Item — (1999)
• Jimmy Hollywood - (1994)

[edit] Commercials

• Fox Sports Knights — (2004)
• Fox Sports Raiders — (2004)
• Fox Sports Cyborg — (2004)
• Hail: Return of the Sun — (2006)

[edit] Video game soundtracks

• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn - (2000), (Black Isle Studios)
• Vigilante 8: Second Offense — (2000), (Activision Publishing, Inc.)
• Sonic Spinball — (1993), (SEGA Entertainment, Inc.)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — (1993), (SEGA Entertainment, Inc.)
• Sonic & Knuckles — (1994), (SEGA Entertainment, Inc.)
• Comix Zone — (1995), (SEGA Entertainment, Inc.)
• The Ooze — (1995), (SEGA Entertainment, Inc.)
• Knuckles Chaotix — (1995), (SEGA Entertainment, Inc.)
• Dynamite Cop — (1998) (SEGA Enterprises Ltd.)
• Alien Front Online — (2001) (SEGA of America, Inc.)

[edit] Sources

• http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,27240/
• http://www.rpgdot.com/index.php?hsaction=10053&ID=35
• http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=4738
• http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=16234
• http://www.allmovieportal.com/m/2006_The_Protector_about_the_filmmakers.html

[edit] External links

• Howard Drossin discography at MusicBrainz
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Howard Drossin at the Internet Movie Database