Howard Drossin

Howard Drossin

Howard Drossin is an American composer for film and video games. His recent work includes: co-scoring with longtime collaborator RZA, The Man with the Iron Fists for Universal Pictures, starring Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu; several award-winning video game titles including Afro Samurai, Splatterhouse, and Baldur's Gate; a Super Bowl commercial; and orchestration on the Grammy-winning jazz record, A Tale of God’s Will. He has worked on albums and musical projects with a wide variety of artists such as Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Rod Stewart, The Black Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, Wiz Khalifa, and Paul Oakenfold.

Movie soundtracks

• The Man with the Iron Fists - (2012)
• Red Tails - (2012)
• Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant - (2011)
• Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer - (2011)
• Sidewalk - (2010)
• Cadillac Records - (2008)
• Miracle at St. Anna - (2008)
• Talk To Me - (2007)
• Waist Deep - (2006)
• Inside Man - (2006)
• Akeelah and the Bee - (2006)
• Tom-Yum-Goong - (2005) (U.S. title: The Protector, 2006)
• Blade: Trinity - (2005)
• Unleashed - (2005)
• What Boys Like — (2003)
• 25th Hour — (2002)
• Jane Bond — (2001)
• The Theory of the Leisure Class — (2001)
• The Item — (1999)
• Jimmy Hollywood - (1994)

Commercials

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

Video game soundtracks

• Splatterhouse - 2010, Namco Bandai Games
• Sonic and the Black Knight - 2009, Sega
• Afro Samurai - 2009, Namco Bandai Games
• Alien Front Online — 2001, Sega
• Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal - 2000, Black Isle Studios
• Vigilante 8: Second Offense — 2000, Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Vigilante 8 - 1998, Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Dynamite Cop — 1998, Sega
• Die Hard Arcade - 1996, Sega
• The Ooze — 1995, Sega
• Comix Zone — 1995, Sega*
• Sonic & Knuckles — 1994, Sega
• Sonic Spinball — 1993, Sega

Sources

• Blue Note Records Earns 10 Nominations in the 50th Annual Grammy Awards

External links

• Official website
• Howard Drossin at the Internet Movie Database