Howard Drossin
Howard Drossin | |
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| Genres | Film music, video game music, electronic, rock, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Website | howarddrossin |
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
[edit]Film and television
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1997 | Backstreet Boys: Everybody (Backstreet's Back) | Music |
| 1999 | The Item | Music |
| 2001 | The Theory of the Leisure Class | Music |
| Jane Bond | Music | |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Orchestrations |
| 25th Hour | Orchestrations | |
| 2003 | What Boys Like | Music |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Orchestrations |
| 2005 | Unleashed | Music |
| Blade: Trinity | Music | |
| Tom-Yum-Goong | Music | |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God | Orchestrations | |
| All the Invisible Children | Orchestrations | |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee | Orchestrations |
| Inside Man | Orchestrations | |
| Waist Deep | Additional music | |
| 2007 | Talk To Me | Orchestrations |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Orchestrations |
| Cadillac Records | Orchestrations | |
| 2010 | Sidewalk | Music |
| Bunraku | Orchestrations | |
| 2011 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer | Music |
| The Consultant | Music | |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Orchestrations |
| The Man with the Iron Fists | Music with RZA | |
| 2014 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | Orchestrations |
| Black or White | Orchestrations | |
| 2015 | The Man with the Iron Fists 2 | Music |
| Chi-Raq | Orchestrations | |
| 2017 | Feud | Orchestrations |
| She's Gotta Have It | Orchestrations | |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Orchestrations |
| American Crime Story | Orchestrations | |
| 2018 | Pass Over | Music |
| 2019 | Harriet | Orchestrations |
| 2020 | Coach: Words Matter | Music |
| Welcome to Sudden Death | Music | |
| 2022 | Nike: Seen It All | Music |
| 2024 | Italy in America | Music |
Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1992 | Wolf: True Life Adventure | Music (uncredited)[1] |
| 1993 | Sonic Spinball | Music with Barry Blum and Brian Coburn |
| 1994 | Sonic & Knuckles | Music with several others |
| 1995 | Comix Zone | Music |
| The Ooze | Music | |
| 1996 | Die Hard Arcade | Music |
| 1997 | Manx TT SuperBike | Music |
| 1998 | Dynamite Cop | Music |
| Vigilante 8 | Music with Jeehun Hwang | |
| 1999 | Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style | Cutscene music |
| 2000 | Vigilante 8: Second Offense | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | Sonic and the Black Knight | Music with Jun Senoue, Tommy Tallarico, Richard Jacques and others |
| Afro Samurai | Music | |
| 2010 | Splatterhouse | Music |
| 2013 | Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | Music editing |
| — | Sonic X-treme | Music (unreleased) |
References
[edit]- ^ Drossin, Howard (September 22, 2009). "Interview: Game Musician Drossin, From Sonic To Afro Samurai". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
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