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{{Short description|American composer}}
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1970|10|2}}
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|birth_place=[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
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|genre=[[Film music]], [[video game music]]
|genre=[[Film music]], [[video game music]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[rock music|rock]], [[jazz]]
|occupation=[[Musician]], [[composer]], [[arranger]]
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|years_active=1992–present
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'''Howard Drossin''' (born October 2, 1970) is an American composer for film and video games. 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 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 also worked on albums and musical projects with a wide variety of artists including [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Terence Blanchard]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[The Black Keys]], [[Beyoncé Knowles]], [[Wiz Khalifa]], and [[Paul Oakenfold]].
'''Howard Drossin''' is an American composer for film and video games. 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 (video game)|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 [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Terence Blanchard]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[The Black Keys]], [[Beyoncé Knowles]], [[Wiz Khalifa]], and [[Paul Oakenfold]].


==Works==
==Works==
===Film and television===

{| class="wikitable"
=== Film ===
|-
*''[[Jimmy Hollywood]]'' - (1994)
! Year !! Title !! Notes
*''[[The Item]]'' — (1999)
|-
*''[[The Theory of the Leisure Class]]'' — (2001)
!1993
*''[[Jane Bond]]'' — (2001)
*''[[25th Hour]]'' — (2002)
|''[[Menace II Society]]''
| rowspan="2" | additional music
*''[[What Boys Like]]'' — (2003)
|-
*''[[Unleashed (film)|Unleashed]]'' — (2005)
! rowspan="2" | 1994
*''[[Blade: Trinity]]'' — (2005)
|''[[Monkey Trouble]]''
*''[[Tom-Yum-Goong]]'' — (2005) (U.S. title: ''The Protector'', 2006)
|-
*''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]'' — (2006)
*''[[Inside Man]]'' — (2006)
|''[[Jimmy Hollywood]]''
|with [[Robbie Robertson]]
*''[[Waist Deep]]'' — (2006)
|-
*''[[Talk To Me (2007 film)|Talk To Me]]'' — (2007)
!1997
*''[[Miracle at St. Anna (2008 film)|Miracle at St. Anna]]'' — (2008)
|''Backstreet Boys: Everybody (Backstreet's Back)''
*''[[Cadillac Records (2008 film)|Cadillac Records]]'' — (2008)
|additional music
*''[[Sidewalk (2010 film)|Sidewalk]]'' — (2010)
|-
*''[[Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer]]'' — (2011)
!1999
*''[[Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant]]'' — (2011)
|''The Item''
*''[[Red Tails]]'' — (2012)
| rowspan="3" |
*''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]'' — (2012)
|-
*''[[The Man with the Iron Fists 2]]'' — (2015)
! rowspan="2" | 2001
|''The Theory of the Leisure Class''
|-
|''Jane Bond''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2002
|''[[Barbershop (film)|Barbershop]]''
| rowspan="2" | orchestrations
|-
|''[[25th Hour]]''
|-
!2003
|''What Boys Like''
|
|-
!2004
|''[[She Hate Me]]''
|orchestrations
|-
! rowspan="6" | 2005
|''[[Unleashed (2005 film)|Unleashed]]''
| rowspan="2" | additional music
|-
|''[[Blade: Trinity]]''
|-
|''[[Tom-Yum-Goong]]''
|
|-
|''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God (film)|Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''
|orchestrations
|-
|''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)|The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants]]''
|assistant
|-
|''[[All the Invisible Children]]''
| rowspan="3" | orchestrations
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2006
|''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]''
|-
|''[[Inside Man]]''
|-
|''[[Waist Deep]]''
|additional music and orchestrations
|-
!2007
|''[[Talk To Me (2007 film)|Talk To Me]]''
| rowspan="3" | orchestrations
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2008
|''Miracle at St. Anna''
|-
|''[[Cadillac Records (2008 film)|Cadillac Records]]''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2010
|''Sidewalk''
|
|-
|''[[Bunraku (film)|Bunraku]]''
|orchestrations
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2011
|''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer''
|rowspan="2" | [[Marvel One-Shot]]
|-
|''The Consultant''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2012
|''[[Red Tails]]''
|orchestrations
|-
|''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]''
|with [[RZA]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |2014
|''[[Da Sweet Blood of Jesus]]''
| rowspan="2" |orchestrations
|-
|''[[Black or White (film)|Black or White]]''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2015
|''[[The Man with the Iron Fists 2]]''
|
|-
|''[[Chi-Raq]]''
| rowspan="6" |orchestrations
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2017
|''[[Feud (TV series)|Feud]]''
|-
|''[[She's Gotta Have It]]''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2018
|''[[BlacKkKlansman]]''
|-
|''[[American Crime Story]]''
|-
!2019
|''[[Harriet (film)|Harriet]]''
|}


=== Video games ===
=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable"
*''Wolf: True Life Adventure'' — 1992, [[Disney]]
|-
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball]]'' — 1993, [[Sega]]
! Year !! Title !! Notes
*''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' — 1994, Sega
|-
*''[[Comix Zone]]'' — 1995, Sega
! 1992
*''[[The Ooze]]'' — 1995, Sega
|''Wolf: True Life Adventure''
*''[[Die Hard Arcade]]'' - 1996, Sega
|
*''[[Dynamite Cop]]'' — 1998, Sega
|-
*''[[Vigilante 8]]'' — 1998, [[Activision]]
! rowspan="2" | 1993
*''[[Vigilante 8: Second Offense]]'' — 2000, Activision
| ''[[Sonic Spinball]]''
*''[[Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal]]'' — 2000, [[Black Isle Studios]]
| Sega Genesis version; with Barry Blum and Brian Coburn
*''[[Alien Front Online]]'' — 2001, Sega
|-
*''[[Afro Samurai (video game)|Afro Samurai]]'' — 2009, [[Namco Bandai Games]]
| ''[[Unnatural Selection (video game)|Unnatural Selection]]''
*''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' — 2009, Sega
| testing
*''[[Splatterhouse (2010 video game)|Splatterhouse]]'' — 2010, Namco Bandai Games
|-
!rowspan="2"|1994
| ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]''
|Special thanks
|-
| ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''
| with several others
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Comix Zone]]''
| rowspan="5" |
|-
| ''[[The Ooze]]''
|-
! 1996
| ''[[Die Hard Arcade]]''
|-
! 1997
| ''[[Manx TT SuperBike]]''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1998
|''[[Dynamite Cop]]''
|-
| ''[[Vigilante 8]]''
| with Jeehun Hwang
|-
! 1999
| ''[[Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style]]''
| cutscene music
|-
! rowspan="4" | 2000
| ''[[Vigilante 8: Second Offense]]''
| with Christian A. Salyer and Eric Klein
|-
| ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn]]''
| with [[Michael Hoenig]]
|-
| ''[[Giants: Citizen Kabuto]]''
| rowspan="2"|music editing
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War]]''
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates]]''
| expansion pack
|-
| ''[[Alien Front Online]]''
| with Makito Nomiya
|-
| ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal]]''
| expansion pack; with [[Inon Zur]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]''
| with [[Jun Senoue]], [[Tommy Tallarico]], [[Richard Jacques]] and others
|-
| ''[[Afro Samurai (video game)|Afro Samurai]]''
| rowspan="2"|
|-
! 2010
| ''[[Splatterhouse (2010 video game)|Splatterhouse]]''
|-
! 2013
| ''[[Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition]]''
| music editing
|-
! Unreleased
| ''[[Sonic X-treme]]''
|
|}


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 00:02, 28 May 2024

Howard Drossin
GenresFilm music, video game music, electronic, rock, jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)Guitar, piano
Years active1992–present
Websitehowarddrossin.com

Howard Drossin is an American composer for film and video games. 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 Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Rod Stewart, The Black Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, Wiz Khalifa, and Paul Oakenfold.

Works

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Film and television

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Year Title Notes
1993 Menace II Society additional music
1994 Monkey Trouble
Jimmy Hollywood with Robbie Robertson
1997 Backstreet Boys: Everybody (Backstreet's Back) additional music
1999 The Item
2001 The Theory of the Leisure Class
Jane Bond
2002 Barbershop orchestrations
25th Hour
2003 What Boys Like
2004 She Hate Me orchestrations
2005 Unleashed additional music
Blade: Trinity
Tom-Yum-Goong
Their Eyes Were Watching God orchestrations
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants assistant
All the Invisible Children orchestrations
2006 Akeelah and the Bee
Inside Man
Waist Deep additional music and orchestrations
2007 Talk To Me orchestrations
2008 Miracle at St. Anna
Cadillac Records
2010 Sidewalk
Bunraku orchestrations
2011 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer Marvel One-Shot
The Consultant
2012 Red Tails orchestrations
The Man with the Iron Fists with RZA
2014 Da Sweet Blood of Jesus orchestrations
Black or White
2015 The Man with the Iron Fists 2
Chi-Raq orchestrations
2017 Feud
She's Gotta Have It
2018 BlacKkKlansman
American Crime Story
2019 Harriet

Video games

[edit]
Year Title Notes
1992 Wolf: True Life Adventure
1993 Sonic Spinball Sega Genesis version; with Barry Blum and Brian Coburn
Unnatural Selection testing
1994 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Special thanks
Sonic & Knuckles with several others
1995 Comix Zone
The Ooze
1996 Die Hard Arcade
1997 Manx TT SuperBike
1998 Dynamite Cop
Vigilante 8 with Jeehun Hwang
1999 Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style cutscene music
2000 Vigilante 8: Second Offense with Christian A. Salyer and Eric Klein
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn with Michael Hoenig
Giants: Citizen Kabuto music editing
Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War
2001 Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates expansion pack
Alien Front Online with Makito Nomiya
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal expansion pack; with Inon Zur
2009 Sonic and the Black Knight with Jun Senoue, Tommy Tallarico, Richard Jacques and others
Afro Samurai
2010 Splatterhouse
2013 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition music editing
Unreleased Sonic X-treme
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