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 Year Title Notes1997Backstreet Boys: Everybody (Backstreet's Back)Additional music1999The Item Music 2001The Theory of the Leisure ClassMusicJane BondMusic 2002Barbershop Orchestrations25th HourOrchestrations2003What Boys LikeMusic2004She Hate MeOrchestrations 2005Unleashed Additional musicBlade: TrinityAdditional musicThe ProtectorMusicTheir Eyes Were Watching GodOrchestrationsAll the Invisible Children Orchestrations 2006Akeelah and the BeeOrchestrationsInside ManOrchestrationsWaist DeepAdditional music2007Talk To Me Orchestrations 2008Miracle at St. AnnaOrchestrationsCadillac RecordsOrchestrations 2010SidewalkMusicBunrakuOrchestrations 2011Marvel One-Shot: The ConsultantMusic with Paul OakenfoldMarvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's HammerMusic with Paul Oakenfold 2012Red TailsOrchestrationsThe Man with the Iron FistsMusic with RZA2014Da Sweet Blood of JesusOrchestrationsBlack or WhiteOrchestrations 2015The Man with the Iron Fists 2Music with RZAChi-RaqOrchestrations 2017FeudOrchestrationsShe's Gotta Have ItOrchestrations 2018BlacKkKlansmanOrchestrationsAmerican Crime StoryOrchestrationsPass OverMusic2019HarrietOrchestrations2020Coach: Words MatterMusicWelcome to Sudden DeathMusic2022Nike: Seen It AllMusic2024Italy in AmericaMusic2025Highest 2 LowestMusic
Video games Year Title Notes 1992Wolf: True Life Adventure Music (uncredited) 1993 Sonic Spinball Music with Barry Blum and Brian Coburn 1994 Sonic & Knuckles Music with several others 1995 Comix ZoneMusic The OozeMusic 1996 Die Hard ArcadeMusic 1997 Manx TT SuperBikeMusic 1998Dynamite CopMusic 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 KabutoMusic editing Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at WarMusic 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 SamuraiMusic 2010 SplatterhouseMusic 2013 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition Music editing Astropede / SegapedeMusic (unreleased) Sonic X-tremeMusic (unreleased)
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