Throughout his prolific career, James Newton Howard has scored films of all scales and genres, earning multiple award nominations for his work. Howard began studying music as a young child and went on to attend the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California and then majored in piano performance at the University of Southern California. After Howard left college, he toured with Elton John and Toto as a keyboardist during the late 1970s and early 1980s before moving into film music in the mid-1980s.
By the 1990s, Howard truly hit his career stride, scoring the surprise blockbuster romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) and receiving his first Academy Award nomination for his score for Barbra Streisand's drama The Prince of Tides (1991). Setting the musical mood for numerous films throughout the decade, Howard's skills encompassed a plethora of genres, including two more best original score Oscar nominations, the Harrison Ford actioner The Fugitive (1993) and the Julia Roberts romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding. In addition, Howard scored the Western epic Wyatt Earp (1994), the legal drama Primal Fear (1996), and the blockbuster M. Night Shyamalan suspense thrillers The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), and The Village (2004). His collaborations on tunes for One Fine Day (1996) and Junior (1994) garnered Best Song nods. Along with scoring such smaller, character-driven films as Five Corners (1988), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and American Heart (1993), Howard proved equally skilled at composing for big-budget Hollywood spectacles, including Space Jam (1996), Dante's Peak (1997), Dinosaur (2000), and Collateral (2004). Although for Dante's Peak he only composed the main theme only, the score itself was composed by John Frizzell. Though he concentrated primarily on films, Howard has also contributed music for TV series, earning an Emmy nomination in 1995 for his theme to NBC's ratings smash ER.
Howard is now one of the most recognized composers for film. His work in 2004 on The Village, with violin solos by Hilary Hahn, earned him an Oscar nomination. Since, he has composed for several major motion pictures, notably the score for Batman Begins which he co-wrote with Hans Zimmer. On October 14, 2005, it was officially announced that Howard would replace Howard Shore as composer for King Kong, due to "differing creative aspirations for the score" between Shore and director Peter Jackson. The resultant score earned Howard his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score.
Since then he has been nominated for Best Original Score for the legal thriller Michael Clayton in 2008 and the war film Defiance in 2009. Since then he has composed music for blockbuster franchises and solo films including I Am Legend,The Dark Knight with Hans Zimmer, all of The Hunger Games films and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. He was nominated for another Academy Award nomination in 2021 for his work on News of the World
Once Upon a Dream
James Newton Howard Lyrics
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I know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream
The song "Once Upon a Dream" by Lana Del Rey, which was originally written by Sammy Fain and Jack Lawrence for the 1959 Disney film Sleeping Beauty, is a nostalgic and dreamy love song with a slightly ominous undertone. The line "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream" suggests that the singer has met the person before, but only in a dream. The second line, "that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam," adds to this idea of a déjà vu moment. The singer seems to be saying that even though they have never actually met this person, they already know them intimately, which is a common feeling many people have in their dreams.
The lines "And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem / But if I know you, I know what you'll do" suggest that the singer is aware that dreams can be deceiving, but they feel confident that this person they met in their dream is real and will love them back. This is further highlighted by the line "You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream," which suggests that the singer is convinced that this person will fall in love with them as soon as they meet in real life.
Overall, "Once Upon a Dream" is a beautiful and romantic song that captures the feeling of being drawn to someone you've never met and yet feeling like you already know them. The dream-like quality of the song adds to its magical feeling, which is fitting for a love song inspired by a Disney movie.
Line by Line Meaning
I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I remember you, we spent time together in a dream-like state
I know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
I recognize the expression in your eyes, it's familiar to me
And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
I understand that the things we see in our dreams can be misleading
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
But I have a feeling that I know you well enough to predict your actions
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream
I believe that you will fall in love with me again, just like you did in our dream
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
But I have a feeling that I know you well enough to predict your actions
You'll love me at once
You will immediately and deeply fall in love with me
The way you did once upon a dream
Just like you did in our dream
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Maryam Abubakar
I love this version
Smilealotmore Always
Lovely haunting music
Andy Hdz
I am Maleficent and too am i Princess Aurora!!!!!
👩👑
Al Ice
It make me thinks of a mermaid who tries to trap a man to eat him.
Gemma López
Lana Del Rey is the beeeesst !! <33