Howard Drossin

Howard Drossin is a music composer for film, television, commercials, and video games. He is best known for his score on the Tony Jaa martial arts film, The Protector, which he co-composed with hip-hop producer RZA.

Drossin's early music was for video games as the Music Director at Sega. In 1999, he began scoring films with the Sundance Film Festival's surreal horror film, The Item. In 2002, he started working with Terence Blanchard for whom he orchestrated and arranged music for film scores and jazz albums. Howard began working with The RZA on 2004's Blade: Trinity, which led to their work together on film, soundtracks and commercials. In 2006, the music he wrote for Joseph Kahn's commercial (and YouTube video sensation) "Hail: Return of the Sun" won a Clio for Music & Sound.

Drossin's work with Terence Blanchard won a 2008 Grammy in the category of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category for A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina).

Drossin lives in Los Angeles, California.

Movie soundtracks

• 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)
• Danny the Dog (film) - (2005)
• What Boys Like — (2003)
• 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
• Knuckles Chaotix — 1995, Sega
• The Ooze — 1995, Sega
• Comix Zone — 1995, Sega*
• Sonic & Knuckles — 1994, Sega
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — 1994, Sega
• Sonic Spinball — 1993, Sega

Sources

• http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,27240/
• http://www.rpgdot.com/index.php?hsaction=10053&ID=35
• Anton Sirius interviews Dan Clark, director of THE ITEM...
• Blue Note Records Earns 10 Nominations in the 50th Annual Grammy Awards
• http://www.allmovieportal.com/m/2006_The_Protector_about_the_filmmakers.html

External links

• Official website
• Howard Drossin at MySpace
• Howard Drossin at the Internet Movie Database
• Howard Drossin discography at MusicBrainz
• Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix

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