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Alan Howarth (born 1948) is an American composer and sound designer who has worked on soundtracks for Hollywood films including the Star Trek and Halloween series, and is known for his collaborations with film director and composer John Carpenter.

Childhood and early career

Alan Howarth grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Playing music in local rock bands, he opened for national touring acts including The Who and Cream.^{[citation needed]} He then began to create original music in bands Braino and Pi Corp, using synthesizers. From 1976 he provided synthesizer support for fusion jazz band Weather Report,^{[citation needed]} which relocated him to Los Angeles. Howarth caught his big break in 1980 when his music was used for a Star Trek movie trailer. After that he worked on the next five Star Trek films.^[1]

Films

Howarth's collaborations with John Carpenter include: Escape from New York, Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Christine, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness and They Live.

His music has been featured in films like The Osterman Weekend, The Lost Empire, Retribution, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Dentist and The Dentist 2, Boo, Evilution, Basement Jack, Hansel and Gretel, Zombie Night, and Brutal.

His award-winning sound designs have appeared in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, The Little Mermaid and Total Recall. His team received Academy Award awards for Best Sound Effects for The Hunt for Red October and Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola.^{[citation needed]} He has also created some sound effects for Sound Ideas's award-winning "Series 6000: The General" royalty-free sound effects library.

Live performance

Howarth performs his film scores in live concert to excerpts from the films, and has performed in Geneva, Kraków, St. Petersburg, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, London and Paris.[1]

Sound technology

Howarth pioneered immersive multi-channel surround sound systems with Steven Taylor's "Dimension Audio" that included the early prototype theatrical 48.4 systems that are now known as Dolby Atmos and DTS sound immersion. His current research has resulted in founding of RA Music, which holds several worldwide patents^{[citation needed]} for the conversion of standard musical recordings into tunings of the Natural Frequency Spectrum as defined by nature, science and ancient architecture.^{[clarification needed]}

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Sound effects creator
1980	The Final Countdown	Special sound effects, composer
	Galaxina	Special sound effects
	Battle Beyond the Stars	Special sound effects
1981	Student Bodies	Electronic music producer, electronic music recording
	Escape from New York	Sound effects, music composer	With John Carpenter
	Halloween II	Music composer	With John Carpenter
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Special sound effects	Uncredited
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
	Poltergeist
	National Lampoon's Class Reunion
	Flying High II: The Sequel
	The Thing	Special sound effects, additional music	With John Carpenter
	Halloween III: Season of the Witch	Music composer
1983	Christine	Music composer
	The Osterman Weekend	Electronic sound designer
	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Special sound effects
1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
	Gremlins		Uncredited
	Buckaroo Banzai	Special synthesized sound effects
	Exterminator 2	Sound effects creator
	Hyperspace	Synthesized sound effects
	The Lost Empire	Music composer
1985	Head Office	Music composer	With James Newton Howard
	Runaway Train	Electronic sound effects
	My Science Project	Special sound effects
1986	Wired to Kill
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
	Duet for One	Electronic sound effects
	Big Trouble in Little China	Music composer	With John Carpenter
1987	Prince of Darkness		With John Carpenter
	Retribution
	The Running Man	Sound processing
1988	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Music composer
	Brothers in Arms	Music composer
	They Live	Music composer, synthesized sound effects	With John Carpenter
	Beetlejuice	Special sound effects	Uncredited
	Norman's Awesome Experience	Sound	Uncredited
	Phantasm II	Sound designer
1989	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Special sound effects
	The Little Mermaid	Processed sound effects
	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	Music composer
1990	The Hunt for Red October	Additional sound effects
	Class of 1999	Electronic sound effects, sound effects editor
	Back to the Future Part III	Special sound effects	Uncredited
	Total Recall
	RoboCop 2
	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Processed sound effects
	The Rescuers Down Under	Processed sound effects
	Project Alien	Special effects sound editor
1991	Final Approach	Additional sound effects
	Cool as Ice	Additional sound design
	Salmonberries	Sound design
	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Special sound effects
	Grand Canyon	Special sound effects editor
	The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe	Music composer
1992	Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama	Music composer
	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	Special sound effects
	Army of Darkness	Sound designer, sound supervisor
	Bram Stoker's Dracula	Additional sound effects
	The Waterdance	Sound effects editor
	Fortress
1994	The Mask
1994	Stargate	Processed sound effects
1995	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	Music composer
1995	Tank Girl	Special sound effects
1996	The Dentist	Music composer, special sound effects
1996	Mørkeleg	Music composer
1998	The Dentist 2
1999	Her Married Lover
	The Omega Code	Music composer, special sound effects
	She's All That	Additional sound designer
2000	The Prince of Light	Music composer, sound
2000	Alone with a Stranger	Music composer
2002	Britney, Baby, One More Time	Sound designer
2002	Star Trek: Incident at Beta 9	Sound effects
2003	The Sleep of Reason	Supervising sound editor
2005	Boo	Music composer
2007	Headless Horseman	Music composer, sound designer
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Special sound designer
2008	Evilution	Music composer
2012	Brutal	Music composer
2012	Dead Shadows	Sound designer, sound mixer
2019	Hoax	Sound designer