Howard Jackson (composer)


Howard Jackson was an American film composer of feature movies and industry documentaries. He was often uncredited.

Biography

Jackson began scoring films and writing cues for Universal Pictures from 1929, with his first total film score being Broadway. He later moved to Paramount Pictures and scored several early films for Frank Capra, The Three Stooges and other works for Columbia Pictures often without credit. He scored 150 feature films and 250 short subjects. He finished his career at Warner Bros.

Partial filmography

Broadway Young Eagles Playboy of Paris I'm No Angel Goldie Gets Along Lady for a day It Happened One Night Thirty-Day Princess Bottoms Up One Night of Love Twentieth Century She Couldn't Take It The Best Man Wins The Lone Wolf Returns The Music Goes 'Round Devil's Squadron Meet Nero Wolfe Counterfeit Bengal Tiger Isle of Fury Love Is on the Air Talent Scout Kid Nightingale On Dress Parade Law of the Tropics You're in the Army Now Wild Bill Hickok Rides Run for Cover