James Newton Howard has been tapped to score the upcoming fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The film is directed by David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo and Alison Sudol. The movie is based on the book of the same title by J.K. Rowling and follows the adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards 70 years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. Rowling has also written the screenplay and is producing the project with David Heyman (Harry Potter series, Gravity), Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram (Sherlock Holmes). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be released on November 18, 2016 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The composer’s recent projects also include The Huntsman: Winter’s War, which is opening internationally starting this weekend and is set for a U.S. release on April 22.