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James Horner

Composer | * 08/14/1953 († 61, 06/22/2015) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American film composer. He worked on over 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations, and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner won two Academy Awards for James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing film of all time, Cameron's Avatar. Horner's other Oscar-nominated scores were for Aliens (1986), An American Tail (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), ()
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James Roy Horner(August 14, 1953– June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator offilm scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of hisfilm scores, and for his frequent use of motifs associated withCeltic music. Horner was an accomplished concert hall composer before he moved into writing film scores. His first major film score was for the 1979 filmThe Lady in Red, but did not establish himself as a mainstream composer until he worked on the 1982 filmStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.Horner's score forTitanicis the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all timewhileTitanicandAvatar, both directed by James Cameron, are the twohighest-grossing films of all time. Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors includingDon Bluth,James Cameron,Walter HillandRon Howard; producers includingDavid Kirschner,Jon Landau,Brian GrazerandSteven Spielberg; and songwriters includingWill Jennings,Barry MannandCynthia Weil. Horner composed music for over 100 films; he won twoAcademy Awards, twoGolden Globe Awards, threeSatellite Awards, and threeSaturn Awards, and was nominated for threeBritish Academy Film Awards. Horner died when his single-engineTucanoaircraft crashed in theLos Padres National Forest. He was 61.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | Action

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Awards & Nominations for James Horner

2x Grammy Award for Song of the Year 2x Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Academy Award for Best Original Song Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Song Satellite Award for Best Original Song Satellite Award for Best Original Score Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Record of the Year Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score 2x Grammy Award for Song of the Year 2x Academy Award for Best Original Song 5x Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 5x Academy Award for Best Original Score 4x Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media 6x Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 2x Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 3x BAFTA Award for Best Original Music 3x Satellite Award for Best Original Score Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Song Grammy Award for Record of the Year 3x Satellite Award for Best Original Song Juno Award for International Album of the Year Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score 3x Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
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Movies with James Horner as Actor(6)

TV Shows/Series with James Horner as Actor(1)

as himself2011 Hollywood in Vienna

Movies with James Horner as Crew(152)

Sound/Original Music Composer2023 Willow: Behind the Magic
Sound/Music2023 Willow: Behind the Magic
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
Crew/Thanks2016 Hacksaw Ridge
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 The Magnificent Seven
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Wolf Totem
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Southpaw
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 The 33
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 The Amazing Spider-Man
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Reflections on Titanic
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 Black Gold
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 The Karate Kid
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Avatar
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 All the King's Men
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Apocalypto
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 The Chumscrubber
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Flightplan
Sound/Conductor2005 Flightplan
Sound/Orchestrator2005 Flightplan
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 The New World
Sound/Conductor2005 The New World
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 The Legend of Zorro
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 The Forgotten
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Troy
Sound/Conductor2004 Troy
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 The Missing
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 House of Sand and Fog
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Radio
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Beyond Borders
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Windtalkers
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 The Four Feathers
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Enemy at the Gates
Sound/Conductor2001 Enemy at the Gates
Sound/Music2001 Raptor
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Iris
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 A Beautiful Mind
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 Freedom Song
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 The Perfect Storm
Sound/Orchestrator2000 The Perfect Storm
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Bicentennial Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 The Mask of Zorro
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Deep Impact
Sound/Conductor1998 Deep Impact
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Mighty Joe Young
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Titanic
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 The Devil's Own
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Ransom
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Courage Under Fire
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 The Spitfire Grill
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Casper
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Apollo 13
Sound/Orchestrator1995 Apollo 13
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Balto
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Jade
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Jumanji
Sound/Conductor1995 Jumanji
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Braveheart
Sound/Orchestrator1995 Braveheart
Sound/Musician1995 Braveheart
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 The Pagemaster
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Clear and Present Danger
Sound/Conductor1994 Clear and Present Danger
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Legends of the Fall
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 A Far Off Place
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Jack the Bear
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 House of Cards
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Pelican Brief
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Once Upon a Forest
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Swing Kids
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Man Without a Face
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Sneakers
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Patriot Games
Sound/Music1992 Unlawful Entry
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Thunderheart
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Once Around
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 The Rocketeer
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Class Action
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Another 48 Hrs.
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 I Love You to Death
Sound/Music1990 Extreme Close-Up
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Glory
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Field of Dreams
Sound/Music1989 In Country
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Tummy Trouble
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Dad
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Crew/Additional Music1988 Young Guns
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Willow
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Cocoon: The Return
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 The Land Before Time
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Red Heat
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Vibes
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Project X
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 *batteries not included
Sound/Music1986 Captain EO
Sound/Music1986 Off Beat
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 An American Tail
Sound/Songs1986 An American Tail
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 The Name of the Rose
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 Aliens
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Heaven Help Us
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Surviving
Sound/Music1985 Volunteers
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Commando
Sound/Music Producer1985 Commando
Sound/Conductor1985 Commando
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 The Journey of Natty Gann
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Barbarian Queen
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Cocoon
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 The Stone Boy
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Brainstorm
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Krull
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Uncommon Valor
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Testament
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Space Raiders
Sound/Music1983 Between Friends
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Gorky Park
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 The Dresser
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Sound/Conductor1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 48 Hrs.
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Sound/Music1982 Sorceress
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Angel Dusted
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 A Few Days in Weasel Creek
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 The Hand
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Wolfen
Sound/Conductor1981 Wolfen
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Deadly Blessing
Sound/Original Music Composer1980 Battle Beyond the Stars
Sound/Original Music Composer1980 Humanoids from the Deep
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Up from the Depths
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 The Lady in Red

TV Shows/Series with James Horner as Crew(3)

Sound/Music2022 Willow
Sound/Songs1988 Madeline
Sound/Music1985 Amazing Stories

Full Name: James Roy Horner
Born: Friday, 08/14 1953 (August) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 06/22 2015 (June) in Los Padres National Forest (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal College of Music, American Film Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USC Thornton School of Music, Verde Valley School, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Record Label: MCA Records
Children: Emily Horner, Becky Horner
Father: Harry Horner
Other names for James Horner (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"James Roy Horner"
James Horner frequently works together with these people:
Jim Henrikson (32x, Crew)
James Cameron (25x, Crew)
Steven Spielberg (18x, Crew)
Ron Howard (13x, Crew)
Mel Gibson (12x, Actor)
Todd Hallowell (12x, Crew)
Kathleen Kennedy (12x, Crew)
Jane Jenkins (11x, Crew)
Joe E. Rand (11x, Crew)
Dick Bernstein (11x, Crew)
Janet Hirshenson (10x, Crew)
Paul Bartel (4x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:11968, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024