James Horner
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner was an accomplished concert hall composer before he moved into writing film scores. His first major film score was for the 1979 film The Lady in Red, but did not establish himself as a mainstream composer until he worked on the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Horner's score for Titanic is the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time while Titanic and Avatar, both directed by James Cameron, are the two highest-grossing films of all time. Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Don Bluth, James Cameron, Walter Hill and Ron Howard; producers including David Kirschner, Jon Landau, Brian Grazer and Steven Spielberg; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann andCynthia Weil. Horner composed music for over 100 films; he won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, and three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards. Horner died when his single-engine Tucano aircraft crashed in the Los Padres National Forest. He was 61.
Known For | Sound |
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Most Rating | 20.726 |
Birthday | 1953-08-14 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Also Known As | James Roy Horner, |
2010
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
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The Making-of James Cameron's Avatar. It shows interesting parts of the work on the set.
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Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
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Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
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Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
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This feature-length documentary, made especially for the 2003 Aliens (1986) DVD release, is incredibly informative with all its interviews with both t...
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Reflections on Titanic
7.3/25
An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew sp...
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Reflections on Titanic
2021
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A documentary, released on the sixth anniversary of James Horner's death, telling the story of the composer's career through the 2013 Hollywood in Vie...
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2013
Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
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On the first anniversary of James Horner's tragic death, we celebrate the legendary composer's greatest film scores with this Deluxe Blu-ray concert....
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