James Horner
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-08-14
Day of Death
2015-06-22 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
James Horner
Biography
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953–June 22, 2015) was an American film composer and conductor. He worked on more than 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 his musical composition to 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 (2009). Horner's other Oscar-nominated scores were for Aliens (1986), An American Tail (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). Horner's other notable scores include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Willow (1988), The Land Before Time (1988), Glory (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Legends of the Fall (1994), Jumanji (1995), Casper (1995), Balto (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Perfect Storm (2000), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Troy (2004), The New World (2005), The Legend of Zorro (2005), Apocalypto (2006), The Karate Kid (2010), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including James Cameron, Don Bluth, Ron Howard, Joe Johnston, Edward Zwick, Walter Hill, Mel Gibson, Vadim Perelman, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Nicholas Meyer, Wolfgang Petersen, Martin Campbell, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells; producers including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, David Kirschner, Brian Grazer, Jon Landau, and Lawrence Gordon; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil. Adding to his two Academy Awards wins, Horner also won six Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and was nominated for three BAFTA Awards.
Horner, who was an avid pilot, was killed in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft. He was 61 years old. The scores for his final three films, Southpaw (2015), The 33 (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016), were all completed and released posthumously.
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Acting
(2015)
Uncovering Wolfen
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2012)
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
(2010)
(2007)
(2003)
(2001)
Unmasking Zorro
as Himself
(1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Enterprise Crewman
Crew
(2023)
(2016)
The Magnificent Seven
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Hacksaw Ridge
Thanks
(2015)
Wolf Totem
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Southpaw
Original Music Composer
(2015)
The 33
Original Music Composer
(2015)
(2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Reflections on Titanic
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Black Gold
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Karate Kid
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Avatar
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Life Before Her Eyes
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Apocalypto
Original Music Composer
(2006)
All the King's Men
Original Music Composer
(2005)
The Legend of Zorro
Original Music Composer
(2005)
The New World
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(2005)
Flightplan
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
(2005)
The Chumscrubber
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Troy
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(2004)
The Forgotten
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Original Music Composer
(2003)
House of Sand and Fog
Original Music Composer
(2003)
(2003)
Beyond Borders
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Radio
Original Music Composer
(2003)
The Missing
Original Music Composer
(2003)
(2002)
The Four Feathers
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Windtalkers
Original Music Composer
(2001)
A Beautiful Mind
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2001)
Enemy at the Gates
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(2001)
Iris
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Unmasking Zorro
Music
(2001)
Raptor
Music
(2000)
The Perfect Storm
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Freedom Song
Original Music Composer
(2000)
(1999)
Bicentennial Man
Original Music Composer
(1999)
(1998)
Deep Impact
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1998)
The Mask of Zorro
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Mighty Joe Young
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Titanic
Original Music Composer
(1997)
The Devil's Own
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Ransom
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Courage Under Fire
Original Music Composer
(1996)
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Original Music Composer
(1996)
The Spitfire Grill
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Braveheart
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Musician
(1995)
Apollo 13
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1995)
Jade
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Casper
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Jumanji
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1995)
Balto
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Legends of the Fall
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Clear and Present Danger
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1994)
The Pagemaster
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Swing Kids
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Man Without a Face
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Once Upon a Forest
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Jack the Bear
Original Music Composer
(1993)
A Far Off Place
Original Music Composer
(1993)
House of Cards
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Pelican Brief
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Original Music Composer
(1993)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Bopha!
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Sneakers
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Thunderheart
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Patriot Games
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Unlawful Entry
Original Music Composer
(1991)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Original Music Composer, Songs
(1991)
The Rocketeer
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Once Around
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Class Action
Original Music Composer
(1991)
(1990)
Another 48 Hrs.
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Extreme Close-Up
Music
(1990)
I Love You to Death
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Field of Dreams
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Glory
Original Music Composer
(1989)
In Country
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1989)
Dad
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Willow
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Cocoon: The Return
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Red Heat
Original Music Composer
(1988)
(1988)
The Land Before Time
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Vibes
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Young Guns
Additional Music
(1987)
*batteries not included
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Project X
Original Music Composer
(1987)
P.K. and the Kid
Original Music Composer
(1986)
The Name of the Rose
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Aliens
Original Music Composer
(1986)
An American Tail
Original Music Composer, Songs
(1986)
(1986)
Captain EO
Music
(1986)
Off Beat
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Cocoon
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Commando
Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Conductor
(1985)
Barbarian Queen
Original Music Composer
(1985)
The Journey of Natty Gann
Original Music Composer
(1985)
(1985)
Heaven Help Us
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Surviving
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Volunteers
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Original Music Composer
(1984)
The Stone Boy
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Krull
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Gorky Park
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Space Raiders
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Uncommon Valor
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Testament
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Between Friends
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Brainstorm
Original Music Composer
(1983)
The Dresser
Original Music Composer
(1982)
48 Hrs.
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Original Music Composer
(1982)
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1982)
(1982)
Sorceress
Music
(1981)
Wolfen
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1981)
Deadly Blessing
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Angel Dusted
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Hand
Original Music Composer
(1981)
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Humanoids from the Deep
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Battle Beyond the Stars
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Up from the Depths
Original Music Composer
(1979)
The Lady in Red
Original Music Composer