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James Horner

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James Horner

James Horner is a composer born on August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on June 22, 2015, aged 61. He is known for Avatar, Titanic and The Amazing Spider-Man. GloboWatch shows where to watch 2 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Sound
Born
August 14, 1953
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
June 22, 2015
Also known as
James Roy 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Horner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 2016The Magnificent SevenMusic
  2. 2015The 33Music
  3. 2015SouthpawMusic
  4. 2012The Amazing Spider-ManMusic
  5. 2010The Karate KidMusic
  6. 2009AvatarMusic
  7. 2008The Boy in the Striped PyjamasMusic
  8. 2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesMusic
  9. 2006ApocalyptoMusic
  10. 2005The New WorldMusic
  11. 2005The Legend of ZorroMusic
  12. 2005FlightplanMusic
  13. 2004The ForgottenMusic
  14. 2004TroyMusic
  15. 2003House of Sand and FogMusic
  16. 2003The MissingMusic
  17. 2003RadioMusic
  18. 2002WindtalkersMusic
  19. 2001A Beautiful MindMusic
  20. 2001Enemy at the GatesMusic
  21. 2000How the Grinch Stole ChristmasMusic
  22. 2000The Perfect StormMusic
  23. 1999Bicentennial ManMusic
  24. 1998Mighty Joe YoungMusic
  25. 1998The Mask of ZorroMusic
  26. 1998Deep ImpactMusic
  27. 1997TitanicMusic
  28. 1997The Devil's OwnMusic
  29. 1996RansomMusic
  30. 1996Courage Under FireMusic
  31. 1995BaltoMusic
  32. 1995JumanjiMusic
  33. 1995Apollo 13Music
  34. 1995CasperMusic
  35. 1995BraveheartMusic
  36. 1994Legends of the FallMusic
  37. 1994The PagemasterMusic
  38. 1994Clear and Present DangerMusic
  39. 1993The Pelican BriefMusic
  40. 1992SneakersMusic
  41. 1992Patriot GamesMusic
  42. 1991An American Tail: Fievel Goes WestMusic
  43. 1991The RocketeerMusic
  44. 1990Another 48 Hrs.Music
  45. 1989GloryMusic
  46. 1989Honey, I Shrunk the KidsMusic
  47. 1989Field of DreamsMusic
  48. 1988The Land Before TimeMusic
  49. 1988Cocoon: The ReturnMusic
  50. 1988Red HeatMusic
  51. 1988WillowMusic
  52. 1987*batteries not includedMusic
  53. 1986An American TailMusic
  54. 1986The Name of the RoseMusic
  55. 1986AliensMusic
  56. 1985CommandoMusic
  57. 1985CocoonMusic
  58. 1984Star Trek III: The Search for SpockMusic
  59. 198248 Hrs.Music
  60. 1982Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khanas Enterprise Crewman · Music