
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 (8 movies)

Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
2013

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
2010

Uncovering Wolfen
2015

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982

Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
2007

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003

Reflections on Titanic
2012

Unmasking Zorro
2001
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Up from the Depths | 1979 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lady in Red | 1979 | Original Music Composer |
| Humanoids from the Deep | 1980 | Original Music Composer |
| Battle Beyond the Stars | 1980 | Original Music Composer |
| Angel Dusted | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| The Hand | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Wolfen | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Deadly Blessing | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| A Few Days at Weasel Creek | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| A Piano for Mrs. Cimino | 1982 | Original Music Composer |
| Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | 1982 | Original Music Composer |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 1982 | Original Music Composer |
| 48 Hrs. | 1982 | Original Music Composer |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Space Raiders | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Krull | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Between Friends | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Brainstorm | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Testament | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| The Dresser | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Gorky Park | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Uncommon Valor | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| The Stone Boy | 1984 | Original Music Composer |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 1984 | Original Music Composer |
| Heaven Help Us | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| Surviving | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| Cocoon | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| Volunteers | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| The Journey of Natty Gann | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| Commando | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| Barbarian Queen | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| Off Beat | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| Aliens | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| Captain EO | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| Where the River Runs Black | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| The Name of the Rose | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| An American Tail | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| P.K. and the Kid | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| Project X | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| *batteries not included | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Willow | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Red Heat | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Vibes | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Cocoon: The Return | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| The Land Before Time | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Field of Dreams | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| Tummy Trouble | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| In Country | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| Dad | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| Glory | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| I Love You to Death | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| Another 48 Hrs. | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| Extreme Close-Up | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| Once Around | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| Class Action | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| The Rocketeer | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| Thunderheart | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Patriot Games | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Unlawful Entry | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Sneakers | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Swing Kids | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| A Far Off Place | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Jack the Bear | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Once Upon a Forest | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| House of Cards | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| The Man Without a Face | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Bopha! | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| The Pelican Brief | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Clear and Present Danger | 1994 | Original Music Composer |
| The Pagemaster | 1994 | Original Music Composer |
| Legends of the Fall | 1994 | Original Music Composer |
| Braveheart | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Casper | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Apollo 13 | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Jade | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Jumanji | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Balto | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Courage Under Fire | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| The Spitfire Grill | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| Ransom | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| The Devil's Own | 1997 | Original Music Composer |
| Titanic | 1997 | Original Music Composer |
| Deep Impact | 1998 | Original Music Composer |
| The Mask of Zorro | 1998 | Original Music Composer |
| Mighty Joe Young | 1998 | Original Music Composer |
| Bicentennial Man | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| Freedom Song | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| The Perfect Storm | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| Enemy at the Gates | 2001 | Original Music Composer |
| A Beautiful Mind | 2001 | Original Music Composer |
| Iris | 2001 | Original Music Composer |
| Windtalkers | 2002 | Original Music Composer |
| The Four Feathers | 2002 | Original Music Composer |
| Beyond Borders | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| Radio | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| The Missing | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| House of Sand and Fog | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | 2004 | Original Music Composer |
| Troy | 2004 | Original Music Composer |
| The Forgotten | 2004 | Original Music Composer |
| The Chumscrubber | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| Flightplan | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| The Legend of Zorro | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| The New World | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| All the King's Men | 2006 | Original Music Composer |
| Apocalypto | 2006 | Original Music Composer |
| The Life Before Her Eyes | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2008 | Original Music Composer |
| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | 2008 | Original Music Composer |
| Avatar | 2009 | Original Music Composer |
| The Karate Kid | 2010 | Original Music Composer |
| Black Gold | 2011 | Original Music Composer |
| Outlaws - For Greater Glory | 2012 | Original Music Composer |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | 2012 | Original Music Composer |
| Reflections on Titanic | 2012 | Original Music Composer |
| Wolf Totem | 2015 | Original Music Composer |
| Southpaw | 2015 | Original Music Composer |
| The 33 | 2015 | Original Music Composer |
| The Magnificent Seven | 2016 | Original Music Composer |