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James Horner

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Also known as James Roy Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

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James Horner was a composer whose professional work period began in 1978 and ended in 2015. He was born on August 14, 1953, and died on June 22, 2015. Horner had three children.

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Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

Known for

  • An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Uncovering Wolfen — Self (archive footage)2015
  • Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner — Self2013
  • Reflections on Titanic — Self2012
  • Hollywood in Vienna — Self2011
  • Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora — Self2010
  • Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart' — Self2007
  • Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' — Self2003
  • Unmasking Zorro — Self2001
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — Enterprise Crewman1982

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roy
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Place of death
Santa Barbara
Father
Harry Horner
Occupation
film score composer
Educated at
American Film Institute
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture
Academic degree
doctorate
Doctoral advisor
Paul Chihara
Field of work
film score
Genre
film score
Record label
MCA Records
Official website
jameshorner-filmmusic.com
Image
James-horner-07.jpg
Number of children
3
Residence
London
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date of birth
1953-08-14
date of death
2015-06-22
birth name
James Roy Horner
cause of death
aircraft crash
manner of death
accidental death
Commons category
James Horner
start of work period
1978-00-00
P8979
IJsselmeer
end of work period
2015-00-00
medical condition
Asperger syndrome
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Encyclopedic overview

James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 films 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).

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