
James Horner
Born
1953-08-14
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
2015-06-22
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...
Known for

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Enterprise Crewman

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Self

Reflections on Titanic
Self

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self

Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
Self

Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
Self

Unmasking Zorro
Self

Uncovering Wolfen
Self (archive footage)

Film Tribute Video Vol.1
Braveheart

Film Tribute Video Vol.2
Leyendas De Pasión
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage)

Hollywood in Vienna
Self