James Horner
Sound
Born: August 14, 1953 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: June 22, 2015 (aged 61)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Avatar
2009
Titanic
1997
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Jumanji
1995
Braveheart
1995
Troy
2004
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Aliens
1986
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
The Karate Kid
2010
Photos (1)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (9)
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Self
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage)
Reflections on Titanic
Self
Hollywood in Vienna
Self · 1 eps
Unmasking Zorro
Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
Self
Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
Self
Uncovering Wolfen
Self (archive footage)
Other Crew (171)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Original Music Composer
Titanic
Original Music Composer
Avatar
Original Music Composer
Avatar
Songs
Troy
Original Music Composer
Troy
Conductor
Tales from the Crypt
Music
Hacksaw Ridge
Thanks
The Magnificent Seven
Original Music Composer
Aliens
Original Music Composer
Amazing Stories
Music
Braveheart
Original Music Composer
Braveheart
Orchestrator
Braveheart
Musician
Apocalypto
Original Music Composer
A Beautiful Mind
Original Music Composer
A Beautiful Mind
Orchestrator
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Original Music Composer
The Karate Kid
Original Music Composer
Deep Impact
Original Music Composer
Deep Impact
Conductor
Radio
Original Music Composer
Enemy at the Gates
Original Music Composer
Enemy at the Gates
Conductor
Southpaw
Original Music Composer
Southpaw
In Memory Of
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Original Music Composer
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Original Music Composer
Apollo 13
Original Music Composer
Apollo 13
Orchestrator
The Mask of Zorro
Original Music Composer
Legends of the Fall
Original Music Composer
Commando
Original Music Composer
Commando
Music Producer
Commando
Conductor
Sneakers
Original Music Composer
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Original Music Composer
The Legend of Zorro
Original Music Composer
Clear and Present Danger
Original Music Composer
Clear and Present Danger
Conductor
Casper
Original Music Composer
The Name of the Rose
Original Music Composer
48 Hrs.
Original Music Composer
Willow
Original Music Composer
Glory
Original Music Composer
Patriot Games
Original Music Composer
The Perfect Storm
Original Music Composer
The Perfect Storm
Orchestrator
Young Guns
Additional Music
Bicentennial Man
Original Music Composer
Willow
Music
The Land Before Time
Original Music Composer
Red Heat
Original Music Composer
The Pelican Brief
Original Music Composer
Ransom
Original Music Composer
Flightplan
Original Music Composer
Flightplan
Orchestrator
Flightplan
Conductor
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Original Music Composer
Windtalkers
Original Music Composer
Krull
Original Music Composer
An American Tail
Original Music Composer
An American Tail
Songs
The Forgotten
Original Music Composer
*batteries not included
Original Music Composer
The Devil's Own
Original Music Composer
Field of Dreams
Original Music Composer
Cocoon
Original Music Composer
Mighty Joe Young
Original Music Composer
The Rocketeer
Original Music Composer
Uncommon Valor
Original Music Composer
Willow: Behind the Magic
Music
The Missing
Original Music Composer
The Pagemaster
Original Music Composer
Balto
Original Music Composer
Balto
Songs
Another 48 Hrs.
Original Music Composer
Jumanji
Original Music Composer
Jumanji
Conductor
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Original Music Composer
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Songs
Thunderheart
Original Music Composer
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Original Music Composer
All the King's Men
Original Music Composer
The New World
Original Music Composer
The New World
Conductor
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Original Music Composer
Courage Under Fire
Original Music Composer
Gorky Park
Original Music Composer
The 33
Original Music Composer
The Man Without a Face
Original Music Composer
The Four Feathers
Original Music Composer
Unlawful Entry
Original Music Composer
House of Sand and Fog
Original Music Composer
Battle Beyond the Stars
Original Music Composer
Jade
Original Music Composer
Brainstorm
Original Music Composer
Fish Police
Original Music Composer
The Life Before Her Eyes
Original Music Composer
Cocoon: The Return
Original Music Composer
Swing Kids
Original Music Composer
Iris
Original Music Composer
The Hand
Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Forest
Original Music Composer
Testament
Original Music Composer
Black Gold
Original Music Composer
Class Action
Original Music Composer
Humanoids from the Deep
Original Music Composer
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Original Music Composer
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Songs
Beyond Borders
Original Music Composer
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Original Music Composer
The Journey of Natty Gann
Original Music Composer
Wolf Totem
Original Music Composer
Heaven Help Us
Original Music Composer
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Original Music Composer
I Love You to Death
Original Music Composer
Wolfen
Original Music Composer
Wolfen
Conductor
Project X
Original Music Composer
Deadly Blessing
Original Music Composer
Barbarian Queen
Original Music Composer
Volunteers
Original Music Composer
Dad
Original Music Composer
Off Beat
Original Music Composer
The Chumscrubber
Original Music Composer
House of Cards
Original Music Composer
Vibes
Original Music Composer
A Far Off Place
Original Music Composer
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Original Music Composer
Bopha!
Original Music Composer
Once Around
Original Music Composer
The Spitfire Grill
Original Music Composer
Captain EO
Original Music Composer
The Dresser
Original Music Composer
Sorceress
Music
Jack the Bear
Original Music Composer
Space Raiders
Original Music Composer
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Original Music Composer
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Original Music Composer
Ninja Terminator
Music
Reflections on Titanic
Original Music Composer
In Country
Original Music Composer
In Country
Conductor
Tummy Trouble
Original Music Composer
Raptor
Music
The Lady in Red
Original Music Composer
Unmasking Zorro
Music
Angel Dusted
Original Music Composer
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Music
The Stone Boy
Original Music Composer
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Original Music Composer
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Original Music Composer
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Conductor
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Music
Extreme Close-Up
Original Music Composer
Where the River Runs Black
Original Music Composer
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Original Music Composer
Living in the Age of Airplanes
Music
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
Music
Surviving
Original Music Composer
Freedom Song
Original Music Composer
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Music
Up from the Depths
Original Music Composer
Between Friends
Original Music Composer
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Original Music Composer
P.K. and the Kid
Original Music Composer
Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure
Original Music Composer
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Music
Avatar Flight of Passage
Music
Maybe It's Better not to Win - Scoring Searching for Bobby Fischer
Music