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James Horner. James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American film composer. 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. [1] [2]
- James Roy Horner
- 1978–2015
- Piano, violin
- Film score
James Horner (1953-2015) Music Department. Composer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. James Horner began studying piano at the age of five, and trained at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before moving to California in the 1970s.
- Music Department, Composer, Actor
- August 14, 1953
- James Horner
- June 22, 2015
Jun 23, 2015 · James Horner, the Hollywood composer who wrote the Oscar-winning score for Titanic, has died in a California plane crash aged 61. A trained pilot, he is reported to have been alone aboard a small...
August 14, 1953 · Los Angeles, California, USA. Died. June 22, 2015 · Santa Barbara County, California, USA (plane crash) Birth name. James Roy Horner. Height. 5′ 7″ (1.70 m) Mini Bio. James Horner began studying piano at the age of five, and trained at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before moving to California in the 1970s.
- August 14, 1953
- June 22, 2015
- Legends Of The Fall (1994) Despite his reputation as a composer of melodrama, throughout much of the eighties and early nineties Horner had largely been pegged as a bold composer of action, fantasy and animated films.
- Field Of Dreams (1989) Horner’s music was, and still is, often attacked for its unerringly fulsome nature, but he was capable of genuine restraint and subtlety when the occasion called for it.
- Apollo 13 (1995) Director Ron Howard’s engrossing look at the Apollo 13 space disaster is praised for its commitment to authenticity and attention to detail.
- Glory (1989) Horner had an exceptional year in 1989 with In Country, Field Of Dreams, Honey I Shrunk The Kids – and this enormously powerful Civil War extravaganza, his first of three scores for director Edward Zwick.
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Jun 24, 2015 · June 23, 2015. James Horner, the prolific composer whose vaulting theme music for “Titanic” earned him two Oscars and became the best-selling orchestral soundtrack ever, died on Monday morning...
Jun 23, 2015 · James Horner, who has died aged 61 in a plane crash in California, was one of the most successful and admired composers of film soundtracks in Hollywood. He wrote music for more than 100 films ...