James Horner

James Horner

Born: August 14, 1953
Died: June 22, 2015
in Los Angeles, California, USA
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner was an accomplished concert hall composer before he moved into writing film scores. His first major film score was for the 1979 film The Lady in Red, but did not establish himself as a mainstream composer until he worked on the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Horner's score for Titanic is the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time while Titanic and Avatar, both directed by James Cameron, are the two highest-grossing films of all time. Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Don Bluth, James Cameron, Walter Hill and Ron Howard; producers including David Kirschner, Jon Landau, Brian Grazer and Steven Spielberg; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann andCynthia Weil. Horner composed music for over 100 films; he won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, and three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards. Horner died when his single-engine Tucano aircraft crashed in the Los Padres National Forest. He was 61.

Movies for James Horner...

Horner
Title: Horner
Character: Himself
Released: June 22, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary, released on the sixth anniversary of James Horner's death, telling the story of the composer's career through the 2013 Hollywood in Vienna concert celebrating his music.
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Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
Title: Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 2013
Type: Movie
On the first anniversary of James Horner's tragic death, we celebrate the legendary composer's greatest film scores with this Deluxe Blu-ray concert. James called this 2013 concert the 'most special moment' of his life. David Newman conducts an orchestra and choir in performances of suites from Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart and more! The Blu-ray also features a 75-minute symposium with James Horner discussing his creative process and some of his most loved scores.
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Reflections on Titanic
Title: Reflections on Titanic
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2012
Type: Movie
An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew speak on setting the sinking of the ship against a classic romance. The feature also examines casting and the young couple headlining the film, DiCaprio's and Winslet's on-set friendship and their differing acting styles, the expansive sets and filming locations, the authenticity of the recreated ship, James Cameron's work and dedication, and budgeting. And many more aspects of the film are overviewed.
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Title: Hollywood in Vienna
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2011
Type: TV
Hollywood in Vienna is an annual film music gala hosted in the Vienna Concert Hall where the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award is presented.
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Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Title: Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Character: Self
Released: February 7, 2010
Type: Movie
The Making-of James Cameron's Avatar. It shows interesting parts of the work on the set.
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Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
Title: Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2007
Type: Movie
A three-part retrospective with notes from Gibson, Wallace, producers Bruce Davey and Alan Ladd, Jr., unit manager Kevin de la Noy, cinematographer John Toll, and 2nd unit director/stunt coordinator Mic Rodgers. The show looks at the project's development from the Gibson/studio point of view, Gibson's work as director and the challenges of doing "double duty" as an actor, editing and music, sets and locations, logistics, stunts and action scenes, and various other production concerns.
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Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Title: Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Character: Self
Released: December 2, 2003
Type: Movie
This feature-length documentary, made especially for the 2003 Aliens (1986) DVD release, is incredibly informative with all its interviews with both the cast and crew, as well as behind the scenes footage filmed during the making of the film. Every possible element towards what went into making the movie is included here and gives fans an overload of information to fill their brains with.
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Uncovering Wolfen
Title: Uncovering Wolfen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist Michael Wadleigh spent many years in Hollywood writing scripts that were never produced. However, WOLFEN (1981), his only other major motion picture, was. After that he would never complete another feature film again. This is the story of that film.