James Horner

Film score, Composer

1953 –

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Who is James Horner?

James Roy Horner is an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements. His score for the 1997 film Titanic remains the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time.

Horner has scored over 100 films, frequently collaborating with directors such as James Cameron, Mel Gibson and Ron Howard. Other scores he has composed on include those for Commando, Braveheart, Willow, Apollo 13, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Cocoon, Legends of the Fall, Aliens, Glory, The Mask of Zorro, Field of Dreams, Enemy at the Gates, Casper, Troy, Bicentennial Man, The Rocketeer, A Beautiful Mind, Mighty Joe Young, The Perfect Storm, Deep Impact, Avatar and more recently, The Amazing Spider-Man.

Horner has won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards, and has been nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.

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Born
Aug 14, 1953
Los Angeles
Also known as
  • James Roy Horner
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Jewish American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor's degree, University of Southern California
    Music
  • Master's Degree, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Royal College of Music
  • American Film Institute
Lived in
  • London
  • Los Angeles
  • Arizona

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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