
James Horner
Known for
Music and sound
Born
August 14, 1953
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
June 22, 2015 (aged 61)
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...
Best known work
Filmography
2025
2023
2022
2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Roseas Self (archive footage)
2017
2016
Hacksaw RidgeThanks
2016
The Magnificent SevenOriginal Music Composer
2015
The 33Original Music Composer
2015
SouthpawOriginal Music Composer, In Memory Of
2015
2015
Wolf TotemOriginal Music Composer
2015
Uncovering Wolfenas Self (archive footage)
2013
2012
Reflections on Titanicas Self, Original Music Composer
2012
The Amazing Spider-ManOriginal Music Composer
2012
Outlaws - For Greater GloryOriginal Music Composer
2011
Black GoldOriginal Music Composer
2011
2010
The Karate KidOriginal Music Composer
2010
2009
AvatarOriginal Music Composer, Songs
2008
The Boy in the Striped PyjamasOriginal Music Composer
2008
The Spiderwick ChroniclesOriginal Music Composer
2007
2007
The Life Before Her EyesOriginal Music Composer









