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On June 22, 2015, multiple international news outlets reported that Horner was presumed dead after his [[Short Tucano]] turboprop aircraft crashed into the [[Los Padres National Forest]] near [[Ventucopa, California]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/pilot-dies-in-plane-registered-to-james-horner-titanic-composer-1.3123768 |title=Pilot dies in plane registered to James Horner, Titanic composer |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> The following day, his representatives at the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency posted a message on their website stating that Horner, the only person aboard the aircraft, was killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/22/living/feat-james-horner-titantic-plane-crash/ |title=James Horner killed in plane crash - CNN.com |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=June 23, 2015|accessdate=June 23, 2015}}</ref> His attorney confirmed Horner was in the craft when it took off after fueling at [[Camarillo Airport]].<ref name=fuel>{{cite news|last1=Dalton|first1=Andrew|last2=Cohen|first2=Sandy|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/obituaries/ci_28372880/oscar-winning-titanic-composer-james-horner-dead-at|title=Composer James Horner dies in plane crash; won Oscar for ''Titanic'' score|work=''[[Associated Press]]''|via=''[[Contra Costa Times]]''|date=June 24, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref>
On June 22, 2015, multiple international news outlets reported that Horner was presumed dead after his [[Short Tucano]] turboprop aircraft crashed into the [[Los Padres National Forest]] near [[Ventucopa, California]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/pilot-dies-in-plane-registered-to-james-horner-titanic-composer-1.3123768 |title=Pilot dies in plane registered to James Horner, Titanic composer |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> The following day, his representatives at the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency posted a message on their website stating that Horner, the only person aboard the aircraft, was killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/22/living/feat-james-horner-titantic-plane-crash/ |title=James Horner killed in plane crash - CNN.com |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=June 23, 2015|accessdate=June 23, 2015}}</ref> His attorney confirmed Horner was in the craft when it took off after fueling at [[Camarillo Airport]].<ref name=fuel>{{cite news|last1=Dalton|first1=Andrew|last2=Cohen|first2=Sandy|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/obituaries/ci_28372880/oscar-winning-titanic-composer-james-horner-dead-at|title=Composer James Horner dies in plane crash; won Oscar for ''Titanic'' score|work=''[[Associated Press]]''|via=''[[Contra Costa Times]]''|date=June 24, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref>


Contemporaries and collaborators paid their respects to Horner, including composers [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] and [[Alan Menken]], and directors [[Ron Howard]]<ref name=reax1>{{cite web|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|url=http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2015/062415.html|title=James Horner: An Appreciation|website=[[The Film Music Society]]|date=June 24, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref><!-- Cites entire fragment. --> and [[James Cameron]]. Horner was reported to be committed to the ''Avatar'' franchise; Cameron said he and Horner "were looking forward to our next gig."<ref name=reax2>{{cite news|last=Chestang|first=Raphael|url=http://www.etonline.com/music/166784_how_james_horner_created_the_unforgettable_titanic_theme_song_my_heart_will_go_on/|title=How James Horner Created the Unforgettable ''Titanic'' Theme Song, 'My Heart Will Go On'|work=[[Entertainment Tonight|ET Online]]|date=June 24, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref><!-- Cites sentence and previous fragment. --> Horner's assistant wrote on her Facebook page, "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent [who] died doing what he loved."<ref name=THR_dead>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Mike|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-horner-dead-titanic-composer-804365|title=James Horner, Film Composer for ''Titanic'' and ''Braveheart'', Dies in Plane Crash|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 22, 2015|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref>
Contemporaries and collaborators paid their respects to Horner, including composers [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] and [[Alan Menken]], and directors [[Ron Howard]]<ref name=reax1>{{cite web|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|url=http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2015/062415.html|title=James Horner: An Appreciation|website=[[The Film Music Society]]|date=June 24, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref><!-- Cites entire fragment. --> and [[James Cameron]]. Horner was reported to be committed to the ''Avatar'' franchise; Cameron said he and Horner "were looking forward to our next gig."<ref name=reax2>{{cite news|last=Chestang|first=Raphael|url=http://www.etonline.com/music/166784_how_james_horner_created_the_unforgettable_titanic_theme_song_my_heart_will_go_on/|title=How James Horner Created the Unforgettable ''Titanic'' Theme Song, 'My Heart Will Go On'|work=[[Entertainment Tonight|ET Online]]|date=June 24, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref><!-- Cites sentence and previous fragment. --> Horner's assistant Sylvia Patrycja wrote on her Facebook page, "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent [who] died doing what he loved."<ref name=THR_dead>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Mike|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-horner-dead-titanic-composer-804365|title=James Horner, Film Composer for ''Titanic'' and ''Braveheart'', Dies in Plane Crash|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 22, 2015|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> Many well-known celebrities, including [[Russell Crowe]], [[Diane Warren]], and [[Céline Dion]] also gave their condolences.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.eonline.com/news/669456/james-horner-dies-in-a-plane-crash-russell-crowe-celine-dion-ron-howard-and-more-send-their-condolences|title = James Horner Dies in a Plane Crash: Russell Crowe, Céline Dion, Ron Howard and More Send Their Condolences|last = Johnson|first = Zach|date = June 23, 2015|work = E!|access-date = June 24, 2015|via = }}</ref> On her official website, Dion wrote, "[[René Angélil]] and I are shaken by the tragic death of James Horner, whom we considered a friend. We will always remember his kindness and great talent that changed my career. We send our prayers and deepest condolences to his family and friends."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.celinedion.com/ca/news/james-horner|title = James Horner|date = June 23, 2015|accessdate = June 24, 2015|website = |publisher = |last = Dion|first = Celine}}</ref>


==List of scores==
==List of scores==

Revision as of 16:10, 25 June 2015

James Horner
Horner in 2015
Born
James Roy Horner

(1953-08-14)August 14, 1953
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJune 22, 2015(2015-06-22) (aged 61)
Los Padres National Forest, California, U.S.
SpouseSarah Horner (m. 2015)
Musical career
GenresFilm score
Occupations
  • Composer
  • conductor
  • orchestrator
InstrumentPiano
Years active1978–2015

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 frequent use of Celtic musical elements.[1][2]

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.[3] Horner's score for Titanic is the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time[4][5] while Titanic and Avatar, both directed by James Cameron, are the two highest-grossing films of all time.[6]

Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors Jean-Jacques Annaud, Mel Gibson, Walter Hill, Ron Howard, Joe Johnston and Terrence Malick. Horner composed music for over 100 films, and won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.

Early life

Horner was born in Los Angeles in 1953,[7] the son of Joan Ruth (Frankel) and Harry Horner, who was a set designer and occasional art-director.[8][9] He had a brother, Christopher, who is a writer and documentary filmmaker. His family was Jewish.[10] His mother was from Canada, and his father, who was born in Holíč, Czechoslovakia, moved to the United States in 1935.[11]

Horner started playing piano at the age of five. His early years were spent in London, where he attended the Royal College of Music. He returned to America where he attended Verde Valley High School in Sedona, Arizona, and later received his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern California. After he earned a master's degree, he started work on his doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied with Paul Chihara, among others. After several scoring assignments with the American Film Institute in the 1970s, he finished teaching a course in music theory at UCLA and subsequently turned to film scoring.[12] Horner was also an avid pilot.[13]

Career

One of Horner's first major film scores was for the 1979 film The Lady in Red.[14] He began his career scoring films by working for B film director and producer Roger Corman. Horner's first composer credit was for Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars.[15][16] From there, his works gained notice in Hollywood, which enabled him to take on larger projects. Horner's major breakthrough came in 1982, when he had the chance to score the music to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; the project established him as a mainstream composer. The film's director Nicholas Meyer quipped that Horner had been hired because the studio couldn't afford to use the first film's composer Jerry Goldsmith again, but by the time Meyer returned to the franchise with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the director found that he couldn't afford Horner either.[17]

Horner continued composing music for high-profile releases during the 1980s, including 48 Hrs. (1982), Krull (1983), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Commando (1985), Cocoon (1985), Aliens (1986), *batteries not included (1987), Willow (1988), Glory and Field of Dreams (both 1989).

Aliens earned Horner his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score in 1987, at the 59th Academy Awards.[18] "Somewhere Out There", which he co-composed for An American Tail, was also nominated that year for Best Original Song.[19]

Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Horner wrote orchestral scores for children's films (particularly those produced by Amblin Entertainment), with credits for An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), The Rocketeer and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), Once Upon a Forest and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (all in 1993), The Pagemaster (1994), and Casper, Jumanji, and Balto (all from 1995) and Mighty Joe Young (1998) and How the Grinch stole Christmas (2000).[citation needed]

Horner produced no fewer than six scores during 1995, including his commercially successful and critically acclaimed works for Braveheart and Apollo 13, both of which earned him Academy Award nominations. Horner's biggest financial and critical success would come with the score to the 1997 film Titanic. The album became the best-selling primarily orchestral soundtrack in history, selling over 27 million copies worldwide.[4]

At the 70th Academy Awards, Horner won Oscars for Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Original Song for "My Heart Will Go On" (which he co-wrote with Will Jennings). In addition, Horner and Jennings won three Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for the soundtrack and My Heart Will Go On.[20][21] Titanic also marked the first time in ten years that Horner worked with director James Cameron (following the highly stressful scoring sessions for Aliens, Horner declared that he would never work with Cameron again and described the experience as "a nightmare").[22]

Since Titanic, Horner continued to score for major productions (including The Perfect Storm, A Beautiful Mind, Enemy at the Gates, The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro, House of Sand and Fog and Bicentennial Man).[7] Aside from scoring major productions, Horner periodically worked on smaller projects such as Iris, Radio and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius. He received his eighth and ninth Academy Award nominations for A Beautiful Mind (2001) and House of Sand and Fog (2003), but lost on both occasions to Howard Shore. He frequently collaborated with film director Ron Howard, a partnership that began with Cocoon in 1985.[23]

Horner composed the 2006–2011 theme music for the CBS Evening News. The theme was introduced as part of the debut of Katie Couric as anchor on September 5, 2006.[24]

Horner recollaborated with James Cameron on the 2009 film Avatar, which was released in December 2009 and has since become the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing Titanic (also directed by Cameron and scored by Horner).[19] Horner spent over two years working on the score for Avatar, and did not take on any other projects during that time. His work on Avatar earned him numerous award nominations, including his tenth Academy Award nomination as well as Golden Globe Award, British Academy Film Award, and Grammy Award nominations, all of which he lost to Michael Giacchino for Up.[25]

Regarding the experience of scoring Avatar, Horner said, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on and the biggest job I have undertaken ... I work from four in the morning to about ten at night and that’s been my way of life since March. That's the world I'm in now and it makes you feel estranged from everything. I'll have to recover from that and get my head out of Avatar."[26]

Horner also composed the score for the 2010 version of The Karate Kid, replacing Atli Örvarsson. This film—the first that Horner worked on after Avatar[27]—was released in 2010. In 2011, Horner scored Cristiada (also known as For Greater Glory), which was released a year later, and Black Gold. In 2012 Horner scored The Amazing Spider-Man, which starred Andrew Garfield and premiered on July 3. In a recent interview on his website, Horner revealed why he didn't return to compose the second movie; that he didn't like how the movie resulted in comparison to the first movie, and even called the movie "dreadful."[28] Upon his departure, he was replaced by Hans Zimmer.

At the beginning of 2015, Horner wrote the music for Jean-Jacques Annaud's adventure film Wolf Totem, which marked his fourth collaboration with Annaud and also Horner's first film score in nearly three years.[29]

At the time of his death in 2015, projects to which Horner was attached included the forthcoming film The 33 for director Patricia Riggen, and Southpaw, a sports drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams. Both films are slated for release later in 2015.[30]

Horner's scores have been sampled in trailers for other films. The climax of the track Bishop's Countdown from his score for Aliens ranks fifth in the most commonly used soundtrack cues for film trailers.[31]

Orchestral work

In 2014, Horner composed the commission piece Pas de Deux, a double concerto for violin and cello, which was premiered on November 12, 2014, by Mari and Hakon Samuelsen with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko. The work was commissioned to mark the 175th season of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.[32] Horner also composed Collage, a concerto for four horns, which premiered on March 27, 2015, at the Royal Festival Hall in London by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín, with David Pyatt, John Ryan, James Thatcher and Richard Watkins as soloists.[33]

Musical borrowing

Horner has been criticized for writing film scores that incorporate passages from his earlier compositions and that feature brief excerpts or reworked themes from other classical composers.[5] For example, his scores from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock include excerpts from Alexander Nevsky and Romeo and Juliet, both by Prokofiev,[34][35] while the heroic theme from Willow is based on that of Robert Schumann's Rhenish Symphony. The climactic battle scene in Glory includes excerpts from Wagner and Orff.[36] A frequent criticism of Horner has been that his tendency to borrow passages from other composers as well as his own earlier work makes his compositions inauthentic or unoriginal;[37][38][39] a Filmtracks review of Titanic said that Horner was "skilled in the adaptation of existing music into films with just enough variation to avoid legal troubles."[5]

Death

On June 22, 2015, multiple international news outlets reported that Horner was presumed dead after his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft crashed into the Los Padres National Forest near Ventucopa, California.[40] The following day, his representatives at the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency posted a message on their website stating that Horner, the only person aboard the aircraft, was killed.[41] His attorney confirmed Horner was in the craft when it took off after fueling at Camarillo Airport.[42]

Contemporaries and collaborators paid their respects to Horner, including composers Paul Williams and Alan Menken, and directors Ron Howard[43] and James Cameron. Horner was reported to be committed to the Avatar franchise; Cameron said he and Horner "were looking forward to our next gig."[44] Horner's assistant Sylvia Patrycja wrote on her Facebook page, "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent [who] died doing what he loved."[45] Many well-known celebrities, including Russell Crowe, Diane Warren, and Céline Dion also gave their condolences.[46] On her official website, Dion wrote, "René Angélil and I are shaken by the tragic death of James Horner, whom we considered a friend. We will always remember his kindness and great talent that changed my career. We send our prayers and deepest condolences to his family and friends."[47]

List of scores

Film

1970s

1980s

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes
1980 Humanoids from the Deep Barbara Peeters New World Pictures
1980 Battle Beyond the Stars Jimmy T. Murakami New World Pictures Score reused in later Roger Corman productions
1981 The Hand Oliver Stone Orion Pictures
1981 Wolfen Michael Wadleigh Warner Bros. Pictures Replaced Craig Safan
1981 Deadly Blessing Wes Craven United Artists
1981 The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper Roger Spottiswoode Universal Pictures
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Nicholas Meyer Paramount Pictures
1982 48 Hrs. Walter Hill Paramount Pictures
1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes Jack Clayton Walt Disney Pictures Replaced Georges Delerue
1983 Krull Peter Yates Columbia Pictures
1983 Brainstorm Douglas Trumbull Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1983 Testament Lynne Littman Paramount Pictures
1983 The Dresser Peter Yates Columbia Pictures
1983 Gorky Park Michael Apted Orion Pictures
1983 Uncommon Valor Ted Kotcheff Paramount Pictures
1984 The Stone Boy Christopher Cain 20th Century Fox
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Leonard Nimoy Paramount Pictures
1985 Heaven Help Us Michael Dinner TriStar Pictures
1985 Cocoon Ron Howard 20th Century Fox
1985 Volunteers Nicholas Meyer TriStar Pictures
1985 The Journey of Natty Gann Jeremy Kagan Walt Disney Pictures Replaced Elmer Bernstein
1985 Commando Mark L. Lester 20th Century Fox
1986 Off Beat Michael Dinner Touchstone Pictures
1986 Aliens James Cameron 20th Century Fox Oscar & Golden Globe nomination
1986 Where the River Runs Black Christopher Cain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1986 The Name of the Rose Jean-Jacques Annaud 20th Century Fox
1986 An American Tail Don Bluth Universal Pictures Oscar nomination; also wrote "Somewhere Out There" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
1987 P.K. and the Kid[48] Lou Lombardo Sunn Classic Pictures
1987 Project X Jonathan Kaplan 20th Century Fox
1987 *batteries not included Matthew Robbins Universal Pictures
1988 Willow Ron Howard Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1988 Red Heat Walter Hill TriStar Pictures
1988 Vibes Ken Kwapis Columbia Pictures
1988 The Land Before Time Don Bluth Universal Pictures also wrote "If We Hold On Together" with Will Jennings for Diana Ross
1988 Cocoon: The Return Daniel Petrie 20th Century Fox
1989 Field of Dreams Phil Alden Robinson Universal Pictures Oscar nomination
1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Joe Johnston Walt Disney Pictures
1989 In Country Norman Jewison Warner Bros. Pictures
1989 Dad Gary David Goldberg Universal Pictures
1989 Glory Edward Zwick TriStar Pictures Golden Globe nomination

1990s

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes
1990 I Love You to Death Lawrence Kasdan TriStar Pictures
1990 Another 48 Hrs. Walter Hill Paramount Pictures
1991 Once Around Lasse Hallström Universal Pictures
1991 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Stuart Rosenberg The Samuel Goldwyn Company
1991 Class Action Michael Apted 20th Century Fox
1991 The Rocketeer Joe Johnston Walt Disney Pictures
1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells Amblin Entertainment Golden Globe nomination; also wrote "Dreams to Dream" with Will Jennings for Linda Ronstadt
1992 Thunderheart Michael Apted TriStar Pictures
1992 Sneakers Phil Alden Robinson Universal Studios
1992 Unlawful Entry Jonathan Kaplan 20th Century Fox
1992 Patriot Games Phillip Noyce Paramount Pictures
1993 Swing Kids Thomas Carter Hollywood Pictures
1993 A Far Off Place Mikael Salomon Walt Disney Pictures
1993 Jack the Bear Marshall Herskovitz 20th Century Fox
1993 Once Upon a Forest Charles Grosvenor 20th Century Fox also wrote "Once Upon A Time With Me" with Will Jennings
1993 House of Cards Michael Lessac Miramax Films
1993 Hocus Pocus Kenny Ortega Walt Disney Pictures Only wrote "Sarah's Theme" with Brock Walsh; film scored by John Debney
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Steven Zaillian Paramount Pictures
1993 The Man Without a Face Mel Gibson Warner Bros. Pictures
1993 Bopha! Morgan Freeman Paramount Pictures
1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells Universal Pictures also wrote "Roll Back The Rock (To The Dawn Of Time)" with Thomas Dolby for Little Richard
1993 The Pelican Brief Alan J. Pakula Warner Bros. Pictures
1994 Clear and Present Danger Phillip Noyce Paramount Pictures
1994 The Pagemaster Joe Johnston Turner Pictures also wrote "Whatever You Imagine" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Wendy Moten
1994 Legends of the Fall Edward Zwick TriStar Pictures Golden Globe nomination
1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson Paramount Pictures Oscar, Golden Globe & BAFTA nomination
1995 Casper Brad Silberling Universal Pictures
1995 Apollo 13 Ron Howard Universal Pictures Oscar nomination
1995 Jade William Friedkin Paramount Pictures
1995 Jumanji Joe Johnston TriStar Pictures
1995 Balto Simon Wells Amblin Entertainment also wrote "Reach for the Light" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Steve Winwood
1996 The Spitfire Grill Lee David Zlotoff Columbia Pictures Replaced Bennie Wallace
1996 Ransom Ron Howard Touchstone Pictures Replaced Howard Shore
1997 The Devil's Own Alan J. Pakula Columbia Pictures
1997 Titanic James Cameron 20th Century Fox Oscar, Golden Globe & Grammy winner, BAFTA nomination; also wrote "My Heart Will Go On" with Will Jennings for Celine Dion
1998 Deep Impact Mimi Leder Paramount Pictures
1998 The Mask of Zorro Martin Campbell TriStar Pictures also wrote "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You" with Will Jennings for Tina Arena and Marc Anthony
1998 Mighty Joe Young Ron Underwood Walt Disney Pictures
1999 Bicentennial Man Chris Columbus Touchstone Pictures also wrote "Then You Look at Me" with Will Jennings for Celine Dion

2000s

Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes
2000 The Perfect Storm Wolfgang Petersen Warner Bros. Pictures also wrote "Yours Forever" with Will Jennings for John Mellencamp
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ron Howard Universal Pictures also wrote "Where Are You, Christmas?" with Mariah Carey and Will Jennings for Faith Hill
2001 Enemy at the Gates Jean-Jacques Annaud Paramount Pictures
2001 Iris Richard Eyre Miramax Films
2001 A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard Universal Pictures Golden Globe & Oscar Nominee; also wrote "All Love Can Be" with Will Jennings for Charlotte Church
2002 Windtalkers John Woo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
2002 The Four Feathers Shekhar Kapur Paramount Pictures
2003 Beyond Borders Martin Campbell Paramount Pictures
2003 Radio Michael Tollin Columbia Pictures
2003 The Missing Ron Howard Columbia Pictures
2003 House of Sand and Fog Vadim Perelman DreamWorks Pictures Oscar Nominee
2004 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Rowdy Herrington Film Foundry Releasing
2004 Troy Wolfgang Petersen Warner Bros. Pictures Replaced Gabriel Yared; also wrote "Remember" with Cynthia Weil for Josh Groban and Tanja Carovska
2004 The Forgotten Joseph Ruben Columbia Pictures
2005 The Chumscrubber Arie Posin Go Fish Pictures
2005 Flightplan Robert Schwentke Touchstone Pictures
2005 The Legend of Zorro Martin Campbell Columbia Pictures
2005 The New World Terrence Malick New Line Cinema
2006 All the King's Men Steven Zaillian Columbia Pictures
2006 Apocalypto Mel Gibson Touchstone Pictures
2007 The Life Before Her Eyes Vadim Perelman Magnolia Pictures
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Mark Waters Paramount Pictures
2008 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Mark Herman Miramax Films
2009 Avatar James Cameron 20th Century Fox Golden Globe, BAFTA & Oscar Nominee; also wrote "I See You" with Kuk Harrell and Simon Franglen for Leona Lewis

2010s

Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes
2010 The Karate Kid Harald Zwart Columbia Pictures
2011 Day of the Falcon Jean-Jacques Annaud Image Entertainment [49]
2012 Cristiada Dean Wright ARC Entertainment
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Marc Webb Columbia Pictures
2015 Wolf Totem Jean-Jacques Annaud
2015 One Day in Auschwitz[50] Steve Purcell Documentary
2015 Living in the Age of Airplanes[13][51][52] Brian J. Terwilliger Documentary
2015 The 33 Patricia Riggen
2015 Southpaw Antoine Fuqua The Weinstein Company

Television

Short films

Awards and nominations

Horner won two Academy Awards, for Best Original Dramatic Score (Titanic) and Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On") in 1998, and was nominated for an additional eight Oscars.[59] He also won two Golden Globe Awards,[60] three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards, and has been nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.[61]

In October 2013 James Horner received the Max Steiner Award at the Hollywood in Vienna Gala, an award given for extraordinary achievements in the field of film music.[62]

AFI

In 2005, the American Film Institute unveiled their list of the top twenty-five American film scores. Five of Horner's scores were among 250 nominees, making him the most nominated composer to not make the top twenty-five:[63]

List of accolades

Award Year Project Category Outcome
Academy Awards 1986 Aliens Best Original Score Nominated
"Somewhere Out There" (from An American Tail; shared with Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann) Best Original Song Nominated
1989 Field of Dreams Best Original Score Nominated
1995 Apollo 13 Best Original Dramatic Score Nominated
Braveheart Best Original Dramatic Score Nominated
1997 Titanic Best Original Dramatic Score Won
"My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings) Best Original Song Won
2001 A Beautiful Mind Best Original Score Nominated
2003 House Of Sand And Fog Best Original Score Nominated
2009 Avatar Best Original Score Nominated
BAFTA Awards 1995 Braveheart Best Film Music Nominated
1997 Titanic Best Film Music Nominated
2009 Avatar Best Film Music Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association 1997 Titanic Best Original Score Won
2001 A Beautiful Mind Best Original Score Nominated
2009 Avatar Best Original Score Nominated
Golden Globe Awards 1986 "Somewhere Out There" (from An American Tail; shared with Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann) Best Original Song Nominated
1989 Glory Best Original Score Nominated
1991 "Dreams to Dream" (from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West; shared with Will Jennings) Best Original Song Nominated
1994 Legends of the Fall Best Original Score Nominated
1995 Braveheart Best Original Score Nominated
1997 Titanic Best Original Score Won
"My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings) Best Original Song Won
2001 A Beautiful Mind Best Original Score Nominated
2009 Avatar Best Original Score Nominated
"I See You" (from Avatar; shared with Kuk Harrell and Simon Franglen) Best Original Song Nominated
Satellite Awards 1997 Titanic Best Original Score Won
"My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings) Best Original Song Won
2001 A Beautiful Mind Best Original Score Nominated
"All Love Can Be" (from A Beautiful Mind; shared with Will Jennings) Best Original Song Won
2003 The Missing Best Original Score Nominated
Saturn Awards 1983 Brainstorm Best Music Won
Krull Best Music Nominated
Something Wicked This Way Comes Best Music Nominated
1985 Cocoon Best Music Nominated
1986 An American Tail Best Music Nominated
1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Best Music Nominated
1995 Braveheart Best Music Nominated
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Best Music Won
2009 Avatar Best Music Won
Grammy Awards
  • 1988: An American Tail – Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
  • 1988: "Somewhere Out There" (from: An American Tail, Winner) – Song of The Year
  • 1988: "Somewhere Out There" (from: An American Tail, Winner) – Best Song Written specifically For a Motion Picture or Television
  • 1990: Field of Dreams – Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
  • 1991: Glory (Winner) – Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • 1996: "Whatever You Imagine" (from: The Pagemaster) – Best Song Written specifically For a Motion Picture or Television
  • 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Record of The Year
  • 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Song of The Year
  • 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Best Song Written For A Motion Picture or for Television
  • 2003: A Beautiful Mind – Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • 2011: Avatar – Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • 2011: "I See You" (from: Avatar) – Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

References

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  2. ^ "Creative Team". Titanic Live. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
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