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James Roy Horner
James Horner
Sound
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
Uncovering Wolfen
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
as Self
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
as Self
Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
as Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self
Unmasking Zorro
as Self
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Enterprise Crewman
Film Tribute Video Vol.1
as Braveheart
