James Horner

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James Horner (born August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film composer. He is noted for his effective integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of traditional Irish (Celtic) musical elements.

Horner began his career by working for B-movie director and producer Roger Corman. His works steadily gained notice in Hollywood, which led him to take on larger projects. Horner made a breakthrough in 1982, when he had the chance to score Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, establishing himself as a mainstream composer. Horner continued composing music for high-profile releases in the 1980s, including Krull (1983), Cocoon (1985), Aliens (1986, earning his first Academy Award nomination), Willow (1988), Glory and Field of Dreams (both 1989).

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Horner also displayed a talent for writing orchestral scores for children’s films (particularly those produced by Amblin Entertainment), with credits for An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993), Casper, and Balto (both 1995).

The year 1995 saw Horner produce no fewer than six scores, including his commercially successful and critically-acclaimed works for Braveheart and Apollo 13. But Horner’s greatest financial success would come in 1997 with an enormously popular score to Titanic, which became the best-selling instrumental soundtrack in history with over 24 million copies sold worldwide.

1	Main Title	555
2	Revenge full track	344
3	All Love Can Be full track	187
4	Rose	186
5	Legends of the Fall full track	175
6	Braveheart trilogy	156
7	The Ludlows full track	151
8	Hymn to the Sea	145
9	A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics	141
10	Never an Absolution	132
11	For the Love of a Princess	128
12	A Gift of a Thistle	124
13	Wallace Courts Murron	116
14	The Secret Wedding	115
15	Leaving Port	107

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rotflol17 wrote:
yesterday morning

Braveheart OST!

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LonelyTear wrote:
last month

I don't have words....He's music is awsome<3

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Epitymbidia wrote:
last month

"Cocoon"!!! I just re-discovered how very wonder- and beautiful "Cocoon" is!

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Dryonapse wrote:
last month

Land Before TimeOST is just delicious, yes!

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BISCOOP wrote:
last month

Aliens! best action music

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Rehtori77 wrote:
last month

A Gift of a Thistle...

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glnofate wrote:
last month

great Beautiful Mind soundtrack

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kennethch wrote:
last month

Bicentennial Man is the best.

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giulyshine wrote:
July 2008

great Titanic soundtrack, he's a genius <3

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Beachbum94 wrote:
July 2008

we have the same birthday :0

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SuYen wrote:
July 2008

I agree with preconcussion, The Land Before Time should get the same, almost if not, the same appreciation as to every album he makes almost. Excellent composition in the album...

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MRadetzky wrote:
July 2008

Braveheart, only Braveheart :-)

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bjoerns wrote:
June 2008

His Troy Soundtrack is epic!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
June 2008

His compositions for The New World is a bit underrated
preconcussion wrote:
June 2008

The Land Before Time has a very under-appreciated but very lush soundtrack.

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musicluverenee wrote:
June 2008

The Titanic soundtrack is amazing :)

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aineb wrote:
June 2008

Titanic <3

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BreakfastPills wrote:
June 2008

Titanic is my favorite movie soundtrack of all time.

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Arash1982 wrote:
June 2008

Horner is very important for some of his film scores, however many of them are not so impressive and sometimes maybe borrowing from previous works. some of the meaningful works of James Horner are "HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG" (palmary score and very powerful counterpoint in final scene {Suicide} and nomination Of Academy Award), "TITANIC" (influential and significant in among romantic film scores in recent years) and "A BEAUTIFUL MIND" (for scene of electroshock therapy in psychiatry clinic, though it had easy counterpoint).

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Vladalucard wrote:
May 2008

Braveheart is so nice...

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