James Horner

James Roy Horner was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of the film score. Horner has scored over 100 films, frequently collaborating with directors, such as Don Bluth, James Cameron, Mel Gibson, and Ron Howard. Other scores he has composed on included 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, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Titanic, and more recently, The Amazing Spider-Man.
His Disney compositions included Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Journey of Natty Gann, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Rocketeer, A Far Off Place, Swing Kids, Bicentennial Man, and Mighty Joe Young.
His Touchstone Pictures compositions included Apocalypto, Bicentennial Man, Flightplan, Off Beat, and Ransom.
Horner also composed the soundtrack for the short film Captain EO, which was made for and shown in Disney parks.
Horner, who was an avid pilot, died at the age of 61 in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft. His death was widely lamented in both the film and music industry.
==Feature Film Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position 	Subsidiary 	Notes
1983	Something Wicked This Way Comes	Music/Conductor/Music Producer 	Walt Disney Pictures 	Replaced Georges Delerue
1985	The Journey of Natty Gann 	Music/Conductor 	Walt Disney Pictures 	Replaced Elmer Bernstein
1986	Off Beat 	Music/Conductor 	Touchstone Pictures 	
1989	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 	Music/Conductor 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
1991	The Rocketeer 	Music/Conductor 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
1993	Swing Kids 	Music/Conductor 	Hollywood Pictures 	
1993	A Far Off Place 	Music/Conductor 	Amblin EntertainmentWalt Disney PicturesTouchwood Pacific Partners	
1993	Hocus Pocus 	Musical Arrangement/Additional arrangements	Walt Disney Pictures 	Only wrote Sarah's Theme with Brock Walsh; film score composed by John Debney
1996	Ransom 	Music/Conductor/Orchestrator 	Touchstone Pictures 	Replaced Howard Shore
1998	Mighty Joe Young 	Music/Conductor/Orchestrator 	Walt Disney PicturesRKO Pictures 	
1999	Bicentennial Man 	Music/Conductor/Orchestrator 	Touchstone Pictures (North America)
Columbia Pictures (International)	Also wrote "Then You Look At Me" with Will Jennings and Celine Dion
2005	Flightplan 	Music/Conductor/Orchestrator 	Touchstone Pictures 	
2006	Apocalypto 	Music Composed 	Touchstone Pictures 	
==Gallery==
James Horner Avatar premiere.jpg|James Horner at premiere of Avatar in December 2009.
James Horner at 82nd Oscars.jpg|James Horner attending the 82nd annual Academy Awards in February 2010.
James Horner Titanic 3D premiere.jpg|James Horner at premiere of the 3D re-release of Titanic in March 2012.
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