James Horner
James Roy Horner war ein US-amerikanischer Filmkomponist und Dirigent. Zwischen 1978 und 2015 wirkte er an über 160 Film- und Fernsehproduktionen mit. Bekannt war er für die Integration von Chor- und elektronischen Elementen in traditionelle Orchesterarrangements sowie für die Verwendung von Motiven keltischer Musik.
Für seine Filmmusik zu James Camerons „Titanic“ (1997) gewann Horner zwei Oscars. Der Soundtrack avancierte zum meistverkauften Orchester-Filmsoundtrack aller Zeiten. Er komponierte auch die Musik für Camerons „Avatar“ (2009), den erfolgreichsten Film aller Zeiten. Weitere Oscar-nominierte Soundtracks von Horner stammen für „Aliens – Die Rückkehr“ (1986), „Feivel, der Mauswanderer“ (1986), „Feld der Träume“ (1989), „Apollo 13“ (1995), „Braveheart“ (1995), „A Beautiful Mind“ (2001) und „Haus aus Sand und Nebel“ (2003). Zu Horners weiteren bemerkenswerten Soundtracks zählen „Star Trek II – Der Zorn des Khan“ (1982), „Willow“ (1988), „In einem Land vor unserer Zeit“ (1988), „Glory“ (1989), „Rocketeer“ (1991), „Legenden der Leidenschaft“ (1994), „Jumanji“ (1995), „Die Maske des Zorro“ (1998), „Deep Impact“ (1998), „Troja (2004), „The New World“ (2005) und „Apocalypto“ (2006).
Neben seinen zwei Oscars gewann Horner sechs Grammys, zwei Golden Globes und war für drei BAFTA Awards nominiert.
Horner, ein begeisterter Pilot, kam 2015 bei einem Flugzeugabsturz mit seiner Short Tucano ums Leben. Die Filmmusiken für seine letzten drei Filme, „Southpaw“ (2015), „69 Tage Hoffnung“ (2015) und „Die glorreichen Sieben“ (2016), wurden alle posthum fertiggestellt und veröffentlicht.
Fotos
Filme (149)
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
2025 · Music
Willow: Así se hizo la magia
2023 · Music
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Avatar Flight of Passage
2017 · Music
Hacksaw Ridge - Die Entscheidung
2016 · Thanks
Die glorreichen Sieben
2016 · Original Music Composer
69 Tage Hoffnung
2015 · Original Music Composer
Revancha
2015 · Original Music Composer, In Memory Of
Living in the Age of Airplanes
2015 · Music
Der letzte Wolf
2015 · Original Music Composer
Uncovering Wolfen
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
2013 · Self
Reflections on Titanic
2012 · Self, Original Music Composer
El sorprendente Hombre Araña
2012 · Original Music Composer
Gottes General - Schlacht um die Freiheit
2012 · Original Music Composer
Black Gold
2011 · Original Music Composer
Karate Kid
2010 · Original Music Composer
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
2010 · Self
Avatar - Aufbruch nach Pandora
2009 · Original Music Composer, Songs
Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama
2008 · Original Music Composer
Das Leben vor meinen Augen
2008 · Original Music Composer
Die Geheimnisse der Spiderwicks
2008 · Original Music Composer
Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
2007 · Self
Apocalypto
2006 · Original Music Composer
Das Spiel der Macht
2006 · Original Music Composer
El Nuevo Mundo
2005 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Die Legende des Zorro
2005 · Original Music Composer
Flightplan - Ohne jede Spur
2005 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
Glück in kleinen Dosen
2005 · Original Music Composer
Die Vergessenen
2004 · Original Music Composer
Troja
2004 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Bobby Jones - Die Golflegende
2004 · Original Music Composer
Haus aus Sand und Nebel
2003 · Original Music Composer
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003 · Self, Music
Las desapariciones
2003 · Original Music Composer
Sie nennen ihn Radio
2003 · Original Music Composer
Jenseits aller Grenzen
2003 · Original Music Composer
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Music
Die vier Federn
2002 · Original Music Composer
Codigos de Guerra
2002 · Original Music Composer
A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn
2001 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Iris
2001 · Original Music Composer
Raptor
2001 · Music
Unmasking Zorro
2001 · Self, Music
Duell - Enemy at the Gates
2001 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Der Grinch
2000 · Original Music Composer
Maybe It's Better not to Win - Scoring Searching for Bobby Fischer
2000 · Music
Der Sturm
2000 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Freedom Song
2000 · Original Music Composer
Bicentennial Man
1999 · Original Music Composer
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
1999 · Music
Mighty Joe Young
1998 · Original Music Composer
The Mask of Zorro
1998 · Original Music Composer
Deep Impact
1998 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Titanic
1997 · Original Music Composer
The Devil's Own
1997 · Original Music Composer
Ransom
1996 · Original Music Composer
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
1996 · Original Music Composer
The Spitfire Grill
1996 · Original Music Composer
Courage Under Fire
1996 · Original Music Composer
Balto
1995 · Original Music Composer, Songs
Jumanji
1995 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Jade
1995 · Original Music Composer
Apollo 13
1995 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Casper
1995 · Original Music Composer
Braveheart
1995 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Musician
Legends of the Fall
1994 · Original Music Composer
The Pagemaster
1994 · Original Music Composer
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993 · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Pelican Brief
1993 · Original Music Composer
Bopha!
1993 · Original Music Composer
The Man Without a Face
1993 · Original Music Composer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · Original Music Composer
House of Cards
1993 · Original Music Composer
Once Upon a Forest
1993 · Original Music Composer
Jack the Bear
1993 · Original Music Composer
A Far Off Place
1993 · Original Music Composer
Swing Kids
1993 · Original Music Composer
Sneakers
1992 · Original Music Composer
Unlawful Entry
1992 · Original Music Composer
Patriot Games
1992 · Original Music Composer
Thunderheart
1992 · Original Music Composer
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Rocketeer
1991 · Original Music Composer
Class Action
1991 · Original Music Composer
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991 · Original Music Composer
Once Around
1991 · Original Music Composer
Extreme Close-Up
1990 · Original Music Composer
Another 48 Hrs.
1990 · Original Music Composer
I Love You to Death
1990 · Original Music Composer
Glory
1989 · Original Music Composer
Dad
1989 · Original Music Composer
In Country
1989 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 · Original Music Composer
Tummy Trouble
1989 · Original Music Composer
Field of Dreams
1989 · Original Music Composer
The Land Before Time
1988 · Original Music Composer
Cocoon: The Return
1988 · Original Music Composer
Young Guns
1988 · Additional Music
Vibes
1988 · Original Music Composer
Red Heat
1988 · Original Music Composer
Willow
1988 · Original Music Composer
Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure
1988 · Original Music Composer
*batteries not included
1987 · Original Music Composer
Project X
1987 · Original Music Composer
P.K. and the Kid
1987 · Original Music Composer
An American Tail
1986 · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Original Music Composer
Where the River Runs Black
1986 · Original Music Composer
Captain EO
1986 · Original Music Composer
Aliens
1986 · Original Music Composer
Ninja Terminator
1986 · Music
Off Beat
1986 · Original Music Composer
Barbarian Queen
1985 · Original Music Composer
Commando
1985 · Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Conductor
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · Original Music Composer
Volunteers
1985 · Original Music Composer
Cocoon
1985 · Original Music Composer
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1985 · Music
Surviving
1985 · Original Music Composer
Heaven Help Us
1985 · Original Music Composer
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984 · Original Music Composer
The Stone Boy
1984 · Original Music Composer
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Original Music Composer
Gorky Park
1983 · Original Music Composer
The Dresser
1983 · Original Music Composer
Testament
1983 · Original Music Composer
Brainstorm
1983 · Original Music Composer
Between Friends
1983 · Original Music Composer
Krull
1983 · Original Music Composer
Space Raiders
1983 · Original Music Composer
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · Original Music Composer
Journey to Krull
1983 · Music
48 Hrs.
1982 · Original Music Composer
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Enterprise Crewman, Original Music Composer
Sorceress
1982 · Music
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982 · Original Music Composer
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981 · Original Music Composer
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981 · Original Music Composer
Deadly Blessing
1981 · Original Music Composer
Wolfen
1981 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Hand
1981 · Original Music Composer
Angel Dusted
1981 · Original Music Composer
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Original Music Composer
Humanoids from the Deep
1980 · Original Music Composer
The Lady in Red
1979 · Original Music Composer
Up from the Depths
1979 · Original Music Composer
