James Horner (August 14th 1953, Los Angeles), is an American type-setter.

James Horner is the type-setter of the musics of some of greatest tographic successes Cinéma of these twenty last years. He composed his first film music in 1979, “the Mercenaries of the space” carried out by Jimmy T. Murakami. It is very quickly brought to work on large productions such as " Aliens" James Cameron or even " The Name Of Rose" (Jean-Jacques Annaud) in 1986. In 1997, it composed the music of Titanic which beat the record while remaining 16 weeks in the first place of Signal 200 of the albums of Billboard. The original soundtrack of film was sold has more than 30 million specimens in the world. It has with its credit more than 150 film musics among which " Willow" (Ron Howard), " Glory" (Edward Zwick), " Braveheart" (Mel Gibson), " Apollo 13" (Ron Howard), " Troy" (Wolfgang Petersen)…

Selective catalog of films

• 1980 : Mercenaries of space ( Battle Beyond the Stars ), of Jimmy T.Murakami
• 1981: the Farm of terror ( Deadly Blessing ), of Wes Craven
• 1981: Wolfen , of Michael Raleigh
• 1981: the Hand of the nightmare ( The Hand ), of Oliver Stone
• 1982: 48 Hours ( 48 Hours ), of Walter Hill
• 1982: Star Trek II: The Anger of Khan ( Star Trek II: The Wrath off Khan ), of Nicholas Meyer
• 1983: Krull , of Peter Yates
• 1983: Brainstorm , of Douglas Trumbull
• 1983: Gorky Park , of Michael Apted
• 1984: Star Trek III: In the search of Spock ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ), of Leonard Nimoy
• 1985: Cocoon , of Ron Howard
• 1985: Commando , of Mark L. To ballast
• 1986: Aliens the return ( Aliens ), of James Cameron (nomination with the Oscars)
• 1986: Fievel and the new world ( Year American Tail ), of Gift Bluth (nomination with the Oscars, 2 Grammy awards, named with the Golden Globe)
• 1986: Captain EO , of Francis Ford Coppola (short-measuring in relief produced by George Lucas)
• 1986: the Name of the pink ( The Name off the Rose ), of Jean-Jacques Annaud
• 1988: Cocoon, the return ( Cocoon: The Return )
• 1988: the Small Dinosaur and the valley of the wonders ( The Land Before Time ), of Gift Bluth
• 1988: Willow , of Ron Howard
• 1989: Glory , of Edward Zwick (Grammy Award, nomination with the Golden Globe)
• 1989: Beyond the dreams ( Field off Dreams ), of Phil Alden Robinson (nomination with the Oscars, 2 nominations in Grammy)
• 1989: Cherished, I narrowed the kids ( Honey, I Shrunk The Kids ), of Joe Johnston
• 1990: 48 Hours more ( Another 48 hours ), of Walter Hill
• 1990: I love you to kill you ( I Coils You to Death ), of Lawrence Kasdan
• 1991: Rocketeer ( The Rocketeer ) of Joe Johnston
• 1991: Fievel in Far West ( Year American Tail: Fievel Goes West ), of Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells
• 1992: Heart of thunder ( Thunderheart ), of Michael Apted
• 1992: the Experts ( Sneakers ), of Phil Alden Robinson
• 1993: the Business Pelican ( The Pelican Brief ) of Alan J. Pakula
• 1993: Swing Kids , of Thomas Casing
• 1993: Once Upon has Forest
• 1993: the Man without face ( The Man Without has Face ), of Mel Gibson
• 1993: In the search of Bobby Fischer ( Searching for Bobby Fischer ), of Menno Meyjes
• 1993: ( We' Re Back! In Dinosaur' S Story )
• 1994: Legends of autumn ( Legends off the Fall ), of Edward Zwick (nomination with the Golden Globe)
• 1994: Richard with the country of the magic books ( The Pagemaster ), of Joe Johnston (sequences live) and Maurice Hunt (animated sequences)
• 1994: Immediate danger ( Clear and Present Danger ), of Phillip Noyce
• 1995: Braveheart , of Mel Gibson (nomination with the Oscars)
• 1995: Casper , of Brad Silberling
• 1995: Jumanji , of Joe Johnston
• 1995: Jade of William Friedkin
• 1995: Balto , of Simon Wells and Brenda Chapman
• 1995: Apollo 13 , of Ron Howard (nomination with the Oscars)
• 1996: Fire resistant ( Courage Under Fire ), of Edward Zwick
• 1996: the Ransom ( Ransom ), of Ron Howard
• 1996: The Spitfire Grill
• 1997: Titanic , of James Cameron (2 Oscars, 2 Goldens delicious sphere, 4 Grammy)
• 1997: Enemy brought closer ( The Devil' S Own ), of Alan J. Pakula
• 1998: the Mask of Zorro , Martin Campbell
• 1998: My friend Joe ( Mighty Joe Young ), of Ron Underwood
• 1998: Deep Impact , of Mimi Leder
• 1999: the Man bicentenary ( Bicentennial Man ), of Chris Columbus
• 2000: Grinch ( How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ), of Ron Howard
• 2000: In full storm ( The Perfect Storm ), of Wolfgang Petersen
• 2001: a man of exception ( has Beautiful Mind ), of Ron Howard (nomination with the Oscars and the Golden Globe)
• 2001: Iris (2001)
• 2001: Stalingrad ( Enemy At the Spoil ), of Jean-Jacques Annaud
• 2002: Windtalkers , of John Woo
• 2003: House off Sand and Fog
• 2004: Without border ( Beyond Borders ), of Martin Campbell
• 2003: Disappeared the ( The Missing ), of Ron Howard
• 2004: Troy , of Wolfgang Petersen
• 2004: unobtrusive Memory ( The Forgotten )
• 2005: The Chumscrubber , of Arie Posin
• 2005: Flight Plan ( Flightplan ), of Robert Schwentke
• 2005: the Legend of Zorro ( The Legend off Zorro ), of Martin Campbell
• 2005: the New World ( The New World ), of Terrence Malick
• 2006: Apocalypto , of Mel Gibson
• 2006: CBS Evening News with Katie Couric , CBS News

External bonds

• the discography of James Horner on Music City