James Horner
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Roy Horner |
| Born | (1953-08-14)August 14, 1953 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 2015(2015-06-22) (aged 61) Los Padres National Forest, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Film score |
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| Years active | 1978–2015 |
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores, writing over 100. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.[1][2]
Horner's first major score was in 1979 for The Lady in Red, but he did not establish himself as an eminent film composer until his work on the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.[3] His score for James Cameron's Titanic is the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time.[4][5] He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing film of all time, Cameron's Avatar.[6]
Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Don Bluth, James Cameron, Joe Johnston, Walter Hill and Ron Howard; producers including George Lucas, David Kirschner, Jon Landau, Brian Grazer and Steven Spielberg; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. He won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, three Satellite Awards, and three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.
Horner, who was an avid pilot, died at the age of 61 in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft.[7]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Orchestral work
3 Musical "borrowing"
4 Death and legacy
5 Awards and nominations
5.1 AFI
5.2 List of accolades
6 List of scores
6.1 Film
6.1.1 1970s
6.1.2 1980s
6.1.3 1990s
6.1.4 2000s
6.1.5 2010s
6.2 Television
6.3 Short films
6.4 Other
7 References
8 External links
Early life
Horner was born in 1953 in Los Angeles, California, to Jewish immigrants.[8][9][10][11]
His father, Harry Horner, was born in Holice, Bohemia, then a part of Austria-Hungary. He immigrated to the United States in 1935 and worked as a set designer and art director.[12][13] His mother, Joan Ruth (née Frankel), was born into a prominent Canadian family. His brother Christopher is a writer and documentary filmmaker.[11]
James Horner started playing piano at the age of five. He also played violin. He spent his early years in London, where he attended the Royal College of Music. He returned to America, where he attended Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona, and later received his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern California. After earning a master's degree, he started work on his doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied with Paul Chihara, among others. After several scoring assignments with the American Film Institute in the 1970s, he finished teaching a course in music theory at UCLA, then turned to film scoring.[14] Horner was also an avid pilot, and owned several small airplanes.[15][16]
Career
Horner's first credit as a feature-film composer was for B-movie director and producer Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars.[17][18] As his work gained notice in Hollywood, Horner was invited to take on larger projects. One of his first major scores was for 1979's The Lady in Red.[19]
Horner's big break came in 1982 when he was asked to score Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It established him as an A-list Hollywood composer. Director Nicholas Meyer quipped that Horner was hired because the studio could no longer afford the first Trek movie's composer, Jerry Goldsmith; but that by the time Meyer returned to the franchise with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the studio could not afford Horner either.[20]
Horner continued writing high-profile film scores in the 1980s, including 48 Hrs. (1982), Krull (1983), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Commando (1985), Cocoon (1985), Aliens (1986), *batteries not included (1987), Willow (1988), Glory and Field of Dreams (both 1989). Cocoon was the first of his many collaborations with director Ron Howard.[21]
In 1987, Horner's original score for Aliens brought him his first Academy Award nomination.[22] "Somewhere Out There," which he co-composed and co-wrote with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for An American Tail, was also nominated that year for Best Original Song.[23]
Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Horner wrote orchestral scores for family films (particularly those produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment), with credits for An American Tail (1986); The Land Before Time (1988); The Rocketeer and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); Once Upon a Forest and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); The Pagemaster (1994); Casper, Jumanji and Balto (1995); Mighty Joe Young (1998); and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
Horner scored six films in 1995, including his commercially successful and critically acclaimed works for Braveheart and Apollo 13, both of which received Academy Award nominations.
Horner's biggest critical and financial success came in 1997 with his score for James Cameron's Titanic. At the 70th Academy Awards, Horner received the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score, and shared the Oscar for Best Original Song with co-writer Will Jennings for "My Heart Will Go On". The film's score and song also won three Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.[24][25] (Ten years earlier, Horner had vowed never to work with Cameron again, referring to the highly stressful scoring sessions for Aliens as "a nightmare".[26])
After Titanic, Horner continued to compose for major productions, including The Perfect Storm, A Beautiful Mind,
Enemy at the Gates, The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro, House of Sand and Fog and Bicentennial Man.[10] He also worked on smaller projects such as Iris, Radio and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius. He received his eighth and ninth Academy Award nominations for A Beautiful Mind (2001) and House of Sand and Fog (2003), but lost on both occasions to composer Howard Shore.
Horner composed the 2006–2011 theme for the CBS Evening News, which was introduced during the debut of anchor Katie Couric on September 5, 2006.[27] He wrote various treatments of the theme, explaining, "One night the show might begin with the Iranians obtaining a nuclear device, and another it might be something about a flower show... The tone needs to match the news."[28]
Horner collaborated again with James Cameron on his 2009 film Avatar, which became the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing Cameron's own Titanic.[23] Horner worked exclusively on Avatar for over two years. He said, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on, and the biggest job I have undertaken... I work from four in the morning to about ten at night, and that's been my way of life since March.[timeframe?] That's the world I'm in now, and it makes you feel estranged from everything. I'll have to recover from that and get my head out of [it]."[29]
Avatar brought Horner his tenth Academy Award nomination, as well as nominations for the Golden Globe Award, British Academy Film Award and Grammy Award, all of which he lost to Michael Giacchino for Up.[30]
After Avatar, Horner wrote the score for the 2010 version of The Karate Kid, replacing Atli Örvarsson.[31] In 2011, he scored Cristiada (also known as For Greater Glory), which was released a year later; and Black Gold. In 2012 he scored The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield. In an interview on his website, Horner revealed why he didn't return to compose the second movie; that he didn't like how the movie resulted in comparison to the first movie, and even called the movie "dreadful."[32] Upon his departure, he was replaced by Hans Zimmer.
In early 2015, after a three-year hiatus, Horner wrote the music for the adventure film Wolf Totem, his fourth collaboration with director Jean-Jacques Annaud.[33]
At the time of his death, Horner had scored two films yet to be released:[34]
Southpaw, a boxing drama directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams (Horner wrote the score for free, due to his love for the film[35])
The 33, for director Patricia Riggen
In July 2015, a month after his death, it was discovered Horner had also written the score for the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven, planning it as a surprise.[36]
Horner's scores are also heard in trailers for other films. The climax of Bishop's Countdown, from his score for Aliens, ranks as the 5th most commonly used soundtrack cue in trailers.[37]
Horner also wrote the theme music for the Horsemen P-51 Aerobatic Team, and appears in "The Horsemen Cometh", a documentary about the team and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The theme is heard at the team's airshow performances.
Orchestral work
In 2014, Horner wrote Pas de Deux, a double concerto for violin and cello. Commissioned to mark 175th season of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the work was premiered on November 12, 2014 by Mari and Håkon Samuelsen, with the orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko.[38] Horner also composed Collage, a concerto for four horns, premiered on March 27, 2015 at London's Royal Festival Hall by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín, with soloists David Pyatt, John Ryan, James Thatcher and Richard Watkins.[39]
Musical "borrowing"
Horner was criticized for reusing passages from his earlier compositions, and for featuring brief excerpts and reworked themes from classical composers.[5] For example, his scores from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock include excerpts from Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky and Romeo and Juliet;[40][41] the famous action ostinato from Aliens is originally from Wolfen;[42] the heroic theme from Willow is based on that of Robert Schumann's Rhenish Symphony; Field of Dreams includes cues from the "Saturday Night Waltz" portion of Aaron Copland's soundtrack to Our Town, and the climactic battle scene in Glory includes excerpts from Wagner and Orff.[43] Some critics felt these propensities made Horner's compositions inauthentic or unoriginal.[44][45][46] In a 1997 issue of Film Score Monthly, an editorial review of Titanic said Horner was "skilled in the adaptation of existing music into films with just enough variation to avoid legal troubles".[5]
Death and legacy
Horner was killed on June 22, 2015 when his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft,[47]registration number N206PZ, crashed into the Los Padres National Forest near Ventucopa, California.[16] Horner was the only occupant of the aircraft[48] when it took off after fueling at Camarillo Airport.[49] Three days later, on June 25, the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the crash an accident.[50] He is survived by his wife, Sara Elizabeth Horner (née Nelson), and two daughters.
Contemporaries and collaborators around the world paid their respects to Horner, including composers Hans Zimmer, Paul Williams and Alan Menken, and directors Ron Howard[51] and James Cameron. Horner was reported to have been committed to the Avatar franchise; Cameron said he and Horner "were looking forward to our next gig."[52] Horner's assistant, Sylvia Patrycja, wrote on her Facebook page, "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent [who] died doing what he loved."[53] Many celebrities, including Russell Crowe, Diane Warren and Celine Dion, also gave their condolences.[54] Dion, who sang "My Heart Will Go On", one of Horner's most popular compositions and considered Dion's signature song,[55] wrote on her website that she and husband René Angélil were "shaken by the tragic death" of their friend and "will always remember his kindness and great talent that changed [her] career."[56]Leona Lewis, who recorded Horner's "I See You" for Avatar, said working with him "was one of the biggest moments of my life."[57]
Post-accident investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that the leading cause of the accident was Horner's inability to maintain clearance from terrain during low-level airwork.[58] During the flight, Horner contacted the Southern California Air Route Traffic Control Center, from whom he received advisories while flying over the Chumash Wilderness area.[58] The NTSB interviewed two witnesses of the flight, who were in their homes when Horner flew over them; one said that the plane was flying at between 500 and 750 feet (150 and 230 m). FAA radar data showed that the plane had made multiple low-altitude turns and performed rapid altitude change maneuvers, flying low through Quatal Canyon and skimming mountain ridgelines by less than 100 feet (30 m).[59]
In addition to Horner's failing to maintain clearance, the NTSB determined there were other key factors that led to the accident. Foremost among these was Horner's use of prescription medications for high cholesterol and headaches, and toxicology testing found butalbital, codeine, and ethanol in Horner's body (although the ethanol may have been produced by microbial activity after his death).[59]
Awards and nominations
Horner won two Academy Awards, for Best Original Dramatic Score (Titanic) and Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On") in 1998, and was nominated for an additional eight Oscars.[60] He also won two Golden Globe Awards,[61] three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.[62]
In October 2013, Horner received the Max Steiner Award at the Hollywood in Vienna Gala, an award given for extraordinary achievement in the field of film music.[63]
AFI
In 2005, the American Film Institute unveiled their list of the top twenty-five American film scores. Five of Horner's scores were among 250 nominees, making him the most nominated composer to not make the top twenty-five.[64]
Apollo 13 (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Glory (1989)
Titanic (1997)
List of accolades
| Award | Year | Project | Category | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Academy Awards | 1986 | Aliens | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| "Somewhere Out There" (from An American Tail; shared with Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann) | Best Original Song | Nominated | ||
1989 | Field of Dreams | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
1995 | Apollo 13 | Best Original Dramatic Score | Nominated | |
Braveheart | Best Original Dramatic Score | Nominated | ||
1997 | Titanic | Best Original Dramatic Score | Won | |
| "My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings) | Best Original Song | Won | ||
2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
2003 | House Of Sand And Fog | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
2009 | Avatar | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
BAFTA Awards | 1995 | Braveheart | Best Film Music | Nominated |
1997 | Titanic | Best Film Music | Nominated | |
2009 | Avatar | Best Film Music | Nominated | |
Chicago Film Critics Association | 1997 | Titanic | Best Original Score | Won |
2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
2009 | Avatar | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Golden Globe Awards | 1986 | "Somewhere Out There" (from An American Tail; shared with Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann) | Best Original Song | Nominated |
1989 | Glory | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
1991 | "Dreams to Dream" (from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West; shared with Will Jennings) | Best Original Song | Nominated | |
1994 | Legends of the Fall | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
1995 | Braveheart | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
1997 | Titanic | Best Original Score | Won | |
| "My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings) | Best Original Song | Won | ||
2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
2009 | Avatar | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
| "I See You" (from Avatar; shared with Kuk Harrell and Simon Franglen) | Best Original Song | Nominated | ||
Satellite Awards | 1997 | Titanic | Best Original Score | Won |
| "My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings) | Best Original Song | Won | ||
2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
| "All Love Can Be" (from A Beautiful Mind; shared with Will Jennings) | Best Original Song | Won | ||
2003 | The Missing | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Saturn Awards | 1983 | Brainstorm | Best Music | Won |
Krull | Best Music | Nominated | ||
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Best Music | Nominated | ||
| 1985 | Cocoon | Best Music | Nominated | |
| 1986 | An American Tail | Best Music | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Best Music | Nominated | |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Best Music | Nominated | |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Best Music | Won | |
2009 | Avatar | Best Music | Won |
- Grammy Awards
- 1988: An American Tail – Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
- 1988: "Somewhere Out There" (from: An American Tail, Winner) – Song of The Year
- 1988: "Somewhere Out There" (from: An American Tail, Winner) – Best Song Written specifically For a Motion Picture or Television
- 1990: Field of Dreams – Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
- 1991: Glory (Winner) – Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
- 1996: "Whatever You Imagine" (from: The Pagemaster) – Best Song Written specifically For a Motion Picture or Television
- 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Record of The Year
- 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Song of The Year
- 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Best Song Written For A Motion Picture or for Television
- 2003: A Beautiful Mind – Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- 2011: Avatar – Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- 2011: "I See You" (from: Avatar) – Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
List of scores
Film
1970s
- 1978 The Drought (for the American Film Institute)
- 1978 Fantasies (for the American Film Institute)
- 1978 Gist and Evans (for the American Film Institute)
- 1978 Landscapes (for the American Film Institute)
- 1978 Just for a Laugh (for the American Film Institute)
- 1978 The Watcher (for the American Film Institute)
- 1979 The Lady in Red
- 1979 Up from the Depths
1980s
| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Humanoids from the Deep | Barbara Peeters | New World Pictures | |
Battle Beyond the Stars | Jimmy T. Murakami | New World Pictures | Score reused in later Roger Corman productions | |
| 1981 | The Hand | Oliver Stone | Orion Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | |
Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh | Orion Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | Replaced Craig Safan | |
Deadly Blessing | Wes Craven | PolyGram Pictures United Artists | ||
The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper | Roger Spottiswoode | Universal Pictures | ||
| 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Nicholas Meyer | Paramount Pictures | |
48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1983 | Space Raiders | Howard R. Cohen | New World Pictures | |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Jack Clayton | Bryna Productions Walt Disney Pictures | Replaced Georges Delerue | |
Krull | Peter Yates | Columbia Pictures | ||
Brainstorm | Douglas Trumbull | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
Testament | Lynne Littman | Paramount Pictures | ||
The Dresser | Peter Yates | Columbia Pictures | ||
Gorky Park | Michael Apted | Orion Pictures (original theatrical release) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (current rights) | ||
Uncommon Valor | Ted Kotcheff | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Christopher Cain | 20th Century Fox | |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Leonard Nimoy | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Michael Dinner | HBO Pictures TriStar Pictures | |
Cocoon | Ron Howard | 20th Century Fox | ||
Volunteers | Nicholas Meyer | TriStar Pictures | ||
The Journey of Natty Gann | Jeremy Kagan | Walt Disney Pictures | Replaced Elmer Bernstein | |
Commando | Mark L. Lester | Silver Pictures 20th Century Fox | ||
| 1986 | Off Beat | Michael Dinner | Silver Screens Partners II Touchstone Pictures | |
Aliens | James Cameron | Brandywine Productions 20th Century Fox | Oscar nomination | |
Where the River Runs Black | Christopher Cain | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
The Name of the Rose | Jean-Jacques Annaud | RAI Constantin Film FR3 20th Century Fox (North America) Columbia Pictures (International) | ||
An American Tail | Don Bluth | Sullivan Bluth Studios Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures | Oscar & Golden Globe nomination; also wrote "Somewhere Out There" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram | |
| 1987 | P.K. and the Kid[65] | Lou Lombardo | Sunn Classic Pictures | |
Project X | Jonathan Kaplan | 20th Century Fox | ||
*batteries not included | Matthew Robbins | Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures | ||
| 1988 | Willow | Ron Howard | Lucasfilm Imagine Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
Red Heat | Walter Hill | Carolco Pictures TriStar Pictures | ||
Vibes | Ken Kwapis | Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures | ||
The Land Before Time | Don Bluth | Sullivan Bluth Studios Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures | also wrote "If We Hold On Together" with Will Jennings and Barry Mann for Diana Ross | |
Cocoon: The Return | Daniel Petrie | 20th Century Fox | ||
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | Universal Pictures | Oscar nomination |
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Joe Johnston | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
In Country | Norman Jewison | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
Dad | Gary David Goldberg | Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures | ||
Glory | Edward Zwick | TriStar Pictures | Golden Globe nomination |
1990s
| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Lawrence Kasdan | TriStar Pictures | |
Another 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1991 | Once Around | Lasse Hallström | Cinecom Entertainment Universal Pictures | |
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Stuart Rosenberg | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | ||
Class Action | Michael Apted | Interscope Communications 20th Century Fox | ||
The Rocketeer | Joe Johnston | Gordon Company Silver Screen Partners IV Walt Disney Pictures | ||
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells | Amblimation Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures | Golden Globe nomination; also wrote "Dreams to Dream" with Will Jennings for Linda Ronstadt | |
| 1992 | Thunderheart | Michael Apted | TriBeCa Productions TriStar Pictures | |
Sneakers | Phil Alden Robinson | Universal Studios | ||
Unlawful Entry | Jonathan Kaplan | Largo Entertainment 20th Century Fox | ||
Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 1993 | Swing Kids | Thomas Carter | Hollywood Pictures | |
A Far Off Place | Mikael Salomon | Touchwood Pacific Partners Amblin Entertainment Walt Disney Pictures | ||
Jack the Bear | Marshall Herskovitz | 20th Century Fox | ||
Once Upon a Forest | Charles Grosvenor | ITV Hanna-Barbera Productions 20th Century Fox | also wrote "Once Upon A Time With Me" with Will Jennings for Florence Warner | |
House of Cards | Michael Lessac | Miramax Films | ||
Hocus Pocus | Kenny Ortega | Walt Disney Pictures | Only wrote "Sarah's Theme" with Brock Walsh; film scored by John Debney | |
Searching for Bobby Fischer | Steven Zaillian | Paramount Pictures | ||
The Man Without a Face | Mel Gibson | Icon Productions Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
Bopha! | Morgan Freeman | Paramount Pictures | ||
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells | Amblimation Universal Pictures | also wrote "Roll Back The Rock (To The Dawn Of Time)" with Thomas Dolby for Little Richard | |
The Pelican Brief | Alan J. Pakula | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | Phillip Noyce | Paramount Pictures | |
The Pagemaster | Joe Johnston | Turner Feature Animation 20th Century Fox (North America) Turner Pictures (International) | also wrote "Whatever You Imagine" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Wendy Moten | |
Legends of the Fall | Edward Zwick | Bedford Falls Productions TriStar Pictures | Golden Globe nomination; also wrote "Twilight and Mist" with Brock Walsh | |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Mel Gibson | Icon Productions The Ladd Company Paramount Pictures (North America) 20th Century Fox (International) | Oscar, Golden Globe & BAFTA nomination |
Casper | Brad Silberling | Harvey Films Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures | ||
Apollo 13 | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures | Oscar nomination | |
Jade | William Friedkin | Paramount Pictures | ||
Jumanji | Joe Johnston | Interscope Communications TriStar Pictures | ||
Balto | Simon Wells | Amblimation Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures | also wrote "Reach for the Light" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Steve Winwood | |
| 1996 | The Spitfire Grill | Lee David Zlotoff | Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia Pictures | Replaced Bennie Wallace |
Courage Under Fire | Edward Zwick | Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox | ||
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | Michael Pressman | Rastar Triumph Films | ||
Ransom | Ron Howard | Icon Productions Imagine Entertainment Touchstone Pictures | Replaced Howard Shore | |
| 1997 | The Devil's Own | Alan J. Pakula | Columbia Pictures | |
Titanic | James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment Paramount Pictures (North America) 20th Century Fox (International) | Oscar, Golden Globe & Grammy winner, BAFTA nomination; also wrote "My Heart Will Go On" with Will Jennings for Celine Dion | |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | Paramount Pictures (US) DreamWorks Pictures (International) | |
The Mask of Zorro | Martin Campbell | Amblin Entertainment TriStar Pictures | also wrote "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" with Will Jennings for Tina Arena and Marc Anthony | |
Mighty Joe Young | Ron Underwood | RKO Pictures Walt Disney Pictures | ||
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Chris Columbus | 1492 Pictures Touchstone Pictures (North America) Columbia Pictures (International) | also wrote "Then You Look at Me" with Will Jennings for Celine Dion |
2000s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | Wolfgang Petersen | Warner Bros. Pictures | also wrote "Yours Forever" with Will Jennings for John Mellencamp |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures | also wrote "Where Are You, Christmas?" with Mariah Carey and Will Jennings for Faith Hill; based on a book by Dr. Seuss. | |
Finding Forrester | Gus Van Sant | Columbia Pictures | ||
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Mandalay Pictures Paramount Pictures | |
Iris | Richard Eyre | BBC Films Intermedia Mirage Enterprises Miramax Films | ||
A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures | Golden Globe & Oscar Nominee; also wrote "All Love Can Be" with Will Jennings for Charlotte Church | |
| 2002 | ||||
Windtalkers | John Woo | Lion Rock Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
The Four Feathers | Shekhar Kapur | Lakeshore Entertainment Mandeville Films Paramount Pictures (US) Miramax Films (International) | ||
| 2003 | Beyond Borders | Martin Campbell | Mandalay Pictures Paramount Pictures | |
Radio | Michael Tollin | Tollin/Robbins Productions Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures | ||
The Missing | Ron Howard | Revolution Studios Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures | ||
House of Sand and Fog | Vadim Perelman | DreamWorks Pictures | Oscar Nominee | |
| 2004 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | Rowdy Herrington | Film Foundry Releasing | |
Troy | Wolfgang Petersen | Warner Bros. Pictures | Replaced Gabriel Yared; also wrote "Remember" with Cynthia Weil for Josh Groban and Tanja Carovska | |
The Forgotten | Joseph Ruben | Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures | ||
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Arie Posin | Newmarket Films Equity Pictures Go Fish Pictures (through DreamWorks Pictures) | |
Flightplan | Robert Schwentke | Imagine Entertainment Touchstone Pictures | ||
The Legend of Zorro | Martin Campbell | Spyglass Entertainment Amblin Entertainment Columbia Pictures | ||
The New World | Terrence Malick | New Line Cinema | ||
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Steven Zaillian | Relativity Media Phoenix Pictures Columbia Pictures | |
Apocalypto | Mel Gibson | Icon Productions Touchstone Pictures | ||
| 2007 | The Life Before Her Eyes | Vadim Perelman | 2929 Entertainment Magnolia Pictures | |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mark Waters | Nickelodeon Movies The Kennedy/Marshall Company Paramount Pictures | |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Mark Herman | BBC Films Heyday Films Miramax Films | ||
| 2009 | Avatar | James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment Dune Entertainment Ingenious Film Partners 20th Century Fox | Golden Globe, BAFTA & Oscar Nominee; also wrote "I See You" with Kuk Harrell and Simon Franglen for Leona Lewis |
2010s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Karate Kid | Harald Zwart | Overbrook Entertainment JW Productions China Film Group Columbia Pictures | |
| 2011 | Day of the Falcon[66] | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Image Entertainment | |
| 2012 | Cristiada | Dean Wright | ARC Entertainment 20th Century Fox | |
The Amazing Spider-Man | Marc Webb | Marvel Entertainment Columbia Pictures | ||
| 2015 | Wolf Totem | Jean-Jacques Annaud | ||
One Day in Auschwitz[67] | Steve Purcell | Documentary | ||
Living in the Age of Airplanes[15][68][69] | Brian J. Terwilliger | Terwilliger Productions | Documentary | |
Southpaw | Antoine Fuqua | Escape Artists Fuqua Films The Weinstein Company | Posthumous release | |
The 33 | Patricia Riggen | Alcon Entertainment Phoenix Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures | Posthumous release Haim Saban and Shuki Levy both wrote The Mysterious Cities of Gold for Noam Kaniel | |
| 2016 | The Magnificent Seven | Antoine Fuqua | Village Roadshow Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures | Posthumous release;[35] originally wrote Whatever You Imagine with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Wendy Moten and Reach For The Light with Mann and Weil for Steve Winwood Paul K. Joyce originally wrote Can We Fix It? for Neil Morrissey |
Television
- 1981 A Few Days in Weasel Creek[70]
- 1981 Angel Dusted[70]
- 1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino[70]
- 1982 Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn[70]
- 1983 Between Friends[70]
- 1985 Amazing Stories[70] ("Alamo Jobe")
- 1985 Surviving[70]
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt[70] ("Cutting Cards")
- 1990 Extreme Close-Up[70]
- 1992 Fish Police[70] (theme and pilot episode)
- 1992 Crossroads (theme)
- 1999 Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits[70]
- 2000 Freedom Song[70]
- 2006 CBS Evening News[71]
Short films
- 1986 Captain EO[72]
- 1989 Tummy Trouble[73][74]
- 2012 First in Flight[75]
Other
- 2015 Album "Pas de deux (Horner)" released in May 2015.
References
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