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• The Devil’s Own film score (1997)
• Titanic film score (1997)
• Courage Under Fire film score (1996)
• Ransom film score (1996)
• The Spitfire Grill film score (1996)
• To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday film score (1996)
• Apollo 13 film score (1995)
• Balto film score (1995)
• Braveheart film score (1995)
• Casper film score (1995)
• Jade film score (1995)
• Jumanji film score (1995)
• Clear and Present Danger film score (1994)
• Legends of the Fall film score (1994)
• The Pagemaster film score (1994)
• Bopha! film score (1993)
• A Far Off Place film score (1993)
• House of Cards film score (1993)
• Jack the Bear film score (1993)
• The Man Without a Face film score (1993)
• Once Upon a Forest film score (1993)
• The Pelican Brief film score (1993)
• Searching for Bobby Fischer film score (1993)
• Swing Kids film score (1993)
• We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story film score (1993)
• Patriot Games film score (1992)
• Sneakers film score (1992)
• Thunderheart film score (1992)
• Unlawful Entry film score (1992)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West film score (1991)
• Class Action film score (1991)
• My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys film score (1991)
• Once Around film score (1991)
• The Rocketeer film score (1991)
• Another 48 HRS. film score (1990)
• I Love You to Death film score (1990)
• Dad film score (1989)
• Field of Dreams film score (1989)
• Glory film score (1989)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film score (1989)
• In Country film score (1989)
• Cocoon: The Return film score (1988)
• The Land Before Time film score (1988)
• Red Heat film score (1988)
• Vibes film score (1988)
• Willow film score (1988)
• Batteries not included film score (1987)
• Project X film score (1987)
• Aliens film score (1986)
• An American Tail film score (1986)
• The Name of the Rose film score (1986)
• Off Beat film score (1986)
• Where the River Runs Black film score (1986)
• Cocoon film score (1985)
• Commando film score (1985)
• Heaven Help Us film score (1985)
• The Journey of Natty Gann film score (1985)
• Surviving film score (1985)
• Volunteers film score (1985)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock film score (1984)
• The Stone Boy film score (1984)
• Between Friends film score (1983)
• Brainstorm film score (1983)
• The Dresser film score (1983)
• Gorky Park film score (1983)
• Krull film score (1983)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes film score (1983)
• Space Raiders film score (1983)
• Testament film score (1983)
• Uncommon Valor film score (1983)
• 48 HRS. film score (1982)
• P.K. and the Kid film score (1982)
• A Piano for Mrs. Cimino film score (1982)
• Rascals and Robbers - The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn film score (1982)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan film score (1982)
• Angel Dusted film score (1981)
• Deadly Blessing film score (1981)
• A Few Days in Weasel Creek film score (1981)
• The Hand film score (1981)
• The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper film score (1981)
• Wolfen film score (1981)
• Battle Beyond the Stars film score (1980)
• Humanoids from the Deep film score (1980)
• The Lady in Red film score (1979)
• Up from the Depths film score (1979)
• The Drought film score (1978)
• Fantasies film score (1978)
• Gist and Evans film score (1978)
• Landscapes film score (1978)
• Just for a Laugh film score (1978)
• Norman and the Killer film score (1978)
• The Watcher film score (1978)
• Spectral Shimmers concert work (1978)

Horner was born on August 14th 1953 in Los Angeles, California and studied under Gyorgi Ligeti at the Royal College of Music in London. After receiving his doctorate from UCLA, he wrote an avant-garde concert piece called ‘Spectral Shimmers’, but soon became disillusioned with the world of musical academia. He moved into feature films in the late 1970s and early 1980s, scoring American Film Institute projects and movies for the notorious producer Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. His first big job was to be asked to score the second Star Trek movie, ‘The Wrath of Khan’, in 1982 and since then he has never looked back. His incredible rise to fame has never been equalled in Hollywood composing circles, and his contributions to the film world have included some of the best and most memorable scores of recent years, including ‘Krull’, ‘Brainstorm’, ‘Cocoon’, ‘Aliens’, ‘Willow’, ‘Glory’, ‘Field of Dreams’, ‘Legends of the Fall’, ‘Braveheart’ and ‘Apollo 13’. His most recent score, for James Cameron’s epic ‘Titanic’ was honoured with a Golden Globe, something he has never won before, although he did win a Grammy Award in 1986 for the Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram ballad ‘Somewhere Out There’, which he wrote for the film ‘An American Tail’. Horner’s future projects include the swashbuckler ‘The Mark of Zorro’ starring Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins, the comedy ‘Mighty Joe Young’ and the action thriller ‘Deep Impact’ for director Mimi Leder. James Horner is married, to Sarah, has two daughters and lives in Malibu Canyon, California.

• http://www.james-horner.com/
• http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/H/Horner,_James/
• Glory! A James Horner Fan Page by Michael Hollowood
• James Horner Page by Ignasi Nogués