James Horner

James Horner (James Horner, August 14, 1953 - June 22, 2015), full name James Roy Horner (James Roy Horner) James Roy Horner, born in Los Angeles, California, American musician and composer.

In 1995, he composed the soundtrack for the film "Braveheart" and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Score for the film. In 1997, Horner scored the film "Titanic" directed by James Cameron, for which Horner also won the 70th Academy Award for Best Original Song and Best Score in the Drama Series. In 2000, he provided the soundtrack for the movies "The Perfect Storm" and the movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." In 2002, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "Windtalkers". In 2008, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "The Book of Elves". In 2009, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "Avatar" and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for the movie. In 2010, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "Kung Fu Dream". In 2012, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "The Amazing Spider-Man". In 2014, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "Wolf Totem". In 2015, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "The Magnificent Seven"

At 9:00 on June 22, 2015 (US time), James Horner was killed in a flight accident at the age of 61.

Chinese name: James Roy Horner

Foreign name: James Roy Horner

Alias: Horner

Nationality: American< /p>

Nationality: American

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California

Date of birth: August 14, 1953

Date of death: 2015 June 22

Occupation: Musician, Composer

Graduation School: Royal Academy of Music, University of California, Los Angeles

Representative Work: Burning Love Years, Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, RoboMasters, At the Gate, A Beautiful Mind, Apocalypse, Alien 2

Main Achievements: Best Original Song at the 70th Academy Awards

The 55th American Golden Globe Award for Best Film Score

The 36th Saturn Award for Best Score

The 82nd Academy Award for Best Original Score Nomination

Early life

James Horner was born in Los Angeles, California on August 14, 1953. He began learning piano at the age of 5. He moved to the UK when he was 10 and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He studied under the Hungarian modernist composer Gy?rgy Ligeti.

As a young man, Horner returned to the United States and continued his studies at the music department of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles under Paul Chihara and others. After graduation, Horner taught music theory at UCLA.

In the mid-1970s, Horner obtained a bachelor's degree in composition, a master's degree in composition, and a Ph.D. Afterwards, Horner wrote a musical work "The Will-O-Wisp", but it was not successful when performed. Soon, he left academia and turned to the film industry.

Acting experience

In 1979, Horner scored the action film "The Lady in Red" directed by Lewis Teague; in the same year, he scored for Charles B. Griffith. Composed the soundtrack for the horror movie "Piranha".

In 1982, he served as the soundtrack for the action science fiction film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" directed by Nicholas Meyer; in the same year, he composed the soundtrack for the film "48 Hours".

In 1983, Horner served as the soundtrack composer for the film "Among Friends"; later, Horner served as the soundtrack composer for the science fiction film "The Flash" directed by Peter Yates, and won the 11th award for this film. Nominated for Best Score at the 11th Saturn Awards; in the same year, he served as the soundtrack for the fantasy film "The Magic Man" directed by Jack Clayton, for which Horner was nominated for the 11th Saturn Award for Best Score; subsequently, he provided the soundtrack for Peter Ye In addition, Horner served as the soundtrack for the war film "The Drive" directed by Ted Kotcheff; in September, he served as the soundtrack for the thriller science fiction film "The Mind" directed by Douglas Trumbo. "Storm" composed the soundtrack, and won the 11th Saturn Award for Best Score.

In 1984, he provided the original soundtrack for the movie "Stone Boy"; in the same year, he served as the soundtrack for the science fiction movie "Star Trek III: Earth Breaking". In 1985, he composed the soundtrack for the science fiction film "Cocoon" directed by Ron Howard, for which Horner was nominated for the Best Score at the 13th Saturn Award.

In 1986, he served as the soundtrack for the science fiction thriller "Alien 2" directed by James Cameron, and was nominated for the 59th Academy Award for Best Original Score for the film; subsequently, he composed the soundtrack for Don The animated film "American Mouse" directed by Bruce scored the soundtrack, and was nominated for the 59th Academy Award for Best Original Song, the 44th Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the 14th Saturn Award for Best Score; in the same year, Served as the soundtrack for the suspenseful drama film "The Name of the Rose" directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.

In 1987, he composed the soundtrack for the movie "The Gathering" directed by Ron Howard; in the same year, he served as the soundtrack for the movie "Project X" directed by Jonathan Caplan. In 1989, he served as the soundtrack for the war film "Glory" directed by Edward Zwick, for which he was nominated for the 47th Golden Globe Award for Best Film Score and a Grammy Award for Soundtrack; in the same year, he was featured in the film "Fantasy Come True" "", for which he was nominated for Best Score at the 62nd Academy Awards; subsequently, he scored for the family comedy film "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" directed by Joe Johnston. The film was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the 17th Saturn Awards.

In 1991, he composed the soundtrack for the animated film "The Great American Adventure", for which he was nominated for the Best Original Song in the Motion Picture category at the 49th Golden Globe Awards. In 1994, he served as the soundtrack for the movie "The Last Days", and was nominated for the 52nd Golden Globe Award for Best Film Score in the Film Category for this movie. In the same year, he served as the soundtrack for the movie "Apollo 13" directed by Ron Howard. The film's soundtrack was nominated for the 68th Academy Award for Best Score in the Drama Category.

In 1995, he composed the original soundtrack for the movie "Braveheart", and was nominated for the 68th Academy Award for Best Score in the Drama Category and the 53rd Golden Globe Award for Best Picture for this movie. Nominated for the soundtrack, the Anthony Asquith Award at the 49th British Arts Awards: Best Film Score, and the 22nd Saturn Award for Best Score.

In 1997, Horner served as the soundtrack for the film "Titanic" directed by James Cameron. Horner also won the 70th Academy Award for Best Original Song and Drama for this work. Best Score Award, the 55th Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and Best Film Score, and the 51st British Academy of Arts Anthony Asquith Award: Best Film Score Nomination.

In 2000, he scored for the thriller film "The Perfect Storm" directed by Wolfgang Petersen; subsequently, he served as the soundtrack for the comedy film "The Grinch" directed by Ron Howard, and with this The film won the 27th Saturn Award for Best Soundtrack.

In 2001, he scored the soundtrack for the biographical film "A Beautiful Mind" directed by Ron Howard, for which he was nominated for the Best Score at the 74th Academy Awards and the Best Film Score at the 59th Golden Globe Awards. Nominated; in the same year, he served as the soundtrack for the war film "At the Gate" directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.

In 2002, he served as the soundtrack for the war action film "Windtalkers" directed by John Woo. In 2003, he composed the soundtrack for the feature film "The House of Dust" directed by Vadim Perlman, and was nominated for the 76th Academy Award for Best Score for the film; in the same year, he succeeded composer Gabriel Yarde as the composer. The soundtrack to the action movie "Troy".

In 2005, he scored the soundtrack for the action movie "Apocalypse" directed by Mel Gibson. In 2006, he served as the soundtrack for the drama film "All the King's Men" directed by Steven Zaillian. In 2008, he served as the soundtrack for the adventure film "The Goblin" directed by Mark Waters; in the same year, he scored the soundtrack for the drama film "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" directed by Mark Herman.

In 2009, he served as the soundtrack for the science fiction film "Avatar" directed by director James Cameron. This is the third time Horner has scored for Cameron's film. Horner also scored for "Avatar" Nominated for Best Original Score at the 82nd Academy Awards, Best Score at the 63rd British Academy Film Awards, Best Score at the 36th Saturn Awards, Best Original Song and Best Movie at the 67th Golden Globe Awards Score nomination.

In 2010, he composed the soundtrack for the action movie "Kung Fu Dream" directed by Harold Zwart. In 2011, he served as the soundtrack for the adventure film "Black Gold" directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. In 2012, he served as the soundtrack for the superhero movie "The Amazing Spider-Man" directed by Marc Webb; in the same year, he provided the original soundtrack for the movie "Greater Splendor" directed by Dean Wright.

In 2014, he provided the soundtrack for the Chinese-language film "Wolf Totem" directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. In 2015, he served as the soundtrack for the feature film "Iron Fist" directed by Antoine Fuqua; subsequently, he served as the soundtrack for the film "Earth Rescue" directed by Patricia Regan; in the same year, he served as the soundtrack for the film "Iron Fist" directed by Antoine Fuqua. During the soundtrack of the action western movie "The Magnificent Seven," Horner died unexpectedly, and his friend Simon Flanglin took over to complete the soundtrack for the movie "The Magnificent Seven."

Personal life

Death

At 9:00 on June 22, 2015 (US time), film scorer James Horner’s private plane crashed unexpectedly. Horner, a pilot, died in the accident at the age of 61.

Musical works

Award records

Character evaluation

James Horner is a composer with a strong understanding of the connotation of the film , is also a composer who can use music to enhance the commercial value of films. In addition to the wonderful music itself, he also has remarkable characteristics in the combination of music and film. Horner can be said to be a connecting figure among Hollywood composers. He has a very open mind and is able to incorporate modern composition techniques and elements into his works, leading a generation of soundtrack trends. He brings the soft style and long melody to the extreme. Due to some problems and flaws in his own creation, controversy has always existed against him. His view of the purpose of his work, that is, the value of film music, is commendable and can sum up his achievements. (Review of "Contemporary Film")

The emotional theme music created by James Horner presents a beautiful, gorgeous and poetic soundtrack style with its elegant melody and strong plot hints. Horner is the most standard musician who has received a solid and rigorous education in music theory. He is not very good at powerful music. There is no earth-shattering explosiveness and shock in his music, but there is an ethereal, beautiful, affectionate and delicate emotional color. His personal style is not that distinctive, but the warm and touching melody has always been the most attractive feature of his music, and Horner also has a moving display of the beauty of melody. The military music or brass percussion in the movie "Battle of Glory" also showed an unprecedented otherworldly beauty in Horner's hands. Horner's soundtrack for the movie "Braveheart" presents an extremely beautiful and melodious moving melody. This otherworldly music style is like the performance of Jincheng silk pipes. Horner created the love between the children in the play. An almost mythical atmosphere. (Review of "Film Criticism")

James Horner is a master figure in the world of film scoring, and his achievements are of epoch-making significance. His film scores are all of high artistic quality and independent, and use diversified musical materials and the national color of symphonic music. His film soundtracks not only include traditional orchestral music, but also add novel musical elements, giving the entire music a new life in the traditional symphonic form. In the soundtrack created for the movie "Avatar", James Horner used a method of combining electronic music and orchestral music. He used electronic music equipment to create various sounds to express the beautiful scenery of the alien planet. With his music A new chapter was written for the film soundtrack. (Review of "The Big Stage")

Character Controversy

Plagiarism Controversy

James Horner plagiarized the Russian composer Protos in the soundtrack of the movie "Alien 2" Kofiev plagiarized Robert Schumann's "Rhine Symphony" in "The Wind and Wind", while "Glorious" plagiarized German Orff and Wagner.

But his own response to this was - "I'm just borrowing it" (Musicalborrowing).