Artist
American film music composer, conductor and orchestrator,.born August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA, died in a plane crash June 22, 2015 in the Los Padres National Forest, California, USA. In 1997, he won two Academy Awards for his score and song compositions for the film "Titanic".
Horner started playing piano at the age of 5. He studied at the Royal College Of Music in London, under György Ligeti. He received his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern California, and eventually earned a master's and started working on his doctorate, studying with Paul Chihara, among others. After several scoring assignments with the American Film Institute in the 1970's, he finished his teaching of music theory at UCLA and turned to film scoring.
He made his breakthrough in 1982, when he scored "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan". In total, he has scored over 100 films, but he has also done some music for short films, three orchestral pieces and music for television, including the current theme music for the CBS Evening News (beginning September 5, 2006).
Horner's most known scores include: "Aliens", "Willow", "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West", "Legends of the Fall", "Braveheart", "Apollo 13", "Titanic", "A Beautiful Mind" and "The Mask of Zorro", among others. He has worked often with director Ron Howard, a collaboration that started with the 1985 film "Cocoon".
Tracks
1
Main Title
05:11
2
Bad Dreams
01:22
3
Dark Discovery / Newt's Horror
02:07
4
LV-426
02:03
5
Combat Drop
03:29
6
The Complex
01:34
7
Atmosphere Station
03:11
8
Med. Lab.
02:03
9
Newt
01:14
10
Sub-Level 3
06:39
11
Ripley's Rescue
03:19
12
FaceHuggers
04:26
13
Futile Escape
08:26
14
Newt Is Taken
02:06
15
Going After Newt
03:18
16
The Queen
01:45
17
Bishop's Countdown
02:50
18
Queen To Bishop
02:31
19
Resolution And Hyperspace
06:30
20
Bad Dreams (Alternate)
01:25
21
Ripley's Rescue (Percussion Only)
03:18
22
LV-426 (Alternate Edit - Film Version)
01:13
23
Combat Drop (Percussion Only)
03:24
24
Hyperspace (Alternate Ending)
02:09
Releases
Formats
CD, Vinyl, Cassette, All Media, CDr
Labels
Victor, CGD, SBK Records, Varèse Sarabande, Mondo , Soundtrack Listeners Communications Inc., Jackal Records, Concorde Records , That's Entertainment Records, Colosseum , Vinilo, A and S Records
Countries
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
years
1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2015, 2016
