Description
180GR/GATEFOLD/PVC SLEEVE/JAMES HORNER/750CPS red vinyl
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
A1
The Plaza Of Execution
08:28
A2
Elena And Esperanza
08:20
A3
The Ride
03:25
B1
Elena's Truth
04:11
B2
The Fencing Lesson
05:29
B3
Tornado In The Barracks
05:12
B4
The Confession
03:43
C1
Zorro's Theme
03:01
C2
The Mine (Montero's Vision)
03:00
C3
Stealing The Map
06:30
D1
"Leave No Witnesses…"
13:21
D2
Diego's Goodbye
05:31
D3
I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You
04:41
Releases
Formats
CD, Cassette, Minidisc, Vinyl
Labels
Music On Vinyl, Sony Classical, Columbia TriStar
Countries
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Russian Federation, Turkey, United States of America, Europe, Asia, Germany, Austria, & Switzerland
