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James Horner

1953 - 2015

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James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American film composer. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations, and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner won two Academy Awards for his musical composition to James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Horner is the 258th most popular composer (down from 210th in 2019), the 1,360th most popular biography from United States (down from 976th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Composer.

James Horner is most famous for his work on films such as Titanic, Braveheart, and Avatar.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, James Horner ranks 258 out of 1,451. Before him are Cécile Chaminade, Eugen d'Albert, Francis Lai, Carl Stamitz, Vincent d'Indy, and Alfred Schnittke. After him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Pierre Schaeffer, Ion Ivanovici, Antonio Caldara, Francesco Landini, and Niels Gade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, James Horner ranks 48. Before him are Jean-Marie Pfaff, Paul Allen, Malcolm Young, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Mohammed Waheed Hassan. After him are Kitarō, Ségolène Royal, Alfred Molina, Gaetano Scirea, Michael J. Sandel, and Felix Magath. Among people deceased in 2015, James Horner ranks 55. Before him are Yevgeny Primakov, Boris Nemtsov, Frei Otto, Faten Hamama, Mathieu Kérékou, and Diana Douglas. After him are Michele Ferrero, Chantal Akerman, Udo Lattek, Oliver Sacks, Zhelyu Zhelev, and Kenzo Ohashi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Horner ranks 1,360 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Dean Stanton (1926), Eric Peterson (1964), Kendrick Lamar (1987), Raymond Carver (1938), Jane Wyman (1917), and Martin Chalfie (1947). After him are Mildred Harris (1901), Hattie McDaniel (1893), Rodney King (1965), Stephen Curry (1988), Michael Flynn (1958), and Dred Scott (1795).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, James Horner ranks 12. Before him are Philip Glass (1937), Samuel Barber (1910), Henry Mancini (1924), Scott Joplin (1868), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), and Jerry Goldsmith (1929). After him are Steve Reich (1936), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Charles Ives (1874), Alan Silvestri (1950), Aaron Copland (1900), and Bernard Herrmann (1911).

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