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Feb 24, 2017 · A music scholar, James Horner was astutely aware of the vast tradition of music outside Hollywood. While all film composers consciously or subconsciously quote the classics, Horner did it more deliberately and more extensively than anyone else.
Cocoon was the first of his many collaborations with director Ron Howard. [24] In 1987, Horner's original score for Aliens brought him his first Academy Award nomination. [25] "Somewhere Out There," which he co-composed and co-wrote with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for An American Tail, was also nominated that year for Best Original Song. [26]
Feb 24, 2017 · The Copland-Moross template would go on to yield such scores as The Cowboys (1972, John Williams), Silverado (1985, Bruce Broughton) and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991, James Horner), whereas the likes of The Wild Bunch (1969) were cast in the Morricone mold.
Jun 24, 2015 · Willow, The Rocketeer, Cocoon, An American Tail, and Avatar continue the long list of film scores which Horner contributed. In addition to film music, Horner was a conservatory-trained muscian ...
Nov 11, 2013 · I walked into the Hollywood tradition at that time " 1. James Horner. Originally, the sci-fi movie Cocoon was to be directed by Robert Zemeckis, but he was called by Steven Spielberg to work on Back to the Future, and thus was replaced by Ron Howard, who had just finished Splash, starring Tom Hanks. This is the first of seven films bringing ...
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Jun 23, 2015 · The creator of iconic movie scores for films such as Titanic, Glory, Braveheart and Apollo 13 is feared dead, after a plane registered to composer James Horner crashed on Monday with one person...