Biography
James Roy Horner (14 August 1953 – 22 June 2015) was an American film composer and conductor. Born in Los Angeles, California, he studied at the Royal College of Music in London before returning to the United States, where he earned degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Horner composed scores for more than 160 films and television productions between 1978 and 2015. His credits include Aliens (1986), Braveheart (1995), Apollo 13 (1995), Titanic (1997), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Avatar (2009) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). He won two Academy Awards for his work on Titanic.
