James Roy Horner (1953 – 2015) was an Academy and Golden Globe award-winning American composer; conductor and orchestrator of film scores. He was mostly known for the vocal and electronic elements in many of his film scores. Horner was also a respected composer of concert music before he started writing film scores. His first major film score was for the film "The Lady in Red," but he did not establish himself as a well known film composer until he worked on the 1982 film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." Horner's score for "Titanic" has the distinction of being considered the best selling film soundtrack of all time, while "Titanic" and "Avatar," are the two highest-grossing films of all time. Horner composed music for over 100 films; won
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His works include “The Lion King,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "The Thin Red Line," "Gladiator," "The Last Samurai," "The Dark Knight Trilogy," "Inception," and "Interstellar." Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the Britain before moving to the United States. He formed his own music production company; Remote Control Productions and is well known for his use of combining electronic sounds with orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and the Academy Award for the “Lion …show more content…
Shore’s scores for Tolkien’s imaginative world of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," both directed by Peter Jackson, have captured the hearts of many generations of movie audiences. "The Lord of the Rings" stands as his most acclaimed composition endowing him with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and two Golden Globes. The city of Vienna also bestowed on him the prestigious Max Steiner Award and through the years Shore has received numerous other awards for his musical
His works include “The Lion King,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "The Thin Red Line," "Gladiator," "The Last Samurai," "The Dark Knight Trilogy," "Inception," and "Interstellar." Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the Britain before moving to the United States. He formed his own music production company; Remote Control Productions and is well known for his use of combining electronic sounds with orchestral arrangements. He has received four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and the Academy Award for the “Lion …show more content…
Shore’s scores for Tolkien’s imaginative world of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," both directed by Peter Jackson, have captured the hearts of many generations of movie audiences. "The Lord of the Rings" stands as his most acclaimed composition endowing him with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and two Golden Globes. The city of Vienna also bestowed on him the prestigious Max Steiner Award and through the years Shore has received numerous other awards for his musical