• Born in Los Angeles.
• Father Harry was an Academy Award winning set designer / art director.
• Grew up in England where he attended the Royal College of Music.
• Returns to Los Angeles in his teens, but did not consider film composing as serious artistic outlet.
• Despite the fact that his father worked in the film industry, Horner felt that film composing was not a serious artistic outlet.
• Began composing for film while at UCLA in 1978 for the American Film Institute (AFI), composes music for friend’s short film.
• First major film score: The Lady In Red (1979).
• Breakthrough score was Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
• Best known work: Aliens (1986: conflict with director James Cameron due to time constraints/creative differences), Field Of Dreams (1989), Braveheart (1995), Apollo 13 (1996).
• Greatest success in 1997: Titanic
  • Two Academy Awards: Best Original Score, Best Original Song “My Heart Will Go On” by Will Jennings.