List of compositions by James Horner

Last updated October 18, 2025

Film

1970s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1978	The Drought			(for the American Film Institute)
	Fantasies
	Gist and Evans
	Landscapes
	Just for a Laugh
	The Watcher
1979	The Lady in Red	Lewis Teague	New World Pictures
1979	Up from the Depths	Charles B. Griffith	New World Pictures	Additional cues only. Main score composed by Russell O’Malley.

1980s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1980	Humanoids from the Deep	Barbara Peeters	New World Pictures
1980	Battle Beyond the Stars	Jimmy T. Murakami	New World Pictures	Score reused in later Roger Corman productions
1981	The Hand	Oliver Stone	Orion Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures
	Wolfen	Michael Wadleigh	Orion Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Replaced Craig Safan
	Deadly Blessing	Wes Craven	PolyGram Pictures United Artists
	The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper	Roger Spottiswoode	Universal Pictures
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Nicholas Meyer	Paramount Pictures
1982	48 Hrs.	Walter Hill	Paramount Pictures
1983	Space Raiders	Howard R. Cohen	New World Pictures	Score edited from Humanoids from the Deep and Battle Beyond the Stars
	Something Wicked This Way Comes	Jack Clayton	The Bryna Company Walt Disney Pictures	Replaced Georges Delerue
	Krull	Peter Yates	Columbia Pictures
	Brainstorm	Douglas Trumbull	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	Testament	Lynne Littman	Paramount Pictures
	The Dresser	Peter Yates	Columbia Pictures
	Gorky Park	Michael Apted	Orion Pictures (original theatrical release) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (current rights)
	Uncommon Valor	Ted Kotcheff	Paramount Pictures
1984	The Stone Boy	Christopher Cain	20th Century Fox
1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Leonard Nimoy	Paramount Pictures
1985	Heaven Help Us	Michael Dinner	HBO Pictures TriStar Pictures
	Cocoon	Ron Howard	20th Century Fox
	Volunteers	Nicholas Meyer	TriStar Pictures
	The Journey of Natty Gann	Jeremy Kagan	Walt Disney Pictures	Replaced Elmer Bernstein
	Commando	Mark L. Lester	Silver Pictures 20th Century Fox
1986	Off Beat	Michael Dinner	Silver Screens Partners II Touchstone Pictures
	Aliens	James Cameron	Brandywine Productions 20th Century Fox	Oscar nomination
	Where the River Runs Black	Christopher Cain	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	The Name of the Rose	Jean-Jacques Annaud	RAI Constantin Film FR3 20th Century Fox (North America) Columbia Pictures (International)
	An American Tail	Don Bluth	Sullivan Bluth Studios Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures	First score for an animated film; Grammy Winner, Oscar & Golden Globe nomination; also wrote "Somewhere Out There" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
1987	P.K. and the Kid ^[1]	Lou Lombardo	Sunn Classic Pictures
	Project X	Jonathan Kaplan	20th Century Fox
	*batteries not included	Matthew Robbins	Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures
1988	Willow	Ron Howard	Lucasfilm Imagine Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	Red Heat	Walter Hill	Carolco Pictures TriStar Pictures
	Vibes	Ken Kwapis	Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures
	The Land Before Time	Don Bluth	Sullivan Bluth Studios Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures	Also wrote "If We Hold On Together" with Will Jennings for Diana Ross
	Cocoon: The Return	Daniel Petrie	20th Century Fox
1989	Field of Dreams	Phil Alden Robinson	Universal Pictures	Oscar nomination
	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Joe Johnston	Walt Disney Pictures
	In Country	Norman Jewison	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Dad	Gary David Goldberg	Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures
	Glory	Edward Zwick	TriStar Pictures	Golden Globe nomination

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1990	I Love You to Death	Lawrence Kasdan	TriStar Pictures
1990	Another 48 Hrs.	Walter Hill	Paramount Pictures
1991	Once Around	Lasse Hallström	Cinecom Entertainment Universal Pictures
	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Stuart Rosenberg	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
	Class Action	Michael Apted	Interscope Communications 20th Century Fox
	The Rocketeer	Joe Johnston	Gordon Company Silver Screen Partners IV Walt Disney Pictures
	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells	Amblimation Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures	Golden Globe nomination; also wrote "Dreams to Dream" with Will Jennings for Linda Ronstadt
1992	Thunderheart	Michael Apted	TriBeCa Productions TriStar Pictures
	Sneakers	Phil Alden Robinson	Universal Studios
	Unlawful Entry	Jonathan Kaplan	Largo Entertainment 20th Century Fox
	Patriot Games	Phillip Noyce	Paramount Pictures
1993	Swing Kids	Thomas Carter	Hollywood Pictures
	A Far Off Place	Mikael Salomon	Touchwood Pacific Partners Amblin Entertainment Walt Disney Pictures
	Jack the Bear	Marshall Herskovitz	20th Century Fox
	Once Upon a Forest	Charles Grosvenor	ITV Hanna-Barbera Productions 20th Century Fox	also wrote "Once Upon A Time With Me" with Will Jennings for Florence Warner
	House of Cards	Michael Lessac	Miramax Films
	Hocus Pocus	Kenny Ortega	Walt Disney Pictures	Only wrote "Sarah's Theme" with Brock Walsh; film scored by John Debney
	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Steven Zaillian	Paramount Pictures
	The Man Without a Face	Mel Gibson	Icon Productions Warner Bros. Pictures
	Bopha!	Morgan Freeman	Paramount Pictures
	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	Dick Zondag Ralph Zondag Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells	Amblimation Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures	also wrote "Roll Back The Rock (To The Dawn Of Time)" with Thomas Dolby for Little Richard
	The Pelican Brief	Alan J. Pakula	Warner Bros. Pictures
1994	Clear and Present Danger	Phillip Noyce	Paramount Pictures
	The Pagemaster	Joe Johnston	Turner Feature Animation 20th Century Fox (North America) Turner Pictures (International)	also wrote "Whatever You Imagine" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Wendy Moten
	Legends of the Fall	Edward Zwick	Bedford Falls Productions TriStar Pictures	Golden Globe nomination; also wrote "Twilight and Mist" with Brock Walsh
1995	Braveheart	Mel Gibson	Icon Productions The Ladd Company Paramount Pictures (North America) 20th Century Fox (International)	Oscar, Golden Globe & BAFTA nomination
	Casper	Brad Silberling	Harvey Films Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures
	Apollo 13	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	Oscar nomination
	Jade	William Friedkin	Paramount Pictures
	Jumanji	Joe Johnston	Interscope Communications TriStar Pictures
	Balto	Simon Wells	Amblimation Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures	also wrote "Reach for the Light" with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for Steve Winwood
1996	The Spitfire Grill	Lee David Zlotoff	Castle Rock Entertainment Columbia Pictures	Replaced Bennie Wallace
	Courage Under Fire	Edward Zwick	Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox
	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Michael Pressman	Rastar Triumph Films
	Ransom	Ron Howard	Icon Productions Imagine Entertainment Touchstone Pictures	Replaced Howard Shore
1997	The Devil's Own	Alan J. Pakula	Columbia Pictures
1997	Titanic	James Cameron	Lightstorm Entertainment Paramount Pictures (North America) 20th Century Fox (International)	Oscar, Golden Globe & Grammy winner, BAFTA nomination; also wrote "My Heart Will Go On" with Will Jennings for Celine Dion
1998	Deep Impact	Mimi Leder	Paramount Pictures (US) DreamWorks Pictures (International)
	The Mask of Zorro	Martin Campbell	Amblin Entertainment TriStar Pictures	also wrote "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" with Will Jennings for Tina Arena and Marc Anthony
	Mighty Joe Young	Ron Underwood	RKO Pictures Walt Disney Pictures
1999	Bicentennial Man	Chris Columbus	1492 Pictures Touchstone Pictures (North America) Columbia Pictures (International)	also wrote "Then You Look at Me" with Will Jennings for Celine Dion

2000s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2000	The Perfect Storm	Wolfgang Petersen	Warner Bros. Pictures	also wrote "Yours Forever" with Will Jennings for John Mellencamp
2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures	also wrote "Where Are You, Christmas?" with Mariah Carey and Will Jennings for Faith Hill; based on a book by Dr. Seuss.
2001	Enemy at the Gates	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Mandalay Pictures Paramount Pictures
	Iris	Richard Eyre	BBC Films Intermedia Mirage Enterprises Miramax Films
	A Beautiful Mind	Ron Howard	Imagine Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures	Golden Globe & Oscar Nominee; also wrote "All Love Can Be" with Will Jennings for Charlotte Church
2002
	Windtalkers	John Woo	Lion Rock Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 01 Distribution (Italy)
	The Four Feathers	Shekhar Kapur	Lakeshore Entertainment Mandeville Films Paramount Pictures (US) Miramax Films (International)
2003	Beyond Borders	Martin Campbell	Mandalay Pictures Paramount Pictures
	Radio	Michael Tollin	Tollin/Robbins Productions Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures
	The Missing	Ron Howard	Revolution Studios Imagine Entertainment Columbia Pictures
	House of Sand and Fog	Vadim Perelman	DreamWorks Pictures	Oscar nominee
2004	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Rowdy Herrington	Film Foundry Releasing
	Troy	Wolfgang Petersen	Warner Bros. Pictures	Replaced Gabriel Yared; also wrote "Remember" with Cynthia Weil for Josh Groban and Tanja Carovska
	The Forgotten	Joseph Ruben	Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures
2005	The Chumscrubber	Arie Posin	Newmarket Films Equity Pictures Go Fish Pictures (through DreamWorks Pictures)
	Flightplan	Robert Schwentke	Imagine Entertainment Touchstone Pictures
	The Legend of Zorro	Martin Campbell	Spyglass Entertainment Amblin Entertainment Columbia Pictures
	The New World	Terrence Malick	New Line Cinema
2006	All the King's Men	Steven Zaillian	Relativity Media Phoenix Pictures Columbia Pictures
2006	Apocalypto	Mel Gibson	Icon Productions Touchstone Pictures
2007	The Life Before Her Eyes	Vadim Perelman	2929 Entertainment Magnolia Pictures
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Mark Waters	Nickelodeon Movies The Kennedy/Marshall Company Paramount Pictures
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Mark Herman	BBC Films Heyday Films Miramax Films
2009	Avatar	James Cameron	Lightstorm Entertainment Dune Entertainment Ingenious Film Partners 20th Century Fox	Golden Globe, BAFTA & Oscar Nominee; also wrote "I See You" with Kuk Harrell and Simon Franglen for Leona Lewis

2010s

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
2010	The Karate Kid	Harald Zwart	Overbrook Entertainment JW Productions China Film Group Columbia Pictures
2011	Day of the Falcon (also known as Black Gold)^[2]	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Image Entertainment
2012	Cristiada	Dean Wright	ARC Entertainment 20th Century Fox
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	Marc Webb	Marvel Entertainment Columbia Pictures
2015	Wolf Totem	Jean-Jacques Annaud
	One Day in Auschwitz^[3]	Steve Purcell		Documentary
	Living in the Age of Airplanes ^[4]^[5]^[6]	Brian J. Terwilliger	Terwilliger Productions	Documentary
	Southpaw	Antoine Fuqua	Escape Artists Fuqua Films The Weinstein Company	Posthumous release
	The 33	Patricia Riggen	Alcon Entertainment Phoenix Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures	Posthumous release
2016	The Magnificent Seven	Antoine Fuqua	Village Roadshow Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures	Posthumous release Composed with Simon Franglen Main theme by Elmer Bernstein

Television

1981 A Few Days in Weasel Creek^[7]
1981 Angel Dusted^[7]
1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino^[7]
1982 Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn ^[7]
1983 Between Friends ^[7]
1985 Amazing Stories ^[7] ("Alamo Jobe")
1985 Surviving^[7]
1990 Tales from the Crypt ^[7] ("Cutting Cards")
1990 Extreme Close-Up^[7]
1992 Fish Police ^[7] (theme and pilot episode)
1992 Crossroads (theme)
1999 Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits^[7]
2000 Freedom Song^[7]
2006 CBS Evening News ^[8]

Short films

1986 Captain EO ^[9]
1989 Tummy Trouble ^[10]^[11]
2012 First in Flight^[12]

Other

2015 album Pas de Deux released in May 2015
Pandora – The World of Avatar, theme park land and attractions; composed with Simon Franglen
The score for the third THX promotional trailer, titled "Cimarron"
The 1990-1997 Universal Pictures fanfare
The 1996 Imagine Entertainment fanfare
Horner's Spider-Man theme briefly appeared in the 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home

References

↑ "P.K. and the Kid (1987)". Films de France. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
↑ "James Horner to Score 'Black Gold' – Film Music Reporter". filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
↑ "One Day in Auschwitz". KWS Films. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
↑ Kauh, Elaine (December 2014). "Nat Geo To Release Aviation Documentary". avweb.com. Aviation Publishing Group. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
↑ Thurber, Matt (April 10, 2015). "Living in the Age of Airplanes". Aviation International News. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
↑ "Living in the Age of Airplanes". airplanesmovie.com. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "James Horner". Star Trek Soundtracks. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
↑ ""CBS Evening News" 2006 – 2011 Theme". Network News Music. September 5, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
↑ Mackie, Drew (June 22, 2015). "Titanic Composer James Horner Missing, Feared Dead After Plane Crash". People . Retrieved June 22, 2015.
↑ "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids". Filmtracks.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
↑ "Tummy Trouble". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
↑ Tucker, Tara (December 13, 2013). "First In Flight Trailer". All Things Aero. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

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[1] "P.K. and the Kid (1987)". Films de France. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[2] "James Horner to Score 'Black Gold' – Film Music Reporter". filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved June 23, 2015.

[3] "One Day in Auschwitz". KWS Films. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[4] Kauh, Elaine (December 2014). "Nat Geo To Release Aviation Documentary". avweb.com. Aviation Publishing Group. Retrieved April 11, 2015.

[ain2015-04-10-5] Thurber, Matt (April 10, 2015). "Living in the Age of Airplanes". Aviation International News. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

[6] "Living in the Age of Airplanes". airplanesmovie.com. Retrieved June 23, 2015.

[startreksoundtracks-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "James Horner". Star Trek Soundtracks. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[8] ""CBS Evening News" 2006 – 2011 Theme". Network News Music. September 5, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[9] Mackie, Drew (June 22, 2015). "Titanic Composer James Horner Missing, Feared Dead After Plane Crash". People . Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[10] "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids". Filmtracks.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[11] "Tummy Trouble". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

[12] Tucker, Tara (December 13, 2013). "First In Flight Trailer". All Things Aero. Retrieved June 22, 2015.

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v t e James Horner
Soundtracks	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) An American Tail (1986) Aliens (1987) The Land Before Time (1988) Glory (1990) The Rocketeer (1991) An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) Swing Kids (1993) Braveheart (1995) Apollo 13 (1995) Titanic (1997) Back to Titanic The Mask of Zorro (1998) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) House of Sand and Fog (2003) Apocalypto (2006) The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) Avatar (2009) The Karate Kid (2010) The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Living in the Age of Airplanes (2016) The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Compositions	Pas de Deux Collage
Related articles	List of compositions