JAMES HORNER FILM MUSIC

JAMES INGRAM HAS DIED AT AGE 66

Singer James Ingram died on January 29, 2018 from brain cancer. He was 66 years old.

Along with Linda Ronstadt, Ingram performed the song Somewhere Out There for An American Tail (1986), the music by James Horner, … Read More

THE DEFINITIVE EDITION OF APOLLO 13 AVAILABLE AT INTRADA

It's still Christmas! Almost a quarter of a century after the film's release, Intrada announces their double CD for the music of Apollo 13 (1995) When copies of the Apollo 13 soundtrack hit shelves in the summer of 1995, listeners … Read More

JAMES HORNER’S RETURN TO PANDORA

New Year surprise! 2019 kicks off with an unexpected gift, as Walt Disney Records releases Pandora – The World of Avatar as a digital release, available now on iTunes. A project literally years in the making, "Pandora – The World … Read More

EXPEDED RELEASE OF BALTO AVAILABLE AT INTRADA!

2018 has held many surprises for fans of the work of James Horner. The latest arrives this week courtesy of Intrada with Balto. Released in 1995, it was the last of eight animated films set to music by James Horner. … Read More

APOLLO 13 EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

Time and again, Horner showed himself to be a master storyteller. His trick was always to latch onto the protagonist and follow him or her through the requisite and tumultuous transformation process. When he was asked to score Apollo 13 … Read More

BALTO EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

James Horner once said he never turned down a project offered to him by Steven Spielberg. (Neither would any other composer in their sane mind, I imagine.) After Schindler’s List (1993), Spielberg embarked on a string of serious movies calling … Read More

*BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED 2-CD: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

Like so many other movies of its day, 1987’s *batteries not included basks in the soothing glow of all things Spielberg. Showcasing a family of flying saucers, designed by Industrial Light and Magic as miniature versions of the mothership in … Read More

JAMES HORNER – THE CLASSICS – AN INTERVIEW WITH SOLOIST TINA GUO

On August 10, 2018, Sony Classical will release a tribute album about the highly acclaimed film composer James Horner, who died in a plane crash on June 22, 2015. Horner would have celebrated his 65th birthday on August 14, 2018. … Read More

JAMES HORNER – THE CLASSICS – AN INTERVIEW WITH SOLOIST TINA GUO

On August 10, 2018, Sony Classical will release a tribute album about the highly acclaimed film composer James Horner, who died in a plane crash on June 22, 2015. Horner would have celebrated his 65th birthday on August 14, 2018. … Read More

THE WORDS OF JAMES HORNER #6: THE MASK OF ZORRO

Three years after James Horner’s passing, we thought we would bring together three interviews on The Mask of Zorro, whose soundtrack album was released twenty years ago, in October 1998. The rather short first interview was the introduction to a … Read More

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MARK HERMAN

This year, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is turning ten years old. Since its release in 2008, the film has become something of a “modern classic.” Educators commonly show it in schools as a teaching tool and, even though … Read More

TITANIC’S VOICES: ARCHIVAL INTERVIEWS WITH SISSEL AND CÉLINE DION

The end of 2017 was marked by the expanded editions of Troy (2CD) and Titanic (4CD). After the three interviews with James Horner, who plunged us into the heart of the score composed for James Cameron’s film, we publish the … Read More