History AwesomeMusic / JamesHorner

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-G4xAijMq4 Charging Fort Wagner]], from the soundtrack of ''{{Glory}}''.

* Can't forget this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAkDnIQ0yS8 beautiful and chillingly awesome moment]] from ''{{Balto}}''

* The soundtrack for ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'' is consistently praised as one of Horner's most solid all-around efforts. To name just a few highlights: the aforementioned main theme with the patriotic trumpets, the famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6i5vgDJFb4 launch scene]], the edge-of-your-seat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZR35_GorU "Re-Entry and Splashdown"]], and last but definitely not least, AnnieLennox ''harmonizing with herself'' beautifully over the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRotVl2IJ8 end credits]].

* The soundtrack for ''{{Apollo 13}}'' is consistently praised as one of Horner's most solid all-around efforts. To name just a few highlights: the aforementioned main theme with the patriotic trumpets, the famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6i5vgDJFb4 launch scene]], the edge-of-your-seat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZR35_GorU "Re-Entry and Splashdown"]], and last but definitely not least, AnnieLennox ''harmonizing with herself'' beautifully over the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRotVl2IJ8 end credits]].

* From ''Film/{{Willow}}'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORgHv7zGc4 "Elora Danan"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxvf0ybG1og "Willow's Theme"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxuLd_OutE "Main Title"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzGZ6GXnTw "Sons of Scotland"]] from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFamq3Snjw "Going After Newt"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatyX2PkK8E "Bishop's Countdown"]] from the[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo8XPKp0Hzc ''Aliens'']] soundtrack, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsB9uTfFzM main theme]] from ''{{Apollo 13}}, and so on and so forth. Many of them are quite awesome tracks indeed.

*** To say nothing of his little homage to Ligeti's "Atmospheres" at 4:32.
* From'' Film/{{Willow}}'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORgHv7zGc4 "Elora Danan"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxvf0ybG1og "Willow's Theme"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxuLd_OutE "Main Title"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzGZ6GXnTw "Sons of Scotland"]] from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFamq3Snjw "Going After Newt"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatyX2PkK8E "Bishop's Countdown"]] from the[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo8XPKp0Hzc ''Aliens'']] soundtrack, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsB9uTfFzM main theme]] from ''{{Apollo 13}}, and so on and so forth. Many of them are quite awesome tracks indeed.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpwZf3jebw A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics]] from "Film/ABeautifulMind".

* His work on ''OnceUponAForest'' often goes overlooked. The soundtrack is worth tracking down for the beautiful orchestrations.

** Let's not forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FISk-Q4_hR0 'Quaritch Down']]. The BigDamnHeroes fanfare is simply epic.
* ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'' has sweet moments, too.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_nJmn1h2O0 The Plaza of Execution]] from The ''Mask of Zorro''/

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVDrTLHZEVQ Young Peter]] from Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan.

* Let's not forget his ''[[TearJerker tear jerkingly]] beautiful'' soundtrack for ''Film/{{Casper}}''. Especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVQEAeRyIjI One Last Wish]].

* Let's not forget his ''[[TearJerker tear jerking]] beautiful'' soundtrack for ''Film/{{Casper}}''. Especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVQEAeRyIjI One Last Wish]].

* Horner's track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PzIF9dE42g#t=0m18s "Resolution and Hyperspace"]] from ''{{Aliens}}'' is so awesome that it explodes out of the movie itself and reappears at the end of ''Film/DieHard'' instead.

* In Roger Corman's ''Battle Beyond the Stars'', a cheezy rip-off of ''Star Wars'' and ''The Seven Samurai'', Horner gives out a terrific theme. Corman used it again for the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQL0h2TNJG0 trailer]] of his terrible Fantastic 4 movie.

* From'' Film/{{Willow}}'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORgHv7zGc4 "Elora Danan"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxvf0ybG1og "Willow's Theme"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz1xA5kxVI "Hymn to the Sea"]] from ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxuLd_OutE "Main Title"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzGZ6GXnTw "Sons of Scotland"]] from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFamq3Snjw "Going After Newt"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatyX2PkK8E "Bishop's Countdown"]] from the[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo8XPKp0Hzc ''Aliens'']] soundtrack, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsB9uTfFzM main theme]] from ''{{Apollo 13}}, and so on and so forth. Many of them are quite awesome tracks indeed.

* Horner's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3pR4qHl3Ds Ride of the Fire Mares]], from ''{{Krull}}''.

* From'' Film/{{Willow}}'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORgHv7zGc4 "Elora Danan"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1xKZUnZMx4 "Willow's Theme"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz1xA5kxVI "Hymn to the Sea"]] from ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxuLd_OutE "Main Title"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzGZ6GXnTw "Sons of Scotland"]] from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFamq3Snjw "Going After Newt"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatyX2PkK8E "Bishop's Countdown"]] from the[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo8XPKp0Hzc ''Aliens'']] soundtrack, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsB9uTfFzM main theme]] from ''{{Apollo 13}}, and so on and so forth. Many of them are quite awesome tracks indeed.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2QcFzfnvU "The Great Fire"]] off of the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' soundtrack was incredibly dark, deep and emotional for having come from a children's movie.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2c_BvVBd-Q Charging Fort Wagner]], from the soundtrack of ''{{Glory}}''.
* Horner's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5G4puptHvo Ride of the Fire Mares]], from ''{{Krull}}''.

** And what about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3jsZ0jxNhU 'Jake's First Flight']], at 2:15, where after two minutes of boys choir and native drumming it suddenly breaks into magnificent Christmas music? That'll sweep ya up right there.

* From ''Film/{{Commando}}'', the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDnm4061q38 main theme]].

** Or start at 03:06 during the track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3q0LVKNX2k Futile Escape]] from ''Aliens''. It's a theme that constantly builds, getting more intense and really gets your adrenaline pumping. So awesome he used many cues from it for the themes of the Marines in ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.

* Then there's the first appearance of the Statue of Liberty in ''AnAmericanTail'', along with a choral version of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIhvsYJRrlE Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor]]".
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2QcFzfnvU "The Great Fire"]] off of the ''AnAmericanTail'' soundtrack was incredibly dark, deep and emotional for having come from a children's movie.

* From {{Willow}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORgHv7zGc4 "Elora Danan"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1xKZUnZMx4 "Willow's Theme"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz1xA5kxVI "Hymn to the Sea"]] from ''{{Titanic}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxuLd_OutE "Main Title"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzGZ6GXnTw "Sons of Scotland"]] from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFamq3Snjw "Going After Newt"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatyX2PkK8E "Bishop's Countdown"]] from the[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo8XPKp0Hzc ''Aliens'']] soundtrack, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsB9uTfFzM main theme]] from ''{{Apollo 13}}, and so on and so forth. Many of them are quite awesome tracks indeed.

* ''ClearAndPresentDanger'' has sweet moments, too.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpwZf3jebw A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics]] from "ABeautifulMind".

** So many from ''Titanic'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER7Gd85Sg8 "Southampton"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpvGhh1UnwI&feature=related "Leaving Port"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itWGZRZhoXM&feature=related "Take Her to Sea Mr. Murdoch"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ63FV6GwSk "A Building Panic"]] (especially 4:19 to 5:26); [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZLdU6iazys&feature=related "The Sinking"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iegNVUjV80&feature=related "Death of Titanic"]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIpFywiUMoc Windsong]] from the 1998 remake of MightyJoeYoung is tear-inducingly beautiful.
* Numerous tracks from the ''Troy'' soundtrack. ''Hector's Death'' being of exceptional note, followed by pretty much all the others that play during the various battle scenes.

* From {{Willow}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORgHv7zGc4 "Elora Danan"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1xKZUnZMx4 "Willow's Theme"]]; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz1xA5kxVI "Hymn to the Sea"]] from ''{{Titanic}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxuLd_OutE "Main Title"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzGZ6GXnTw "Sons of Scotland"]] from ''{{Braveheart}}'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFamq3Snjw "Going After Newt"]] and[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatyX2PkK8E "Bishop's Countdown"]] from the[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo8XPKp0Hzc ''Aliens'']] soundtrack, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsB9uTfFzM main theme]] from ''{{Apollo 13}}, and so on and so forth. Many of them are quite awesome tracks indeed.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnom0VBG0Mk The final scene of]] ''{{Braveheart}}'', wherein Robert the Bruce at last rallies the Scotsmen to independence, the music starting slow and then building and building to a glorious crescendo, intermingling flawlessly the leitmotifs for heroism and for Scotland as Wallace's sword is thrown in the face of the English oppressor.
* For most of ''{{Film/Avatar}},'' the music is pretty good. It gets thrown into EPIC territory with the track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw6Se1Wo4S4 'War']] It is better than sex.

* Oh, and listen to "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeS0Eo8fAnw Enterprise Clears Moorings]]", too. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome What do you mean, turning on the lights and moving forward isn't awesome?]]
* How could there be mention of TWOK without [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KilBvojsMdw "Battle in the Mutara Nebula"]]? Particularly at 0:55, 1:56, and 2:05.

* Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars, a cheezy rip-off of the Star Wars and The Seven Samurai, Horner gives out a terrific theme. Corman used it again for the trailer of his terrible Fantastic 4 movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQL0h2TNJG0
** Trailer? Corman reused the music in several entire ''movies'' (''Space Raiders'', ''Sorceress'', ''Wizards Of The Lost Kingdom'' and so on).
* The soundtrack for {{Apollo 13}} is consistently praised as one of Horner's most solid all-around efforts. To name just a few highlights: the aforementioned main theme with the patriotic trumpets, the famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6i5vgDJFb4 launch scene]], the edge-of-your-seat [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZR35_GorU "Re-Entry and Splashdown"]], and last but definitely not least, AnnieLennox ''harmonizing with herself'' beautifully over the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRotVl2IJ8 end credits]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnom0VBG0Mk The final scene of]] {{Braveheart}}, wherein Robert the Bruce at last rallies the Scotsmen to independence, the music starting slow and then building and building to a glorious crescendo, intermingling flawlessly the leitmotifs for heroism and for Scotland as Wallace's sword is thrown in the face of the English oppressor.

* What about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_nJmn1h2O0 The Plaza of Execution]] from The ''Mask of Zorro''?

* He almost manages to top Goldsmith with the scores for ''StarTrek II'' and ''III''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5lQ-bGe6c "Stealing the Enterprise"]] is AWESOME!

* ClearAndPresentDanger has sweet moments, too.
* From {{Commando}}, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDnm4061q38 main theme]].

* Horner's track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PzIF9dE42g#t=0m18s "Resolution and Hyperspace"]] from {{Aliens}} is so awesome that it explodes out of the movie itself and reappears at the end of ''{{Die Hard}}'' instead.
** Or start at 03:06 during the track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3q0LVKNX2k Futile Escape]] from ''Aliens''. It's a theme that constantly builds, getting more intense and really gets your adrenaline pumping. So awesome he used many cues from it for the themes of the Marines in Avatar.