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According to Film Score Monthly, Simon Franglen is recording his score for Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven, based on themes by the late James Horner. Franglen worked with Horner on several films as arranger, score producer and synth programmer for The Amazing Spider-Man, Avatar, The Karate Kid, Wolf Totem and The 33. http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/03/11/simon-franglen-scoring-antoine-fuquas-the-magnificent-seven/ This should be an interesting score to watch when it comes out fall 2016.

Amazon has the cover art now Amazon UK (Release date October 7th): http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CZ1TMWE/ Amazon US (release date October 18th): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CZ1TMWE/

Hey James Cameron, how about making a James Horner Biopic? What do you think? Still miss him...

youtube]YouTube video URL here[/youtube] Pianist Dan Redfeld performs an excerpt from the theme to "The Rocketeer" for an upcoming compilation of James Horner themes arranged for solo piano. Available late 2016 from BSX Records.

Later this year BSX RECORDS will be releasing a new album from Artist Dan Redfeld which will feature a new solo piano arrangement of James Horner's theme for STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. This is video is from the recording session for this piece that was just done and we'd just like to share it with you Enjoy Ford A. Thaxton

As I was considering the logistics of the Top 10 Horner Scores poll, I started thinking . . . while we're at it, why not dig a little deeper? We never did this one for JW, but Mr. Horner is a little more on everyone's mind right now, and a lot of us are spending some quality time digging deeper into the man's opuses anyway. I thought it would be interesting to see not only how his broader works compared to one another, but which individual compositions floated near the top in people's minds. There may be scores that don't make the other Top 10 list that have single pieces that would stand out to a lot of people here. The rules are pretty much the same here as on the other poll (post your list from mostest-favorite on down), with one extra guideline to keep in mind: what with so many different versions of some scores available out there, it would be best--though not absolutely required, I guess--to stick to OST titles and arrangements where possible. If a piece you want to list wasn't on the OST but did appear in a later release, that's fine, of course; but the point here isn't to see how various versions of the same piece compete against one another. If you like one portion of a piece but don't care for the rest, it should still be listed by the title of the entire piece, not as "the second half of 'Bird of Prey Decloaks' from 1:43 on" and the like. Naturally, commentary on these is also welcome and encouraged--and makes for a much better place to specify which parts of the piece you like best, along with the whens and whys of it. I'll publish the results of this poll at the same time as the other one (whenever that winds up being). And, like the other one . . . I haven't yet had time to sort through my own choices yet, but that's no reason to put off everyone else's tee time.

Is there a Thread about the music of "The Land Before Time" Series from James Horner and Michael Tavera? James Horner composed the score for the first movie in 1988. I love this music! The music for all the sequels of The Land Before Time was composed by Michael Tavera. And I found the music on youtube. I like the sound of Tavera's music and I think he made a good job in this films. So what do you think about the music of "The Land Before Time" Series? Original Soundtrack (by James Horner): Sequel Soundtrack (by Michael Tavera):

**JWFAN EXCLUSIVE!!** I've been exclusively sent the tracklist for OST, which is being released by Sony Classical: 01 Main Title / Young Peter (4:54) 02 Becoming Spider-man (4:16) 03 Playing Basketball (1:22) 04 Hunting For Information (2:07) 05 The Briefcase (3:14) 06 The Spider Room / Rumble In The Subway (3:20) 07 Secrets (2:30) 08 The Equation (4:22) 09 The Ganali Device (2:28) 10 Ben's Death (5:41) 11 Metamorphosis (3:04) 12 Rooftop Kiss (2:34) 13 The Bridge (5:15) 14 Peter's Suspicions (3:01) 15 Making a Silk Trap (2:52) 16 Lizard At School! (2:57) 17 Saving New York (7:52) 18 Oscorp Tower (3:22) 19 "I Can't See You Anymore" (6:50) 20 Promises / Spiderman End Titles (4:52) Total time: 1:16:53 Release date: July 3rd, 2012 Amazon.com order link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0084O8NZI/

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/02/10/wolf-totem-soundtrack-details/ Can't wait for this, and his other three 2015 scores!

The villain will be Electro played by Jaime Foxx, and Harry Osbourn will be in the movie as well http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/25693/foxx-dehaan-confirmed-for-spider-man-2

Someone in the "memorial" thread suggested we do our JWFan patented Top 10 poll for Mr. Horner, the same one we've done for Mr. Williams twice. No one else has volunteered yet to spearhead the project, and since I was always disappointed I couldn't put together the Film Composers' World Cup, I might as well be the one to kick things off on this. The process should be familiar enough by now: Post your ten favorite James Horner scores (or the ones you consider his best) in order, starting with your favorite first, second favorite next, etc. You can number them if you like; if you don't, I'll assume the order you place them in is how you want them scored. That's pretty much it. If you can't come up with ten you've heard, list as many as you know and like; the top spot will still be given the same score as anyone else's. We'll run this for a week or two. I'll try to keep up with the tabulation, so it doesn't take too long after time has been called to publish the results. (I haven't given deep thought to my own list yet, but I figured there's no reason not to let everyone start compiling their own.) One more thing: you're welcome to just post a list of titles if you'd like, but feel free to add some commentary on why you've chosen any or all of your scores, why you've ordered them the way you have, or even just how you react to the music when you hear it. It would make another nice memoriam for the man if we expanded on how each of us reached our conclusions.

Wow! Turns out Horner has FIVE scores this year, not four! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqgVHaV70Y Horner gets top billing in the opening credits! (at 0:50)

http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Patriot.html http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M08932/patriot-games/ http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/25365/PATRIOT-GAMES-2CD/

https://www.pacificsymphony.org/tickets/concert/FromScoretoScreen/10207

I've seen some topics that are related to this, but I'm curious more specific to concert performance. What themes, end credit suites, cues, etc. are on your wish list to be performed live?? I've never heard any of the Wrath of Khan Main TItle, Epilogue and End Credits suite as recorded by several orchestras, notably the Cincinatti Pops. Would love to have seen Jerry conduct The Enterprise from The Motion Picture. Some of the television series themes would be amazing in concert.

I feel like a great treasure hunter who can now ride off into the sunset. Seen here is the EXTREMELY rare signature of film music maestro James Horner. I'm planning to have it framed and hung in my home office along with Williams, Zimmer, Silvestri, Shore, Desplat, Glass & R. Newman. To have acquired autographs from Horner & Spielberg in the same month is a true blessing. Had to share the joy of this rare occasion with my fellow film music patrons. Anyway... back to reality - J

According to Hollywood in Vienna's latest Facebook announcement, James Horner will receive the Max Steiner this year and therefore presumably be the special guest at this year's film music symposium and the concert on October 4. I wonder if I should ask him to sign my Prokofiev CDs?

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7972/.f http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M08774/incountry/ http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/24129/

http://musicmusekk.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/for-greater-glory-james-horner/ Enjoy! - KK

Here's a review of Horner's latest effort: http://musicmusekk.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/the-amazing-spider-man-james-horner/ Enjoy! - KK

I just found out that Varese Sarabande will be releasing an OST to James Horner's Black Gold on February 7th Source: http://www.varesesar...ack-Gold/Detail I've heard the score and its a powerhouse, with prominent female vocals playing a major part. There are also more than a few piano solos, some other delicate instrumental passages, and a smattering of action music. I like that Horner is going back to scoring some smaller movies. He also composed the score to Cristiada in 2011, but I haven't heard of a release date for that OST yet.

I've been listening to this score all day for the past 2 days. I absolutely love this epic! Here is a review I wrote: http://musicmusekk.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/black-gold-james-horner/ Criticism and commentary are welcomed! Thanks for reading! - KK