Jean-Baptiste Martin

I don't want to launch pre-orders if the book isn't 100% finished, to avoid a long wait between the end of pre-orders and the shipping. The book is 99.9% finished. As I explained a few weeks ago on FSM, I'm waiting for authorization to publish images of recording sessions. I need the studio's permission. They've asked me to send them the chapter. I did so in September. Last week I received my chapter with the requested changes. So things are moving ahead! I hope to launch pre-orders in May.

Thanks for pointing out the menu problem, it's fixed now. Registration is not required to visit the site. It's just for posting comments and reviews. The design was the same since 2013. It was time for a change. The pages will be updated gradually. And I'd like to switch to a secure connection too (SSL), but I haven't managed it yet.

Thank you for the information. Yes, there was nothing recorded for Zorro after that date. The last day of mixing is June 27. I'll get back to you on The New World later.

@Jim Ware Yes, that's right. And the Todd-AO Scoring Stage was also booked in October for All the King's Men. Then the film was postponed for 9 months.

Thank you for your messages. I love talking about this project. Yes, I have all the dates of the recording sessions. But why do you want them? Well, I'll give you the month: June 2005. I understand your comment about Patton. Earlier in the book, in a section devoted to Jerry Goldsmith and his influence, there's a quote from James Horner who says he thinks Patton is great. The index at the end of the book will make it easy to find all the occurrences. Yes, I'm in contact with him. Thank you.

Some of you have had time to download and read the free excerpts? If so, let me know what you think! Your opinion means a lot to me.

I quote this book once. A familiar quote, of course.

@Jay Thank you for sharing the information here. I invite you to discover the website, sign up to be notified when the first volume is released and download the free excerpts, which I hope you'll enjoy.

I hear it in Sneakers (1992) in the track Playtronics Break-in (2:12).

He even had two brothers! And their mother is still alive. She sent me an email a few weeks ago that was very moving.

@karelm James Horner's brother mentioned Classical Annex of Tower Records, but he wasn't sure because it wasn't very long. Please tell your friends to contact me. It's not too late to include their testimony. There's an online form on this page http://jameshorner-filmmusic.com/important-james-horner-missing-pieces-and-a-book/ or by e-mail.

I'm going to dig out an old infographic I made a few years ago for a meeting with the project's patrons. One decade = one volume The number of projects is decreasing, but the number of pages is almost identical for each volume. Why is this? Because the more time passes, the more information is available... And also, part of volume 4 is devoted to independent chapters: the man and his passions, the 1046 appearances of the 4 notes...

It will be the same title for all 4 volumes. From the outset of the project, I had imagined a single object, but I finally decided to divide it up when I saw the number of pages. The first volume is 430 pages long.

Yes, it's the project of a lifetime. I can't wait to share all this work. As for this first volume, I'm particularly proud of the work on James Horner's youth. What takes 6 lines on Wikipedia makes 20 pages in the book, thanks to the memories of his brother and his high school music teacher. And I've got about 30 pages on his university career.