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The Titanic, the ship that was reputed as unsinkable, sailed the seas only four days before the unimaginable catastrophe sent it two and a half miles down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Jim Cameron's Titanic was shot in Baja California, Mexico where a forty acre studio with three sets, including 65 million litres of sea water, was created so as to follow the sequence of events with a certain rigor of accuracy from the day the Titanic set sail to the rescue of the survivors. However, Cameron had no intention of making an historical document. He chose rather to blend a romantic love story with scenes from the true shipwreck remains located some 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in order to recount the sinking of the Titanic.

Composer James Horner

James Horner

(1953 - )

James Horner biography

James Horner was born at 14 august 1953 at "Los Angeles" but soon, he moved to London where he studied at the Royal College of Music. He was teached by Gyorgy Ligeti, a Hungary composer. He's important for the music appeared at the movie "2001, a space odyssey". He also studied at the Holland Park School of London. At 1970 he had moved to "Los Angeles" where he obtained a place to teach at the USC and he had donor a master at UCLA where he learned to improve his composition and the music theory.

Horner's scores seem to belong a number of different categories. There are the science fiction movies like these Star Trek ones for which "Battle beyond the Stars" was a warm-up. There are a number of children's or family films where Horner's sweet mode is to the fore such as the dinosaur cartoons "Land before Time". Some of these family movies also tread into sci-fi or fantasy territory for example with "Casper", "Batteries not Included" or "Cocoon". These latter two movies display a talent for Glen Miller style themes to represent the older generation. One mustn't forget his comic book venture in the form of "The Rocketeer" with its souring theme. Then there are the action movies, and a few which display a leaning towards a Celtic tradition including "Legends of the Fall", "Braveheart" and "The Titanic".

It has to be said that Horner is not averse to borrowing ideas from other composers such as the music from Kachaturian's ballet Gayaneh, first used to represent the loneliness of deep space in Kubrick's 2001. Nevertheless, Horner is clearly a capable tunesmith who can deliver scores for any occasion, and his popularity is assured with the success of the Titanic. Many of his main themes have a kind of homely feel to them, whether it's the gentle family tunes or those with celtic flavour. His real skill is in building excitement and tension into enormous climaxes.

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