After scoring a series of low-budget horror films for New World Pictures, composer James Horner has finally been given an assignment which allows him to rise above the derivative nature of much of his earlier work. While his intriguing score for WOLFEN (1981) helped to elevate him into the high-budget film world, his expansive music…
James Horner’s music for STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK is, much like the film itself, a direct continuation of the score he composed for STAR TREK II; THE WRATH OF KHAN. Although there is a preponderance of exciting music for the battle sequences, STAR TREK III is, however, primarily a character film, a…
Emerging from the low budget film school of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, James Horner has become a notable composer in, the Big Budget movie world, whose latest assignments included, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (replacing a rejected George Delerue score), KRULL and BRAINSTORM. Interviewed shortly after the release of STAR TREK II on June…
It’s Tuesday October 9th at 1:30 p.m. as I arrive at the Todd-AD Scoring Stage on the CBS Lot. I’ve been at Todd-AD many times before, but this was the first time the control room was filled with two full blown MIDI keyboard set ups with racks and electronics all set up practically wall-to-wall behind…
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