Finding Aid for the James Horner Papers LSC.2435

Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Larkin, 2023.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Online finding aid last updated 2023 June 15.

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Title: James Horner papers

Creator: Horner, James

source: Horner, Sara

Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2435

Physical Description: 177.6 linear feet (29 boxes, 92 flat boxes, 2 record cartons)

Physical Description: 1 audiovisual carriers (1 unprocessed optical disc)

Date (inclusive): 1980-2015

Abstract: James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953-June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of over 100 film scores. The collection mostly consists of music scores (both loose and bound volumes), production notes, and sketches. The collection also contains a small amount of ephemera, correspondence, and one audio recording.

Physical Location: Stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO MATERIALS: Audio materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Sara Horner, 2023.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9996950538806533

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], James Horner papers (Collection 2435). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Processing Information

Processed by Elizabeth Gost, under the supervision of Jasmine Larkin, 2023.

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Biographical History

James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953-June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of over 100 film scores.

Horner played the piano and violin and spent his early years in London where he attended the Royal College of Music. He received his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern California. He earned his master's and doctorate degrees at UCLA, where he studied with composer Paul Chihara, among others.

Horner's first movie score was for The Lady in Red in 1979. He went on to write scores to high-profile films such as 48 Hrs, Star Trek III, Cocoon, Field of Dreams, An American Tail, Avatar, and The Rocketeer amongst many others. His greatest success came when he composed the music for Titanic, which won him two Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Horner was an avid pilot and owned many small airplanes. He was killed on June 22, 2015 when his aircraft crashed into the Los Padres National Forest.

Scope and Contents

The collection mostly consists of music scores (both loose and bound volumes), production notes, and sketches. The collection also contains a small amount of ephemera, correspondence, and one audio recording.

Arrangement

The original arrangement of materials created by James Horner was retained. Materials are arranged by production title and a small amount of loose materials are listed at the end.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Composers -- United States -- Archives

Horner, Sara

Horner, James -- Archives

box 1, folder 2, box 2, folder 1-4, box 4, folder 3, box 5, folder 3

Romeo and Juliet

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, "R&J song" printouts, sketches (photocopy), computer-notated full orchestration, post-production notes.

box 1, folder 1, box 5, folder 2

The Four Feathers

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, post-production notes.

box 3, folder 2-3, box 4, folder 1-2, box 5, folder 4

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

Scope and Contents

Post-production notes, sketches (pencil).

box 5, folder 1

Bopha

Scope and Contents

Song drafts with corrections.

box 6, folder 1-3, box 7, folder 1-3, box 8, folder 1-4

The Rocketeer

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, sketches (pencil).

box 9, folder 1-2

48 Hrs

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, post-production notes.

box 9, folder 3

Another 48 Hrs

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 3, folder 1, box 10, folder 4, box 11, folder 2, box 12, folder 1

Windtalkers

Scope and Contents

Sketches (photocopy), hard-bound volumes.

box 10, folder 1-3, box 11, folder 1, box 13, folder 1

Deep Impact

Scope and Contents

Sketches (photocopy), hard-bound volume, three-ring binder.

box 12, folder 2

First in Flight

Scope and Contents

Post-production notes.

box 12, folder 3, box 14, folder 1

Brainstorm

Scope and Contents

Plastic-bound volume, post-production notes.

box 14, folder 2-3

Stroke of Genius

Scope and Contents

Sketches (photocopy), hard-bound volume.

box 12, folder 4, box 15, folder 1, box 16, folder 1-6, box 17, folder 1-7

Krull

Scope and Contents

Post-production notes, hard-bound volume, bound sketches (pencil).

box 12, folder 5, box 18, folder 1-2

Natty Gann

Scope and Contents

Plastic-bound volumes, post-production notes.

box 12, folder 6, box 18, folder 3, box 19, folder 2-4, box 22, folder 1

Wolfen

Scope and Contents

Post-production notes, sketches (pencil).

box 19, folder 1, 5, box 20, folder 1-5

Iris

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, sketches (pencil), orchestration (pencil).

box 21, folder 1-3, box 22, folder 2-5

Flight Plan

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, sketches (pencil), orchestration (computer-notated).

box 12, folder 7, box 15, folder 2, box 22, folder 6, box 23, folder 1-3

Huck Finn

Scope and Contents

Post-production notes, score (pencil).

box 12, folder 8, box 22, folder 7, box 23, folder 4, box 24, folder 1-4

The Hand

Scope and Contents

Post-production notes, sketches (pencil), orchestration (pencil).

box 25, folder 1-4, box 26, folder 1-5

The Karate Kid

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, score (photocopy), score (computer-notated).

box 26, folder 6, box 27, folder 1-3, box 28, folder 1-5, Box 29, folder 1

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Scope and Contents

Sketches (photocopy), hard-bound volume, production notes.

box 15, folder 3, box 30, folder 4

The Stone Boy

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil).

box 15, folder 4, box 30, folder 1-3, box 32, folder 2

Catholic Boys

Scope and Contents

Post-production notes, sketches (pencil).

box 15, folder 5, box 32, folder 3-4

The Dresser

Scope and Contents

Production notes, score (pencil).

box 30, folder 5-6, box 31, folder 2-3, box 32, folder 1, box 33, folder 1

Once Upon a Forest

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), hard-bound volume.

box 31, folder 1, 4

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, sketches (photocopy), computer-notated score.

box 32, folder 5

Pied Piper

Scope and Contents

Orchestration (pencil).

box 32, folder 6, box 33, folder 2

Big Ball

Scope and Contents

Production notes, orchestration (pencil).

box 32, folder 7

Endangered

Scope and Contents

"Please Wake Me" score and lyrics.

box 33, folder 3-4, box 34, folder 1-2

Balto

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volume, soft-bound volume.

box 34, folder 3-5, box 36, folder 4

Between Friends

Scope and Contents

Production notes, scores, sketches (pencil).

box 35, folder 1-4, box 36, folder 5

Battle Beyond the Stars

Scope and Contents

Production notes, score (pencil).

box 36, folder 1

Field of Dreams

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 36, folder 2

Dad

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 36, folder 3

Offbeat

Scope and Contents

Plastic-bound volume.

box 37, folder 1

Patriot Games

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 37, folder 2-4, box 38, folder 1-4

Far Off Place/A Story Like the Wind

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, sketches (pencil).

box 39, folder 1-5, box 40, folder 1-4, box 41, folder 2-3

Enemy at the Gates

Scope and Contents

Sketches (photocopy), orchestration (photocopy), hard-bound volume.

box 36, folder 6, box 44, folder 1-2, box 45, folder 1-6, box 46, folder 1-2

The Perfect Storm

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volumes, orchestrations (photocopy), sketches (photocopy), production notes.

box 36, folder 7, box 47, folder 1-2

An American Tail/American Tail II

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume

box 41, folder 1, 4-5, box 123, folder 3

House of Sand and Fog

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, orchestration (photocopy), Academy Award ceremony and luncheon invitations.

Box 29, folder 2-3, box 41, folder 6, box 42, folder 1-5, box 43, folder 1-2

Gorky Park

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, soft-bound volumes, production notes.

Box 29, folder 5, box 41, folder 7, box 43, folder 4

Surviving

Scope and Contents

Production notes, sketches (pencil), orchestrations (pencil).

Box 29, folder 4, box 43, folder 3

Gist and Evans

Scope and Contents

Production notes, scripts, sketches (pencil).

box 43, folder 5, box 46, folder 5, box 48, folder 1-5

Deadly Blessing

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), production notes.

box 45, folder 7, box 46, folder 3-4

Angel Dusted

Scope and Contents

Production notes, orchestrations (pencil).

box 49, folder 1-5, box 50, folder 1-3, box 51, folder 2-4, box 52, folder 2

Man Without a Face

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), scores (photocopy), hard-bound volume.

box 13, folder 2, box 50, folder 4, box 52, folder 1, 3, box 53, folder 1-3, box 54, folder 1-2, box 55, folder 2-4

The Amazing Spider-Man

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volume, orchestration (photocopy).

box 51, folder 1

The Pagemaster

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 13, folder 3, box 53, folder 7, box 54, folder 8, box 66, folder 1, 5-6, box 67, folder 1

All The King's Men

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volume, sketches (photocopy).

box 53, folder 4, box 60, folder 1, 3

The New World

Scope and Contents

Sketches (photocopy), hard-bound volume, "Listen to the Wind" song notation.

box 53, folder 5-6, box 62, folder 1-6

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, orchestrations (pencil), soft-bound volumes.

box 54, folder 3, box 55, folder 1, box 56, folder 1-5, box 57, folder 1-3

Project X

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, production notes, sketches (pencil), orchestrations (pencil).

box 54, folder 5, box 63, folder 1, 4, box 64, folder 2-3

The Missing

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, production notes, orchestrations (photocopy).

box 54, folder 6, box 64, folder 1, box 96, folder 5

Apollo XIII

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volume.

box 54, folder 7, box 63, folder 2-3

Streets of Fire

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), production notes.

box 55, folder 5

Little Wolf

Scope and Contents

Score (photocopy).

box 57, folder 4-5

The 33

Scope and Contents

Scores (computer-notated).

box 54, folder 4, box 57, folder 6, Box 58, folder 1-2, box 59, folder 1-6, box 60, folder 2

Mighty Joe Young

Scope and Contents

Sketch (photocopy), score (photocopy), hard-bound volumes, production notes.

box 60, folder 4-5, box 61, folder 1, 3

A Beautiful Mind

Scope and Contents

Orchestrations (photocopy), hard-bound volume.

box 61, folder 2

Courage Under Fire

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 64, folder 4, box 65, folder 1-4, box 66, folder 2-4

Swing Kids

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), hard-bound volume.

box 68, folder 1-7, box 69, folder 1-3

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volumes, misc. photocopies.

box 69, folder 4-5, box 70, folder 1-4, box 71, folder 1-4, box 72, folder 1-4, box 73, folder 1-2

Cristiada

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), production notes

box 73, folder 3

Ransom

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volumes.

box 74, folder 1, box 75, folder 1, box 76, folder 1-5

We're Back

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volume, sketches (pencil).

box 74, folder 2-3, box 75, folder 2

Once Around

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, sketches (pencil).

box 77, folder 1, box 78, folder 5

Glory

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, score notes.

box 77, folder 2, box 78, folder 1-4

Bicentennial Man

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, "Then You Look at Me" song sketch (pencil), score sketches (photocopy).

box 13, folder 4, box 78, folder 6, box 79, folder 1-4, box 80, folder 1-3

Troy

Scope and Contents

Production binder, hard-bound volume, sketches (photocopy), orchestrations (photocopy).

box 80, folder 4-5, box 81, folder 2-3, box 82, folder 6, box 83, folder 1

House of Cards

Scope and Contents

Orchestrations (pencil), cue sheet, hard-bound volume.

box 81, folder 1, 4-7, box 82, folder 2-5

Radio

Scope and Contents

Orchestrations (photocopy), hard-bound volume.

box 82, folder 1

To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 83, folder 2

Clear and Present Danger

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 13, folder 5, box 67, folder 2-7, box 83, folder 3-4, box 84, folder 1-2, box 85, folder 1-7, box 86, folder 1-7, box 87, folder 2-7, box 88, folder 1-5, box 89, folder 1-5, box 123, folder 4

Avatar

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), hard-bound volumes, "Tree Song" score and lyrics, scores (photocopy), production notes, "Project 880" script (Box 123, Folder 4).

box 87, folder 1, box 88, folder 8

Universal and Imagine Logos

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, production notes.

box 87, folder 8, box 88, folder 6-7, box 90, folder 1

Braveheart

Scope and Contents

Score (print), score (photocopy), hard-bound volume, production notes.

box 90, folder 2, Box 92, folder 1-4, box 93, folder 1-6

Casper

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, score (photocopy).

box 75, folder 3-4, box 89, folder 6, box 91, folder 1-4

Black Gold

Scope and Contents

Scores (photocopy), sketches (photocopy), hard-bound volume.

box 91, folder 5, box 94, folder 1, box 95, folder 1-4, box 96, folder 1, box 97, folder 1

The Mask of Zorro

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, production notes, "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" score.

box 93, folder 7, box 95, folder 6, box 98, folder 4, box 99, folder 3

Let's Go

Scope and Contents

Production notes, sketches (pencil).

box 93, folder 8, box 97, folder 2-5

Humanoids of the Deep

Scope and Contents

Production notes, orchestrations (pencil).

box 93, folder 9, box 99, folder 1-2

Lady in Red

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil), production notes.

box 93, folder 10, box 99, folder 6-7

The Last Testament

Scope and Contents

Production notes, sketches (pencil).

box 95, folder 5, box 98, folder 2-3

Edu Film

Scope and Contents

Sketches (photocopy), sketches (pencil).

box 95, folder 7, box 99, folder 5

Commercial I-1; 1-2

Scope and Contents

Parts for harp, trumpet, clarinet, electric bass, guitar.

box 95, folder 9

Rocky Balboa

Scope and Contents

Violin score.

box 95, folder 10

Honey I Shrunk the Kids

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 96, folder 2, box 108, folder 1

Jumanji

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volume.

box 98, folder 1

Care of the Spitfire Grill

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 99, folder 4

Fish Police

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil).

box 95, folder 8, box 100, folder 1-3, box 103, folder 2-5

Legends of the Fall

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, score (pencil).

box 101, folder 1, box 103, folder 1

The Devil's Own

Scope and Contents

Production notes, "There Are Flowers Growing Upon the Hill" lyrics, hard-bound volume.

box 101, folder 3, box 106, folder 2

Batteries Not Included

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, production notes.

box 101, folder 4, box 107, folder 1-2

Cocoon

Scope and Contents

Production notes, hard-bound volume.

box 101, folder 5, box 108, folder 2-3, box 109, folder 1-2, box 110, folder 1-5, box 111, folder 3

The Legend of Zorro

Scope and Contents

Score (photocopy), hard-bound volume, production notes.

box 102, folder 1

Beyond Borders

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 102, folder 2

The Pelican Brief

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 102, folder 3

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 104, folder 1

The Land Before Time

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 101, folder 2, box 104, folder 2-5

CBS News - 2006

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, sketches (photocopy), production log.

box 105, folder 1

Willow

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 105, folder 2

Sneakers

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 106, folder 1

Cocoon: The Return

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 111, folder 4-6, box 112, folder 1

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

Scope and Contents

Production notes, sketches (pencil).

box 111, folder 7

Remembrance Past College

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil).

box 101, folder 6, box 111, folder 2

Horsemen Flying Display Music & 4th Horseman

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, Symphony concert program.

box 111, folder 1

A Forest Passage

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 111, folder 8, box 112, folder 2, box 113, folder 1-4

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

Scope and Contents

Folder from Lionsgate, production notes, orchestrations (pencil).

box 113, folder 5

Baseball; Gymnastic; Consider it Done

Scope and Contents

Scores (pencil), spotting notes (fax sheet).

box 113, folder 6-7

Red Heat

Scope and Contents

Sketches (pencil).

box 101, folder 7, box 114, folder 1-5

Volunteers

Scope and Contents

Production notes, orchestrations (pencil).

box 96, folder 3-4, box 101, folder 8-9, box 112, folder 3-5, box 114, folder 6-7, box 115, folder 1-5, box 116, folder 1-5, box 117, folder 1-8, box 118, folder 1-5, box 119, folder 1-2, box 120, folder 1-2

Titanic

Scope and Contents

Editor's notes, CD of rough melody for on-camera shoot, score (photocopy), production notes, "Titanic Live" programs, sketches (pencil), sketches (photocopy), hard-bound volumes.

box 101, folder 9

Melody for on-camera shoot

Physical Description: 1 audiovisual carriers(1 unprocessed optical disc)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

box 121, folder 3, box 122, folder 4

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, production notes.

box 121, folder 2, box 122, folder 3

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume, script, production notes.

box 121, folder 4, box 122, folder 9

Uncommon Valor

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 121, folder 1

In Country

Scope and Contents

Hard-bound volume.

box 122, folder 1

Up From the Depths

Scope and Contents

Production notes.

box 122, folder 2

The Name of the Rose

Scope and Contents

Production notes.

box 122, folder 5

Captain EO

Scope and Contents

Production notes.

box 122, folder 6

Aliens

Scope and Contents

Production notes.

box 122, folder 7

Teachers

Scope and Contents

Production notes.

box 122, folder 8

Vibes

Scope and Contents

Production notes.

box 123, folder 1

Somewhere Out There

Scope and Contents

Grammy-related notes.

box 123, folder 2

In Bloom

Scope and Contents

Production notes.

box 123, folder 5-6

Loose Materials

Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence, production notes, lyrics, The Munich Show 2013 - Gold book, copy of Time magazine.