# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-horner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:48:04.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-horner"
name: "James Horner"
slug: "james-horner"
description: "James Roy Horner was an American film composer. He is known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations, and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music."
tagline: "American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James-horner-07.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1953-08-14"
deathDate: "2015-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump