Avatar Music From The Motion Picture Music Composed And Conducted By James Horner [Deluxe] [+digital booklet]

This version contains: 20 songs and 1 digital booklet
Original Release Date: 11 Dec 2009
Format - Music: MP3, Digital Booklet PDF
Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player

Product details
Original Release Date: 11 Dec 2009
Release Date: 11 Dec 2009
Label: Atlantic Records
Copyright: 2009 Motion Picture Artwork, Photos and Fox Trademarks and Logos TM and 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Total Length: 1:38:38
Genres: Soundtracks

01 - "You Don't Dream In Cryo...." (6:09)
02 - Jake Enters His Avatar World (5:24)
03 - Pure Spirits of The Forest (8:49)
04 - The Bioluminescence of The Night (3:37)
05 - Becoming One of "The People" - Becoming One With Neytiri (7:43)
06 - Climbing Up "Iknimaya - The Path To Heaven" (3:18)
07 - Jake's First Flight (4:50)
08 - Scorched Earth (3:32)
09 - Quaritch (5:01)
10 - The Destruction of Hometree (6:47)
11 - Shutting Down Grace's Lab (2:47)
12 - Gathering All The Na'vi Clans For Battle (5:14)
13 - War (11:21)
14 - I See You [Theme from Avatar] (4:20)
15 - Pandora (Bonus Track) (3:17)
16 - Viperwolves Attack (Bonus Track) (3:50)
17 - Great Leonoptryx (Bonus Track) (1:33)
18 - Escape From Hellgate (Bonus Track) (3:25)
19 - Healing Ceremony (Bonus Track) (2:21)
20 - The Death of Quaritch (Bonus Track) (5:20)

+ digital booklet


More info on this one, HERE.

JAMES HORNER takes over "THE KARATE KID" from Atli Orvarsson

According to the Gorfaine/Schwartz agency, James Horner has replaced Atli Örvarsson on the remake of The Karate Kid. In the movie, work causes a single mother and her young son to move to China, where the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master. The movie directed by Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks, The Pink Panther 2) stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith and is set to open on June 11.

More at filmmusicreporter

JAMES HORNER talks about Digidesign's top audio software PRO TOOLS as well as notation software SIBELIUS as he's used them in AVATAR

Director James Cameron wasn’t the only one who relied on technological advances to give Avatar an otherworldly feel. Award-winning film composer James Horner also broke new ground with his compelling soundtrack, relying on Pro Tools|HD and Sibelius to compose the music, orchestrate parts, and sculpt otherworldly sonic textures.

Learn more about Pro Tools|HD here: http://digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=24&langid=100&cmpid=DD-SM-AV2

Learn more about audio post production with ICON: http://www.avid.com/dream-big-sleep-well/?cmpid=DD-SM-AV2
View the Horner-related article at: http://vimeo.com/10047568

Thanks for filmmusicreporter for the heads up.

New video interview with JAMES HORNER, on avatar, the state of film music and more. Check it out.

David Poland from Movie City News was able to secure James Horner for an exclusive interview that was shot earlier this week and just uploaded on his blog. In the lengthy video interview, Horner talks about his Academy Award-nominated score for Avatar, the other Oscar nominated scores and the current state of film music.

Click here for the interview: http://www.dp30.com/blog/2010/02/25/avatar-composer-james-horner/

Originally from filmmusicreporter

JAMES HORNER's new audio interview

Check out a new audio interview with the man of the year, the composer behind the original score to AVATAR, here:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2010/01/19/segments/148277

More AVATAR goodies!

Check out a FULL MINUTE OF EACH TRACK in audio samples, HERE.

Tracktimes for the score CD:


1. "You Don't Dream In Cryo...." 6:09
2. Jake Enters His Avatar World 5:24
3. Pure Spirits Of The Forest 8:49
4. The Bioluminescence Of The Night 3:37
5. Becoming One Of "The People", Becoming One With Neytiri 7:43
6. Climbing Up "Iknimaya - The Path To Heaven" 3:18
7. Jake's First Flight 4:50
8. Scorched Earth 3:32
9. Quaritch 5:01
10. The Destruction Of Hometree 6:47
11. Shutting Down Grace's Lab 2:47
12. Gathering All The Na'vi Clans For Battle 5:14
13. War 11:21
14. I See You [Theme from Avatar] 4:20

Also check out this new 25-minute interview with James Horner about AVATAR, hosted HERE.

And also check out this very interesting article on Horner scoring Avatar, quoting "his most difficult job to date", clicking HERE.

James Horner ‘Avatar’ radio interview up

An extensive radio interview with composer James Horner on his score for James Cameron’s Avatar is now available for streaming and download at Film Music Magazine. The nearly 30 minute interview is the most in-depth look at the score available so far.

Tune into moviescoremagazine.com, HERE for the whole article.

More on JAMES HORNER's "AVATAR"

Brief ‘Avatar’ interview with Horner posted

Hollywood Dailies has posted a brief interview with composer James Horner, shot during the last day of scoring sessions for the much anticipated James Cameron sci-fi epic Avatar. The video features several quick glimpses of the big orchestral score, with the 56-year old Horner conducting the orchestra wearing a baseball cap. Horner says that he was allowed to work exclusively on the film for about a year and that Cameron didn’t want him to work on other projects during the time. “He did’t want me to dilute it,” Horner comments.

Click HERE to view the video interview, originally linked at moviescoremagazine.com

Also, check out a first review of the score, hosted on empireonline.com

"As you would imagine — and even on the tiny speakers we heard them on — the music is huge in scope and heart. Mirroring the film’s dynamic of technology vs. the spiritual, the music splits between synthesised and acoustic instruments, the entire orchestra getting a thorough workout: everything from South American instrumentation to solo violin, choral chanting to driving percussion gets a chance to shine."

Read the full article here, at Empire.

Also there are FULL SOUND CLIPS FROM EVERY TRACK of the score CD, by going to this website HERE.

JAMES HORNER's "AVATAR" score [CD] album details and more sound clips

Atlantic Records has announced the upcoming release of AVATAR: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE, the official score album companion to Oscar®-winning filmmaker James Cameron’s upcoming epic adventure. The album – which features music composed and conducted by Academy Award®-winner James Horner (Titanic) and the film's title song, 'I See You', performed by multiple Grammy® Award-nominated singer Leona Lewis – will be released December 15th (December 14th internationally) and is currently available for pre-order at AvatarScore.com . Twentieth Century Fox releases AVATAR in theatres everywhere on December 18th

Click HERE to find out more about the score CD and listen to the new extended sound clips.

Also click HERE for the sound clips which you'll find by going in the box on the left side, under "music". I think you need the latest version of Flash to use that function.

JAMES HORNER's 'AVATAR' score CD details

The much-awaited score for AVATAR by James Horner is slowly taking form...

Track list for AVATAR (The Score):

1. „You don’t dream in Cryo…“

2. Jake enters his Avatar World

3. Pure Spirits of the Forest

4. Night Iridescene

5. Becoming one of „The People“, becoming one with Neytiri

6. Climbing up « Iknimaya – The Stairway to Heaven »

7. Jake’s First Flight

8. Scorched Earth

9. Quartich

10. The Destruction of « Home Tree »

11. Shutting Down Grace’s Lab

12. Gathering all the Na’vi Clans for Battle

13. War

14. „I see You“

More info on Horner's "AVATAR", much-anticipated score soon to be released on CD.

Check out the info on the upcoming CD Release:

Product Details

* Audio CD (December 15, 2009)

* Original Release Date: December 8, 2009

* Number of Discs: 1

* Format: Soundtrack

* Label: Atlantic

You can listen to SOUND CLIPS from the score, if you visit the official avatar movie website, HERE.

The score at a first preview has heavy and austere (at times brutal) percussion, exotically dark pan flutes and relevant woodwinds, and "jungle" african sounding wild vocals...and melody. Some strong thematic statements are in there although it's no Titanic for sure. Let's wait and see!

Click HERE to find more about vocalist's Lisbeth Scott's involvement in the project.

Article on the much-awaited "AVATAR" score by James Horner

James Horner’s score for James Cameron’s upcoming 3-D sci-fi saga Avatar is, without much competition, the film music event of the year. MovieScore Magazine is excited to bring you the first inside look at the creation of the score. Breaking the hush-hush that has been surrounding James Horner’s work on the film for more than a year, Mike Knobloch, the executive vice president of Fox Music, describes James Horner’s music for the film as epic. “It’s a brilliantly unique blend of traditional and contemporary, electronic elements and spans the entire spectrum of attitude and energy – from bombastic action to the delicate, romantic discovery of a new world.” In a nutshell, the film, which is premieres on December 18, tells the story about a war veteran (Sam Worthington) who is sent to Pandora, a planet inhabited by the Na’vi, a humanoid race which is fighting for survival.

Read the entire article for way more info.

For more, be sure to visit moviescoremagazine.com, here.

JAMES HORNER's Expanded "Star Trek II" from Film Score Monthly on [CD]!

Quoting from FSM:

I have been...and always shall be...YOUR DREAM SOUNDTRACK CD.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) is beloved as arguably the finest Star Trek feature film. Directed by Nicholas Meyer (Time After Time), the film features the death of Spock, one of William Shatner's finest performances as Kirk, and an iconic villain in Ricardo Montalban as Khan. After the special effects-laden Star Trek: The Motion Picture, it was Star Trek II set the franchise back on its feet with a rich, weighty narrative of youth and age, life and death that continues to be the yardstick against which future films are measured—it is the quintessential example of mining the franchise for all the drama it possesses while staying true to its essential themes and characterizations.

The film benefits enormously from a rich, sweeping symphonic score by a composer at the time virtually unknown, but who has since then become one of the giants of the field: James Horner. Then 28—with only a few films under his belt—Horner was personally selected by Meyer and his colleagues when the budget prohibited the hiring of a veteran like Jerry Goldsmith (who had done such a sensational score for the first film).

Working closely with Meyer, Horner crafted flowing, nautical-sounding melodies for Kirk and the Enterprise that recalled the spirit of Captain Horatio Hornblower, one of Gene Roddenberry's inspirations for the series. Horner contrasted sweeping, flowing themes for the heroes against shorter, warlike music for the archvillain Khan—creating dynamic and memorable battle music for the film's WWII submarine-style spaceship confrontations. But it was the film's core story of the friendship between Kirk and Spock—and the separation of that bond at the story's end—that received Horner's most heart-pulling and emotional scoring.

Star Trek II was released on LP by Atlantic Records in a 45-minute program issued on CD by GNP/Crescendo (long out of print). Although the album program featured the score's highlights, fans have long clamored for a complete-score presentation—adding such important cues as the mind-control sequences involving Chekov and Capt. Terrell being possessed by alien eels, the revelation of the Genesis Cave, the final battle between the Enterprise and Reliant, and Spock's death and funeral ("Amazing Grace"). FSM delivers in cooperation with Rhino Entertainment (who administer the Atlantic Records catalog) and Paramount Pictures (owners of the Star Trek film franchise)—remastering the complete score from Dan Wallin's 1982 three-track film mixes, stored in the Paramount vaults in sterling sound quality.

The 28-page CD booklet features commentary and track-by-track breakdowns including new and historical interview quotes by Horner, Meyer and others involved in the production—as well as our customary art direction by Joe Sikoryak featuring stills, rare artwork and behind-the-scenes photos.

To borrow a quote from a completely different movie—American Beauty—here at FSM we feel about this CD like Kevin Spacey when asked about the hotrod in his driveway: "It is the car I've always wanted and now it is mine."

Bless you, Scotty, go Sulu!

More on the release at the original link, here.