James Horner James Horner began his studies in classical piano at the age of five. He attended the Royal College of Music in London, before travelling to his native California to obtain his tertiary qualifications. He studied for a Bachelor of Music at the University of Southern California, and later completed a Masters degree and PhD in music composition and theory at UCLA. An early interest in avant-garde music techniques helped him to define his …showed first 75 words of 1634 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1634 total…Time signature again changes at 1:54 to 6/8, continuing the repetitive motif on strings, building tension as the pitch rises, with fuller bass accompaniment. ? Sudden change in track at 2:10, where orchestra reduced to strings playing chords, accompanied by piano, woodwind and some slight percussion, with voice coming in towards end. ? Tempo slowed a great deal, back to 4/4 time. ? Dynamics much lower then previous motif, creating again the ?ominous? feel as heard at the beginning of the track.