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.