Nicholas Kmet | James Horner's Self-Plagiarisms @nicholaskmet2059 | Uploaded September 2016 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
James Horner had a complicated reputation among film music aficionados, notable for his talent as a composer and breadth of work in Hollywood, but also disfavored by some for his notorious re-use of musical material between film scores – in particular, the danger theme. The danger theme was not his only reused theme though, and this compilation of examples, while not comprehensive, displays many of his other well-known self-plagiarisms.
This compilation is extracted from my video essay on self-plagiarism in film music.
The Danger Theme: Self-Plagiarism in Film Music (Part 1): youtu.be/DfzqxCshIaY
The Danger Theme: Self-Plagiarism in Film Music (Part 2): youtu.be/tO1IzC99FxQ
Other Music Examples from the Essay:
The Danger Theme: youtu.be/V8KxvE6PLKs
Hollywood Self-Plagiarisms: youtu.be/paxfFVlXFoQ
The Curse of the Black Pearl and Remote Control Productions: youtu.be/0N5w8iSfqrs
James Horner had a complicated reputation among film music aficionados, notable for his talent as a composer and breadth of work in Hollywood, but also disfavored by some for his notorious re-use of musical material between film scores – in particular, the danger theme. The danger theme was not his only reused theme though, and this compilation of examples, while not comprehensive, displays many of his other well-known self-plagiarisms.
This compilation is extracted from my video essay on self-plagiarism in film music.
The Danger Theme: Self-Plagiarism in Film Music (Part 1): youtu.be/DfzqxCshIaY
The Danger Theme: Self-Plagiarism in Film Music (Part 2): youtu.be/tO1IzC99FxQ
Other Music Examples from the Essay:
The Danger Theme: youtu.be/V8KxvE6PLKs
Hollywood Self-Plagiarisms: youtu.be/paxfFVlXFoQ
The Curse of the Black Pearl and Remote Control Productions: youtu.be/0N5w8iSfqrs
