The Resume

(August 14, 1953-June 22, 2015)
Educated in London
Wrote music for 'Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982),' '48 Hrs. (1982),' 'Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984),' 'The Journey of Natty Gann (1985),' 'Aliens (1986),' 'The Name of the Rose (1986),' 'An American Tale (1986),' 'Willow (1988),' 'The Land Before Time (1988),' 'Field of Dreams (1989),' 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989),' 'Glory (1989),' 'Patriot Games (1992),' 'Unlawful Entry (1992),' 'Swing Kids (1993),' 'Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993),' 'The Pelican Brief (1993),' 'Clear and Present Danger (1994),' 'Legends of the Fall (1994),' 'Braveheart (1995),' 'Casper (1995),' 'Apollo 13 (1995),' 'Titanic (1997),' 'Deep Impact (1998),' 'Bicentennial Man (1999),' 'The Perfect Storm (2000),' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000),' 'A Beautiful Mind (2001)' and 'House of Sand and Fog (2003)'

Why he might be annoying:

He actually got tears in his eyes just talking about his 'Titanic' theme (tears! just talking about it!).
Many find his music simple, schmaltzy and melodramatic.
He wrote a symphonic work called 'Spectral Shimmers.'
He wrote a lot of music for run-of-the-mill big-budget blockbusters.
He wrote the score for the Robin Williams bomb 'Bicentennial Man.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was extremely prolific, and his scores tend to be very popular.
He taught music theory at UCLA.
He wrote the score for 'Aliens' in just 10 days.
He wrote Celine Dion's hit song 'My Heart Will Go On,' for 'Titanic.'
His score for 'Titanic' won an Oscar.
His signature instrument is the sakuhachi, a Japanese folk flute.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alien [Series]
• Billboard Top Album of the Year (Ranked: 1998)
• Celine Dion Covered My Song
• Film Composers
• Grammy for Song of the Year (Ranked: 1988)
• Grammy for Song of the Year (Ranked: 1999)
• I Attended University of Southern California
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 61)
• I Died While Flying
• I Record Music That Sounds Kinda Gay
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Musical Names
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1990's] (Ranked: 1998)
• Oscar for Best Original Song (Ranked: 1997)
• Profiles 11751-12000 (Ranked: 11960)
• Star Trek
• Titanic [1997]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20150622)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 61 Votes: 59.02% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 78 Votes: 51.28% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 72.50% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 125 Votes: 62.40% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 214 Votes: 57.48% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 127 Votes: 62.99% Annoying