▁ ▁Param ount ' s ▁vice - pres ident ▁of ▁music ▁Jo el ▁S ill ▁took ▁a ▁lik ing ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 8 - year - old ▁composer ▁named ▁James ▁Hor ner , ▁feeling ▁that ▁his ▁demo ▁t apes ▁stood ▁out ▁from ▁generic ▁film ▁music . ▁Hor ner ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁Ben nett , ▁Meyer ▁and ▁Sal in . ▁ ▁Hor ner ▁said ▁that ▁"[ The ▁produ cers ] ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁score ▁they ▁had ▁got ten ▁before . ▁They ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁a ▁John ▁Williams ▁score , ▁per ▁se . ▁They ▁wanted ▁something ▁different , ▁more ▁modern ." ▁When ▁asked ▁about ▁how ▁he ▁land ed ▁the ▁assignment , ▁the ▁composer ▁replied ▁that ▁" the ▁produ cers ▁loved ▁my ▁work ▁for ▁Wolf en , ▁and ▁had ▁heard ▁my ▁music ▁for ▁several ▁other ▁projects , ▁and ▁I ▁think , ▁so ▁far ▁as ▁I ' ve ▁been ▁told , ▁they ▁liked ▁my ▁vers at ility ▁very ▁much . ▁I ▁wanted ▁the ▁assignment , ▁and ▁I ▁met ▁with ▁them , ▁we ▁all ▁got ▁along ▁well , ▁they ▁were ▁im pressed ▁with ▁my ▁music , ▁and ▁that ' s ▁how ▁it ▁happened ." ▁Hor ner ▁agreed ▁with ▁the ▁produ cers ' ▁expect ations ▁and ▁agreed ▁to ▁begin ▁work ▁in ▁mid - J anu ary ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁keeping ▁with ▁the ▁na ut ical ▁tone , ▁Meyer ▁wanted ▁music ▁ev oc ative ▁of ▁se af aring ▁and ▁sw ash bu ck ling , ▁and ▁the ▁director ▁and ▁composer ▁worked