Richard Horowitz

{{Short description|American film composer (1949–2024)}}

{{Expand French|topic=bio| Richard Horowitz|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Richard Horowitz

|birth_date = {{birth date|1949|01|06}}

|birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|04|13|1949|01|06}}

|death_place = Marrakesh, Morocco

|occupation = Film composer

}}

Richard Horowitz (January 6, 1949 – April 13, 2024) was an American film composer known for his work on L'Atlantide, Three Seasons, and Tobruk.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/2024/04/13/morto-richard-horowitz-compose-il-te-nel-deserto-con-sakamoto_ba74fe22-1042-4d3c-926f-1f7b99f56334.html|title=Morto Richard Horowitz, compose Il Tè nel deserto con Sakamoto|work=Ansa.it|date=April 13, 2024|access-date=April 14, 2024|language=Italian}}

In 1991, he won a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Original Score for the film The Sheltering Sky.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1990|title=The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners|work=Golden Globe Awards|access-date=April 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705081341/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1990|archive-date=July 5, 2011|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}} His win was shared with Ryuichi Sakamoto.{{Cite web|url=https://goldenglobes.com/awards-database/|title=Awards Database|work=Golden Globe Awards|access-date=April 14, 2024}}

Horowitz died in Marrakesh, Morocco, on April 13, 2024, at the age of 75.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/celebrated-composer-richard-horowitz-dies-at-75/|title=Celebrated Composer Richard Horowitz Dies at 75|website=Pitchfork|date=April 16, 2024|access-date=April 16, 2024}}