--- name: "Trevor Horn" canonical: "https://film.one/person/trevor-horn" fi1m_id: "trevor-horn" imdb_id: "nm0394924" tmdb_id: 558105 wikidata_id: "Q313092" roles: ["Composer"] born: "15 July 1949" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-24T04:11:09.548959+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Trevor Horn ## Identity Trevor Horn - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trevor-horn - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** trevor-horn - **IMDb ID:** nm0394924 - **TMDB ID:** 558105 - **Wikidata ID:** Q313092 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Horn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558105 Composer. Born 15 July 1949 in Durham, Hertfordshire, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 15 July 1949, Durham, Hertfordshire, England, UK - **Also known as:** The Buggles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Horn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558105 ## Biography Trevor Charles Horn, CBE, is an English record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. Born on 15 July 1949 in Durham, Hertfordshire, he first gained prominence in 1979 as a member of the Buggles, whose single "Video Killed the Radio Star" reached number one in the UK. Horn has composed music for several films. His credits include *Coyote Ugly* (2000), *Toys* (1992) and *Take Me Home Tonight* (2011). He has also produced and written for numerous artists across pop and electronic music. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, m.the-numbers.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Coyote Ugly* (2000), Fi1m 38, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md) ## Complete filmography (10) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Seal: Purpose* (2026), Producer - *Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome* (2025), Producer - *Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony* (2017), Writer - *I'm Not in Love - The Story of 10cc* (2015), as Contributing Guest - *Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise* (2011), as keyboards - *Take Me Home Tonight* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Yes: Greatest Video Hits* (2005), Actor - *Coyote Ugly* (2000), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md) - *Toys* (1992), Original Music Composer, Music Arranger, Songs - *Duck Rock* (1985), Music, Songs ## Gallery - ![British music producer, label and recording studio owner, songwriter, singer and bassist, Trevor Horn, in New York City in 1984 Original description: Title: Tre](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-2fb76e8bcc01.jpg) British music producer, label and recording studio owner, songwriter, singer and bassist, Trevor Horn, in New York City in 1984 Original description: Title: Tre — Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Trevor_Horn%2C_pop_record_producer_%28headshot%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Trevor Horn](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-c96c927ab159.jpg) Trevor Horn — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Trevor_Horn_%28cropped2%29.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Horn_%28cropped2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![itle: Trevor Horn, pop record producer, NYC Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: August 1984. Medium: 1 photograph : color transpa](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-9df93bec0225.jpg) itle: Trevor Horn, pop record producer, NYC Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: August 1984. Medium: 1 photograph : color transpa — Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Trevor_Horn%2C_pop_record_producer%2C_NYC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![CNE 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-0b903c790315.jpg) CNE 2022 — RoweCo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/DSL_Dire_Straits_Legacy_DSC_3105.jpg/1280px-DSL_Dire_Straits_Legacy_DSC_3105.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Trevor Horn](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-16686ce62e26.jpg) Trevor Horn — Image via TMDB - ![Trevor Horn](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-c8e92524408d.jpg) Trevor Horn — Image via TMDB - ![CNE 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-4e6cec61b48a.jpg) CNE 2022 — RoweCo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/DSL_Dire_Straits_Legacy_DSC_3114.jpg/1280px-DSL_Dire_Straits_Legacy_DSC_3114.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![CNE 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3631465/gallery-294ee89c3eda.jpg) CNE 2022 — RoweCo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/DSL_Dire_Straits_Legacy_DSC_3114_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-DSL_Dire_Straits_Legacy_DSC_3114_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won, 3 nominated - Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year 2004: Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year (nominated), for *Powerless (Say What You Want)* - Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1995: Grammy Award for Record of the Year (won) - Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical 1994: Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (nominated) - Saturn Awards 1993: Best Music (nominated), for *Toys* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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