Editing Trevor Horn

{{Short description|British musician and producer (born 1949)}}
{{other people5|Trevor Horne (disambiguation){{!}}Trevor Horne}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image             = DSL Dire Straits Legacy DSC 3105.jpg
| honorific_suffix  = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| caption           = Horn in 2022
| birth_name        = Trevor Charles Horn
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|7|15}}
| birth_place       = [[Hetton-le-Hole]], [[County Durham]], England
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|bass|guitar}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Synth-pop]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[rock and roll]]|[[disco]]|[[electronic music|electronic]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]|[[progressive rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Record producer|musician|songwriter|studio and label owner}}
| years_active      = 1963–present
| label             = [[ZTT Records|ZTT]]
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Buggles]]|[[The Trevor Horn Band]]}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Yes (band)|Yes]]|[[Art of Noise]]}}
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Jill Sinclair]]|1980|2014|end=d}}
| website           = 
}}
'''Trevor Charles Horn''' (born 15 July 1949) is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties".<ref name="feb2012" /><ref name="australian2013">{{Cite web |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=1 October 2013 |title=And Now It's Farewell to the Pleasuredome |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/and-now-its-farewell-to-the-pleasuredome/news-story/58da8a5fb8666f7928b164f3b94918e1?sv=380b2fbaa14bbc976abaa08f806eeb44 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102012432/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=vrges6n&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DTAWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%252Fnews%252Fworld%252Fand-now-its-farewell-to-the-pleasuredome%252Fnews-story%252F58da8a5fb8666f7928b164f3b94918e1%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium%26v21%3DGROUPB-Segment-1-NOSCORE%26V21spcbehaviour%3Dappend&upid=rjdl4pv&upv=1.1.0 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |access-date=2 June 2018 |website=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>

Horn took up the bass guitar at an early age and taught himself to [[Sight-reading|sight-read]] music. In the 1970s, he worked as a session musician, built his own studio, and wrote and produced singles for various artists. Horn gained fame in 1979 as a member of [[the Buggles]], who achieved a hit single with "[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]". He was invited to join the [[progressive rock]] band [[Yes (band)|Yes]], becoming their lead singer. 

In 1981, Horn became a full-time producer, working on successful songs and albums for acts including Yes, [[Dollar (group)|Dollar]], [[ABC (band)|ABC]], [[Malcolm McLaren]], [[Grace Jones]] and [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]. In 1983, Horn and his wife, the music executive [[Jill Sinclair]], purchased [[Sarm West Studios]], London, and formed a record label, [[ZTT Records]], with the journalist [[Paul Morley]]. Horn also co-formed the electronic group [[Art of Noise]]. Horn achieved hits in the following decades with [[Seal (musician)|Seal]], [[t.A.T.u.]] and [[LeAnn Rimes]], and produced the 2003 [[Belle and Sebastian]] record ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]].'' He has performed with the supergroup Producers, later known as [[the Trevor Horn Band]], since 2006.

Horn's awards include [[Brit Award]]s for Best British Producer in 1983, 1985, and 1992, a 1995 [[Grammy Award]] for Seal's song "[[Kiss from a Rose]]", and a 2010 [[Ivor Novello Award]] for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 2010 |title=2010 Ivor Novello Awards: The Winners |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8695448.stm |access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Trevor Charles Horn was born on 15 July 1949 to John and Elizabeth Horn in [[Hetton-le-Hole]], [[County Durham]], England, and grew up in [[Durham, England|Durham City]].<ref name=guardian2016/>{{sfn|Welch|2008|p=195}}<ref name="eveningchronicle2004">{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Gordon |date=14 September 2004 |title=Relax? I Don't Do It |url=http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=35 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708075428/https://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=35 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=[[The Evening Chronicle]] |via=Zttaat.com}}</ref> The second of four children, he has two sisters, including the novelist Marjorie DeLuca,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1378031550458077190 |user=Trevor_Horn_ |title=I have one very talented sister. If you're like me and need a good #book during lockdown these are the two to read.… |date=2 April 2021}}</ref> and a brother, the television producer [[Ken Horn]].<ref name="guardian2016">{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Busola |date=12 August 2016 |title=Trevor Horn: 'My Wife's Death Hit Us Hard but the Family Is Still Together' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/12/trevor-horn-my-wifes-death-hit-us-hard-but-the-family-is-still-together |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010104548/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/12/trevor-horn-my-wifes-death-hit-us-hard-but-the-family-is-still-together |archive-date=10 October 2016 |access-date=12 August 2017 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Buggles |url=http://www.multinet.no/~jonarne/Hjemmesia/Favorittartister/buggles/buggles.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111030836/http://www.multinet.no/~jonarne/Hjemmesia/Favorittartister/buggles/buggles.htm |archive-date=11 November 2013 |access-date=26 March 2014 |website=Multinet.no}}</ref> His father was a maintenance engineer at the neighbouring dairy<ref>{{Cite book |last=Horn |first=Trevor |title=Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT |date=13 October 2022 |publisher=Nine Eight Books |edition=first}}</ref> and a professional musician who played the double bass in the Joe Clarke Big Band during the week.<ref name=guardian2016/><ref name="berklee">{{Cite web |last=Healy |first=Pat |date=29 March 2018 |title=Podcast Episode Nineteen: Trevor Horn |url=https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/podcast-episode-nineteen-trevor-horn/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044906/https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/podcast-episode-nineteen-trevor-horn/ |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=31 May 2018 |publisher=[[Berklee Online]]}}</ref><ref name=songwriting2014/> Horn attended [[Durham Johnston Comprehensive School|Johnston Grammar School]] in Durham.<ref name=guardian2016/>

At around eight years of age, Horn took up the double bass and was taught the basics by his father, including the concept of playing [[Triad (music)|triad]]s.<ref name=berklee/> He taught himself the bass guitar and became confident in [[sight-reading]] music, using guide books and practising on his father's four-string guitar in the spare room of the house. In his early teens, Horn filled in for his father on the double bass in the Joe Clarke band when he was late for a gig.<ref name=berklee/> At school Horn was given a recorder which he picked up with little effort as he already had music knowledge, and performed in the local youth orchestra.<ref name=berklee/><ref name=guardian2016/> His interests turned to contemporary rock acts such as [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]], and [[Bob Dylan]]. At 14, Horn played electric guitar in his first group, the Outer Limits,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Jude |date=5 February 2019 |title="It's Entertainment, You Know?" Trevor Horn's Favourite Albums |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/25993-trevor-horn-interview-favourite-music?page=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102012424/https://thequietus.com/articles/25993-trevor-horn-interview-favourite-music?page=3 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |access-date=8 May 2020 |website=The Quietus}}</ref> named after the [[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|1963 television series]], playing mainly covers by [[the Kinks]].<ref name=berklee/>{{sfn|Welch|2008|p=195}}<ref>"Buggles to be honoured at the Prog Awards!", ''Prog'', issue 69, p. 12</ref>

Horn went on to pursue a "succession of day jobs", including one at a rubber company.<ref name=berklee/> He also put on a [[Bob Dylan]] imitation act for two nights a week "with a harmonica around my neck", and played the bass at odd gigs.<ref name=berklee/> Then, at seventeen, Horn decided to pursue a career in music and "woke my parents up at 4am to tell them".<ref name=guardian2016/> They were reluctant at first as they wanted him to become a chartered accountant as he performed well in maths, but Horn had failed the required exams.<ref name=guardian2016/> Horn's parents pleaded with him to try one more job, but three months into his role as a progress chaser in a plastic bag factory, he was fired. "I said, 'That's it, I'm never going into that world again!'", and the next day, received an offer to play the bass in a local semi-professional band at a [[Top Rank Suite|Top Rank Ballroom]], playing top 40 and dance music for £24 a week for five nights' work.<ref name="guardian2016" /><ref name="berklee" /><ref name="zttaat">{{Cite magazine |last=Harrison |first=Andrew |date=May 2010 |title=Building the Perfect Beast |url=http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=1014 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Word Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915085454/http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=1014 |archive-date=15 September 2016 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> Horn also received airplay on [[BBC Radio Leicester]], performing self-written songs on a guitar.<ref name=berklee/>

==Career==
===1971–1979: Early work===
At 21, Horn relocated to London and took up work by playing in a band which involved re-recording top 20 songs for BBC radio due to the [[needle time]] restrictions then in place. This was followed by a one-year tenure with Ray McVay's big band,<ref name=berklee/> included performances at the world ballroom dancing championship and the television show ''[[Come Dancing]]''.<ref name="songwriting2014" /> Horn also joined the Canterbury Tales, a group based in [[Margate]], and spent time in Denmark where he ended up broke. His mother sent him money for his return journey.<ref name="LS20231005">{{Cite web |last=Easlea |first=Daryl |date=5 October 2023 |title="We'd been working on it for two weeks... Mike Oldfield had wiped it. There was no undo button. I was in shock. It was the only time it's ever happened to me in 40 years": Trevor Horn's lows and highs |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/trevor-horn-mike-oldfield-prog-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006211428/https://www.loudersound.com/features/trevor-horn-mike-oldfield-prog-80s |archive-date=6 October 2023 |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=Loudersound}}</ref> He also worked as a [[session musician]] for rock groups and [[jingle]]s.{{sfn|Welch|2008|p=195}} At 24, Horn began work in [[Leicester]], where he had a nightly gig playing bass at a nightclub and helped construct a recording studio.<ref name=zttaat/> He produced songs for local artists, including a song for [[Leicester City F.C.]]<ref name="berklee" /><ref name=zttaat/>

By 1976, Horn had returned to London. He played bass in Nick North and Northern Lights, a cabaret and covers band, which also featured the keyboardist [[Geoff Downes]] and the singer [[Tina Charles (singer)|Tina Charles]].<ref name=LS20231005/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tina Charles on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/tina-charles/73143092 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162010/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/tina-charles/73143092 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=Apple Music}}</ref> Horn formed Tracks, a jazz fusion band inspired by [[Weather Report]] and [[Herbie Hancock]], with the future [[Shakatak]] drummer Roger Odell, before he left to play in Charles's backing band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Odell |first=Roger |date=23 March 2013 |title=Roger Odell |url=http://www.shakatak.com/roger-odell/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144241/http://www.shakatak.com/roger-odell/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=Shakatak.com}}</ref> Also in the band were the keyboardist [[Geoffrey Downes]] and the guitarist [[Bruce Woolley]], both of whom Horn later worked with in the band [[the Buggles]].{{Cn|date=April 2023}} Horn and Charles entered a short relationship, and Horn learned from her inspiring producer [[Biddu]].<ref name=zttaat/><ref name="independent2004">{{Cite web |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |date=28 October 2004 |title=Trevor Horn: The Artist of Noise |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/trevor-horn-the-artist-of-noise-545319.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709175226/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/trevor-horn-the-artist-of-noise-545319.html |archive-date=9 July 2018 |access-date=30 May 2018 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Warner |first=Timothy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA155 |title=Pop Music: Technology and Creativity |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |year=2003 |isbn=0-7546-3132-X |page=155 |access-date=21 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="northernecho">{{Cite news |last=Archer |first=Sue |date=26 July 2017 |title=Music: Trevor Horn on Perfecting the Art of Noise over Four Decades |work=[[The Northern Echo]] |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/music/15435577.Music__Trevor_Horn_on_perfecting_the_art_of_noise_over_four_decades/ |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140932/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/music/15435577.Music__Trevor_Horn_on_perfecting_the_art_of_noise_over_four_decades/ |archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref> 

In the mid-1970s, Horn worked for a [[music publisher]] on [[Denmark Street]], London, producing [[Demo (music)|demos]].<ref name=songwriting2014/> From 1977 to 1979, Horn worked on various singles as a songwriter, producer, or orchestra director, but without profit.<ref name="theface1982">{{Cite web |title=The Most Wanted Man In Pop |url=http://www.soundslogic.com/fisonic/_legacy/tchmostw.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228202840/http://www.soundslogic.com/fisonic/_legacy/tchmostw.html |archive-date=28 December 2019 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=Soundslogic.com}}</ref> Among his first was "Natural Dance" by [[Tony Cole (musician)|Tony Cole]] and "Don't Come Back" by Fallen Angel and the T.C. Band, featuring Woolley as songwriter, which Horn produced under the name "T.C. Horn".<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/Tony-Cole-Natural-Dance/release/5980927 |title=Natural Dance |id=P 8446 |publisher=Pinnacle Records |year=1977 |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708045006/https://www.discogs.com/Tony-Cole-Natural-Dance/release/5980927 |url-status=live}}</ref> He wrote "Boot Boot Woman", the B-side to the Boogatti single "Come Back Marianne".<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/Boogatti-Come-Back-Marianne/release/76158 |title=Come Back Marianne |id=2040 178 |publisher=Polydor Records |year=1977 |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044945/https://www.discogs.com/Boogatti-Come-Back-Marianne/release/76158 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1978, Horn wrote, sang, and produced "Caribbean Air Control" under the pseudonym Big A, which features Horn pictured as a pilot on the front sleeve.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/Big-A-Caribbean-Air-Control/release/923265 |title=Caribbean Air Control |id=SON 2150 |publisher=Sonet Records |year=1978 |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044958/https://www.discogs.com/Big-A-Caribbean-Air-Control/release/923265 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1979, a full studio album, ''Star to Star,'' by Chromium, a "sci-fi disco project", was released. It featured Horn and Downes as songwriters and producers, and Horn's future [[Art of Noise]] bandmate [[Anne Dudley]] on keyboards.<ref name="feb2012">{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Simon |date=2 February 2012 |title=Interview: Trevor Horn |url=http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/interview-trevor-horn.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204103731/http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/interview-trevor-horn.html |archive-date=4 February 2012 |access-date=2 June 2018 |website=[[The Stool Pigeon (newspaper)|The Stool Pigeon]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chromium (3) - Star to Star |url=https://www.discogs.com/Chromium-Star-To-Star/release/81736 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044949/https://www.discogs.com/Chromium-Star-To-Star/release/81736 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> Other artists that Horn worked with included Woolley, [[John Howard (singer-songwriter)|John Howard]],<ref name=feb2012/><ref>{{Cite web |title=John Howard (4) - I Can Breathe Again |url=https://www.discogs.com/John-Howard-I-Can-Breathe-Again/release/5005418 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044954/https://www.discogs.com/John-Howard-I-Can-Breathe-Again/release/5005418 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> [[Dusty Springfield]] ("Baby Blue"),<ref name="songwriting2014">{{Cite web |last=Slater |first=Aaron |date=24 February 2014 |title=Interview: Trevor Horn |url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-trevor-horn/15439 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044842/https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-trevor-horn/15439 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018 |website=Songwriting Magazine}}</ref> and [[the Jags]] ("[[Back of My Hand (The Jags song)|Back of My Hand]]"). Horn achieved his first production hit when "[[Monkey Chop]]" by [[Dan-I]] reached No. 30 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1979.<ref name=zttaat/>

===1978–1980: The Buggles and "Video Killed the Radio Star"===
[[File:Buggles - Video killed the radio star.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Buggles: [[Geoff Downes]] (far left) and Horn (far right) on the show ''Caspe Street'' in 1980]]
In 1978, Horn and Downes formed the [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[the Buggles]] with early contributions from Woolley. They secured a recording deal with [[Island Records]] and spent much of 1979 recording their debut album, ''[[The Age of Plastic]]'' (1980). The credits list Horn with co-production, lead vocals, guitar and bass.{{Cn|date=April 2023}}

The Buggles' debut single, "[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]", was released in September 1979 and reached No. 1 in the UK, propelling Horn, aged 30, to fame.<ref name="feb2012" /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |year=2006 |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |edition=19th |location=London |page=85}}</ref> In August 1981, "Video Killed the Radio Star" became the first music video to air on [[MTV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV launches {{!}} August 1, 1981 |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtv-launches |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}</ref>

===1980: Yes===
The Buggles secured management from [[Brian Lane (manager)|Brian Lane]], who was also managing the progressive rock band [[Yes (band)|Yes]].{{sfn|Tobler|1992|p=342}}<ref name=":3" /> The Yes singer, [[Jon Anderson]], and the keyboardist, [[Rick Wakeman]], had both departed. Horn and Downes were invited to replace them, and Yes recorded an album, ''[[Drama (Yes album)|Drama]]'' (1980), with Horn on vocals and bass.{{sfn|Tobler|1992|p=342}} On tour, Horn was poorly received by fans, who reacted poorly to "this fat, dumpy guy at the front singing ... it was an absolute nightmare from start to finish".<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=2022-11-28 |title=The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/worst-decisions-in-music-history-1234626744/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129010513/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/worst-decisions-in-music-history-1234626744/ |archive-date=29 November 2022 |access-date=2023-04-18}}</ref> Yes sacked Horn after the tour.<ref name=":2" />

===1980–1982: Dollar, ABC and Malcolm McLaren===
In 1980, Horn married the music executive [[Jill Sinclair]], who became his manager.<ref name=":0" /> Sinclair told him that as an artist he would always be "second division", but if he pursued production he would become the best in the world.<ref name="zttaat" />[[File:Fairlight.JPG|thumb|In the 1980s, Horn incorporated [[Sampling (music)|samples]] into pop music using a [[Fairlight CMI]] synthesiser.]]Horn assembled studio equipment, including a [[Roland TR-808]] drum machine, a [[Music sequencer|sequencer]], a [[Minimoog]] synthesiser and [[Simmons (electronic drum company)|Simmons]] electronic drums.<ref name="sound2005">{{Cite magazine |last=Peel |first=Ian |date=March 2005 |title=Trevor Horn: 25 Years of Hits |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/trevor-horn |url-status=live |magazine=[[Sound on Sound]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708074347/https://www.soundonsound.com/people/trevor-horn |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> He spent £18,000 on a [[Fairlight CMI]], an early [[digital synthesiser]], one of four in the UK at the time.<ref name="zttaat" /> The Fairlight was one of the first digital [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samplers]], allowing musicians to play back [[Sampling (music)|samples]] such as sound effects at different pitches.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=McNamee |first=David |date=28 September 2009 |title=Hey, what's that sound: Sampler |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/28/whats-that-sound-sampler |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304190836/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/28/whats-that-sound-sampler |archive-date=4 March 2014 |access-date=12 October 2018 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> He said later: "I knew what it was capable of, because I understood what it did. Most other people didn't understand at the time – sampling was like a mystical world."<ref name="zttaat" /> Horn is credited as the "key architect" in incorporating sampling into "the language of pop".<ref name=":1" /> His understanding of electronic equipment made him influential on the development of pop music in the following decade.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |date=5 November 2004 |title=Horn of plenty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/nov/05/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030509/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/nov/05/1 |archive-date=30 November 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> 
In 1981, Horn completed a second Buggles album, ''[[Adventures in Modern Recording]],'' largely on his own following Downes's decision to form [[Asia (band)|Asia]].{{Cn|date=April 2023}} Horn produced a string of hit singles by the pop duo [[Dollar (band)|Dollar]], writing the songs "[[Mirror Mirror (Dollar song)|Mirror Mirror]]", "Hand Held in Black and White", "[[Give Me Back My Heart]]" and "[[Videotheque]]". All four became top 20 hits in the UK.{{Cn|date=April 2023}} Though Dollar were a [[Middle of the road (music)|middle-of-the-road]] band with little credibility, Horn saw an opportunity to combine the electronic music of [[Kraftwerk]] and the crooner [[Vince Hill]].<ref name=":3" /> The music journalist [[Alexis Petridis]] said that ''The Dollar Album'' "mapped out ... the sonic future of 80s pop", with "booming drums, high-drama synthesisers and [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] voices".<ref name=":3" /> Horn did not complete the ensuing [[The Dollar Album|Dollar Album]] however and the production of the remaining tracks was attributed to Dollar themselves.

Horn's success with the Dollar singles generated interest from other acts. He next produced ''[[The Lexicon of Love]]'' by [[ABC (band)|ABC]], working also with [[Anne Dudley]] for the string arrangements. ABC's debut became one of the best-selling albums of 1982.<ref name=":3" /> During the recording, he had persuaded ABC to replace their bassist, feeling he was subpar. Horn regretted the decision, and he later learnt that [[U2]] had declined to work with him as they were concerned he would split the band.<ref name="zttaat" /> Horn won the [[Brit Awards 1983|1983 Brit Award]] for British Producer of the Year, thanks to his work on the album.

In 1982, Horn and Sinclair formed a [[music publishing]] company, [[Perfect Songs]].{{Cn|date=April 2023}} In 1983, Horn produced ''[[Duck Rock]]'' by the former [[Sex Pistols]] manager [[Malcolm McLaren]]. It featured the single "[[Buffalo Gals (Malcolm McLaren song)|Buffalo Gals]]", credited as the first British [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] single.<ref name=":3" />

===1983–1989: ZTT, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Grace Jones===
[[File:Trevor Horn (cropped2).jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Horn in 1984]]
In 1983, Horn and [[Sinclair]] purchased [[Basing Street Studios]] in west London from [[Chris Blackwell]] and renamed it Sarm West Studios.<ref name="zttaat" /> With the journalist [[Paul Morley]], they co-founded a record label, [[ZTT Records]].<ref name=":0" /> The first act they signed was [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Classic Tracks: Frankie Goes to Hollywood 'Relax' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-frankie-goes-hollywood-relax |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411220454/https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-frankie-goes-hollywood-relax |archive-date=11 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=[[Sound on Sound]]}}</ref> for whom Horn produced their successful debut album, ''[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]''.<ref name="independent2004" /> He dramatically restructured the lead single, "[[Relax (song)|Relax]]", described by ''[[Sound on Sound]]'' as a "[[hi-NRG]] brand of dance-synth-pop" that "broke new sonic ground, while epitomising '80s excess in all its garish, overblown glory".<ref name=":4" /> "Relax" reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name=":4" /> At this point, Horn was working with [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] in the US on their album ''[[Agent Provocateur (album)|Agent Provocateur]]'' (1984).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andy |date=October 9, 2022 |title=Trevor Horn Frankie Goes to Hollywood Interview |url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2022/10/trevor-horn-frankie-goes-to-hollywood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424235900/https://www.classicpopmag.com/2022/10/trevor-horn-frankie-goes-to-hollywood/ |archive-date=24 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=[[Classic Pop (magazine)|Classic Pop]]}}</ref> He left the project to work on the followup Frankie Goes to Hollywood single "[[Two Tribes]]" and the group's debut album, which spawned two more hit singles "[[The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|The Power of Love]]" and an [[Welcome to the Pleasuredome (song)|edited version of the title track]].<ref name=":4" />

Horn worked with Yes again to produce their 1983 album ''[[90125]]''. He persuaded them to record "[[Owner of a Lonely Heart]]", which they resisted, deeming it "too poppy". It became their only No. 1 single in the USA.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=2022-10-24 |title='Grace Jones was in a state': legendary producer Trevor Horn relives his mega-hits |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/24/grace-jones-trevor-horn-mega-hits-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-abc-tatu |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419022437/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/24/grace-jones-trevor-horn-mega-hits-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-abc-tatu |archive-date=19 April 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 1983, Horn co-formed the band the [[Art of Noise]], co-writing several hits including "[[Close (To the Edit)]]", "[[Beat Box (Art of Noise song)|Beat Box]]", "Moments in Love", and "Slave to the Rhythm". "Slave to the Rhythm" was intended as Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single, but was instead given to [[Grace Jones]]. Horn and his studio team reworked it into six separate songs to form Jones's 1985 album ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]''.{{Cn|date=April 2024}} It features the [[Pink Floyd]] guitarist [[David Gilmour]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 1990 |title=The Rightful Heir? |url=http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1475-david-gilmour-rightful-heir-q.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927221338/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1475-david-gilmour-rightful-heir-q.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |access-date=23 July 2011 |website=Q Magazine No. 48 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 1984, Horn was asked by [[Bob Geldof]] to produce the song "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]", a [[Charity record|charity song]] to raise money for the [[1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia]]. Horn was receptive but said he would need at least six weeks, which would make it impossible to release by Christmas. However, he allowed the team to use his studios, [[Sarm West Studios]] in [[Notting Hill]], London, free for 24 hours on 25 November. Horn later remixed and co-produced the [[12" single|12"]] version and remixed it for the 1985 re-release, and again in 2024 for a fortieth anniversary mix.<ref name="Ure2013">{{cite book |last=Ure |first=Midge |title=If I Was... An Enhanced Updated Autobiography |publisher=Acorn Digital Press |year=2013 |author-link=Midge Ure}}</ref>

In the late 1980s,<ref name=zttaat/> Horn relocated to [[Bel Air, Los Angeles]], where he established Sarm West Coast LA, a residential recording studio.{{Cn|date=April 2024}} Horn produced another Yes album, ''[[Big Generator]]'' (1987) and co-produced the Simple Minds album Street Fighting Years with Steve Lipson (1989).{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

===1990s: Seal===
In 1990, Horn produced [[Seal (1991 album)|the debut album]] by the English singer [[Seal (musician)|Seal]]. This began a multi-album collaboration which Horn reasoned down to his liking of Seal's voice and a "musical empathy" with how he works and the songs he writes.<ref name="sound2005" /> ''Seal'' reached No. 1 in the UK and lead single "[[Crazy (Seal song)|Crazy]]" went to No. 2. The album marked a turning point in Horn's production method, switching typical studio hardware for computers, and he recorded tracks on ''Seal'' using [[MIDI]] and [[Opcode Systems|Studio Vision]] software. Horn was pleased with the results and sold his PC equipment for an [[Apple Macintosh]].<ref name="sound2005" /> At this stage of his career, Horn had lost his enthusiasm for producing 12-inch mixes of songs, and he brought in other remixers to make them while concentrating on albums.<ref name="sound2005" />

He also produced half of the songs on [[Marc Almond]]'s 1991 album ''[[Tenement Symphony]]'', including the three singles on the album: "[[Jacky (Jacques Brel song)#Other recordings|Jacky]]", "My Hand Over My Heart" and "[[Days of Pearly Spencer#Marc Almond version|The Days of Pearly Spencer]]", which reached #4 in the UK charts.

In the 1990s, Horn wrote and produced "[[Riding into Blue (Cowboy Song)]]", recorded by [[Inga Humpe]], and "[[Docklands (song)|Docklands]]", recorded by [[Betsy Cook]].{{Cn|date=July 2024}} He also co-wrote two songs with [[Terry Reid]] for his 1991 album ''The Driver,'' and wrote "The Shape of Things to Come" for the 1995 Cher album [[It's a Man's World (Cher album)|''It's a Man's World'']].{{Cn|date=July 2024}}
[[File:Hook End Recording Studios geograph-2136270-by-Des-Blenkinsopp.jpg|thumb|[[Hook End Recording Studios]], purchased by Horn in the 1990s]]
Horn co-produced [[Mike Oldfield]]'s 1992 album ''[[Tubular Bells II]]'' alongside Oldfield and [[Tom Newman (musician)|Tom Newman]]. Oldfield was a fan of "Video Killed The Radio Star" and described Horn as like being a judge in a courtroom when presenting some of his ideas for the album, to which Horn would either nod or shake his head. This, according to Oldfield, gave him a kind of a filter for which ideas worked.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

Horn collaborated with the composer [[Hans Zimmer]] to produce the score for the 1992 film ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]'', which included interpretations by [[Tori Amos]], [[Thomas Dolby]], [[Pat Metheny]] and [[Wendy & Lisa]].{{Cn|date=July 2024}} Horn co-wrote "Everybody Up", the theme song to the comedy series ''[[The Glam Metal Detectives]]'' broadcast on [[BBC2]] in 1995. This was another collaboration with [[Lol Creme]].{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

In the mid-1990s, Horn and Sinclair bought [[Hook End Manor]] in [[Oxfordshire]] and renamed its recording facility Sarm Hook End.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Escape From the Haunted House |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20070619/281994668073134 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708074434/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20070619/281994668073134 |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |via=PressReader}}</ref><ref name="henley">{{Cite web |title=Tributes paid to Jill Sinclair |url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/community/68295/Tributes-paid-to-Jill-Sinclair.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708074437/http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/community/68295/Tributes-paid-to-Jill-Sinclair.html |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=Henley standard.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="times2007">{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=E |date=30 September 2007 |title=The Hit Factory |work=The Times |location=UK |url=http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=564 |url-status=live |access-date=2 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915084325/http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=564 |archive-date=15 September 2016}}</ref> In 1995, Horn produced "The Carpet Crawlers 1999", a rerecording of "[[The Carpet Crawlers]]" by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], which featured vocals from their former singers, [[Peter Gabriel]] and [[Phil Collins]]. It was released on the compilation ''[[Turn It On Again: The Hits]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=10 October 2014 |title=20 Insanely Great Genesis Songs Only Hardcore Fans Know |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-insanely-great-genesis-songs-only-hardcore-fans-know-20141010/the-carpet-crawlers-1999-20141010 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319105213/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-insanely-great-genesis-songs-only-hardcore-fans-know-20141010/the-carpet-crawlers-1999-20141010 |archive-date=19 March 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> In 1996, Horn produced the multi-platinum album [[Wildest Dreams (Tina Turner album)|''Wildest Dreams'']] by [[Tina Turner]].{{Cn|date=July 2024}} According to the duo [[Wendy & Lisa]], Horn produced an album for them in the late 1990s that went unreleased. [[Lisa Coleman (musician)|Lisa Coleman]] said Horn and Sinclair objected to their homosexuality as sinful.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walters |first=Barry |date=16 April 2009 |title=The Revolution Will Be Harmonized |url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/04/16/revolution-will-be-harmonized |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |language=en}}</ref>

===2000s: t.A.T.u., LeAnn Rimes and Belle and Sebastian===
In the 2000s, Horn was hired by [[Interscope Records]] to create English-language versions of songs by the Russian pop duo [[t.A.T.u.]] He wrote new lyrics for "[[All the Things She Said]]" and "[[Not Gonna Get Us]]" and coached t.A.T.u. to sing them in English. He also rerecorded the instruments, as he did not have access to the original multitracks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=2019-07-23 |title=Trevor Horn on Grace Jones, smoking with Malcolm McLaren, and why video didn't kill the radio star |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2019/jul/19/trevor-horn-webchat-post-your-questions-now |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422210932/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2019/jul/19/trevor-horn-webchat-post-your-questions-now |archive-date=22 April 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> "All the Things She Said" reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-02-02 |title=Controversial duo top UK pop chart |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2718835.stm |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405022807/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2718835.stm |archive-date=5 April 2023}}</ref> In 2020, ''The Guardian'' named it Horn's greatest work since the mid-80s.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Petridis |first2=Alexis |last3=Snapes |first3=Laura |date=2020-06-05 |title=The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018113258/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/27/the-100-greatest-uk-no-1s |archive-date=18 October 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

For the 2000 film ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]'', Horn produced "[[Can't Fight the Moonlight]]" by the American singer [[LeAnn Rimes]]. It sold more than two million copies worldwide and reached No. 1 in the UK and Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Oral History Of "Can't Fight The Moonlight," 'Coyote Ugly''s Unforgettable Theme Song |url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/coyote-ugly-cant-fight-the-moonlight-oral-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419021930/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/coyote-ugly-cant-fight-the-moonlight-oral-history |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Nylon |date=4 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Horn co-wrote "Pass the Flame" (the official torch relay song for the 2004 Olympics in Athens) in collaboration with Lol Creme and co-wrote the title track from [[Lisa Stansfield]]'s 2004 album ''[[The Moment (Lisa Stansfield album)|The Moment]]''.

Horn co-wrote "Sound the Bugle", performed by Bryan Adams and featured on the ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]'' soundtrack and produced 3 tracks (La Sombra del Gigante, Un Angel No Es and Mujer Amiga Mia) of Stilelibero (Freestyle) [[Stilelibero|Estilolibre]] by [[Eros Ramazzotti]], released on 29 May 2001. 

Horn produced the 2003 [[Belle and Sebastian]] album ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]''. Horn, known for using electronic equipment to transform music, was seen as a surprising choice for Belle and Sebastian, who were described by the ''Guardian'' as "the last living purveyors of arts-and-crafts indie values".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paphides |first=Peter |date=19 October 2003 |title=Belle & Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1062885,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419131926/https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1062885,00.html |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> 

On 11 November 2004, a [[Prince's Trust]] charity concert celebrating Horn's 25 years as a record producer took place at [[Wembley Arena]], featuring performances from Horn and many acts he produced.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-11-11 |title=How Trevor Horn became pop royalty |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4002839.stm |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210212910/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4002839.stm |archive-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> It was released on DVD as ''Produced By Trevor Horn: A Concert For The Prince's Trust - Live At Wembley Arena London 2004'' (2005) and ''Trevor Horn and Friends: Slaves to the Rhythm'' (2008),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Britt |first=Thomas |date=23 July 2009 |title=Trevor Horn and Friends: Slaves to Rhythm (DVD review) |work=[[PopMatters]] |url=https://www.popmatters.com/108749-trevor-horn-and-friends-slaves-to-rhythm-2496060629.html |url-status=live |access-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418154815/https://www.popmatters.com/108749-trevor-horn-and-friends-slaves-to-rhythm-2496060629.html |archive-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> and accompanied by a compilation album, ''Produced by Trevor Horn'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvell |first=Jess |date=26 May 2006 |title=Various Artists: Produced By Trevor Horn |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2068-produced-by-trevor-horn/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418154815/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2068-produced-by-trevor-horn/ |archive-date=18 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:The Producers UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Horn performing with the Producers in 2007]]
In 2006, Horn co-formed the supergroup the [[Producers (band)|Producers]], with the singer [[Lol Creme]], the producer [[Steve Lipson]], the drummer [[Ash Soan]] and the singer-songwriter [[Chris Braide]]. They performed their first gig at the [[Camden Town|Camden]] Barfly in November 2006. They continue to perform under the name the Trevor Horn Band.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

Horn produced the ninth album by the synth-pop duo the [[Pet Shop Boys]], ''[[Fundamental (Pet Shop Boys album)|Fundamental]]'', released in May 2006. It reached No. 5 in the UK chart. In the same month, he featured in a Pet Shop Boys concert specially recorded for [[BBC Radio 2]]. Horn produced an album version of the event, ''Concrete'', released on 23 October 2006. Horn also produced [[Captain (band)|Captain]]'s debut album, ''This is Hazelville'', released in late 2006. In the same year, he also worked with British band [[Delays]] on their song "Valentine", which was released as the lead single from their album ''[[You See Colours]]''. He has also worked with [[John Legend]] and [[David Jordan (singer)|David Jordan]].{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

On 25 June 2006, Sinclair was accidentally hit by a pellet from an air gun, causing irreversible brain damage and paralysing her.<ref name="The Day the music died" /><ref name=":6" /> The following year, Horn sold their Sarm Hook End residential studio for £12 million and relocated to [[Primrose Hill]], London.<ref name=":5" /><ref name="henley" /><ref name="times2007" />

For the 2008 movie ''[[Wanted (2008 film)|Wanted]]'' (starring [[James McAvoy]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]), Horn produced [[Danny Elfman]]'s vocals on the closing credits song "The Little Things".<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2008 |title=Garbo Talks, Danny Elfman Sings |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/06/garbo-talks-dan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506084851/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/06/garbo-talks-dan.html |archive-date=6 May 2014 |access-date=26 March 2014 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

In 2009, Horn produced ''[[Reality Killed the Video Star]]'', the eighth album by [[Robbie Williams]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 December 2009 |title=Robbie Williams Announces New Single and Album - We Are Pop Slags |url=http://www.wearepopslags.com/2009/robbie-williams-announces-new-single-and-album/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225042925/http://www.wearepopslags.com/2009/robbie-williams-announces-new-single-and-album/ |archive-date=25 December 2009 |access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> The album title references the Buggles song and Horn and Williams' mutual disdain for reality television and music contest programmes. It reached No. 2 on the UK Album Chart and was Williams' first studio album not to reach No. 1.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

===2010s–present===
Horn was the executive producer of [[Jeff Beck]]'s 2010 album ''[[Emotion & Commotion]]''. He returned to work with Yes again, producing their new album from October 2010.<ref>''Classic Rock Presents... Prog'' (Oct 2010 issue)</ref> That album, 2011's ''[[Fly From Here]],'' is a reunion of sorts for Horn's former bandmate [[Geoff Downes]]; not only is Downes a member of the band's current incarnation, but the album also takes its title from a song written by Horn and Downes and performed by Yes during their original stint with the band in 1980.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

In 2017, Horn wrote the music for the [[Stan Lee]] co-produced anime ''[[The Reflection (TV series)|The Reflection]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Reflection – Wave One {{!}} MANGA.TOKYO |url=https://manga.tokyo/anime_info/the-reflection-wave-one/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710080254/http://manga.tokyo/anime_info/the-reflection-wave-one/ |archive-date=10 July 2017 |access-date=14 July 2017 |website=manga.tokyo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trevor Horn-Produced "THE REFLECTION" Soundtrack Album Goes on Sale on August 16 |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/06/02/trevor-horn-produced-the-reflection-soundtrack-album-goes-on-sale-on-august-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913232053/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/06/02/trevor-horn-produced-the-reflection-soundtrack-album-goes-on-sale-on-august-16 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |access-date=13 September 2017 |website=Crunchyroll |language=en}}</ref> the soundtrack being released as the first album under Horn's name.{{Cn|date=May 2023}} Horn remixed 2011's ''Fly From Here'' with Yes, adding new vocals and editing parts. The album is called ''[[Fly from Here#Fly from Here – Return Trip|Fly from Here – Return Trip]]'' and was released in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERVIEW: Trevor Horn - Welcome to UK Music Reviews |url=http://www.ukmusicreviews.co.uk/interviews/interview-trevor-horn/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044844/http://www.ukmusicreviews.co.uk/interviews/interview-trevor-horn/ |archive-date=8 July 2018 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=Ukmusicreviews.co.uk}}</ref> He has also been working on musicals, including one called "The Robot Sings".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2017 |title=The Robot Sings - new musical from Video Killed The Radio Star duo in development |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/the-robot-sings-new-musical-from-video-killed-the-radio-star-duo-in-development |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023090130/https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/the-robot-sings-new-musical-from-video-killed-the-radio-star-duo-in-development |archive-date=23 October 2020 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=Londontheatre.co.uk}}</ref>

In November 2018, Horn performed a one-off concert at the [[Southbank Centre|Queen Elizabeth Hall]] in London.<ref name="TIMES2018">{{Cite news |last=Verrico |first=Lisa |date=5 November 2018 |title=Pop review: Trevor Horn at Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/pop-review-trevor-horn-at-queen-elizabeth-hall-se1-cc28nbbx7 |url-status=live |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105030724/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pop-review-trevor-horn-at-queen-elizabeth-hall-se1-cc28nbbx7 |archive-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> Horn's new album, ''[[Reimagines the Eighties|Trevor Horn Reimagines the Eighties]]'', was released on 25 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2019 |title=Five tracks to hear this week |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/five-tracks-to-hear-this-week-a4048561.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422055444/https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/five-tracks-to-hear-this-week-a4048561.html |archive-date=22 April 2019 |access-date=8 May 2020 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> A single, "[[Everybody Wants to Rule the World]]", with vocals by [[Robbie Williams]], was released on 24 October 2018.<ref>''The Chris Evans Breakfast Show'', BBC Radio 2, 24 October 2018</ref> Further guests include [[Rumer (singer)|Rumer]], [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]], [[Simple Minds]] and [[Gabrielle Aplin]]. In late 2017, Horn's Sarm West Coast residential studio in [[Bel Air, Los Angeles]], was destroyed in the [[Skirball Fire]]. Horn was not present at the time of the fire.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Filcman |first=Debra |date=11 December 2017 |title=Trevor Horn's Studio Burned to the Ground in California Wildfires |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/sarm-west-coast-studio-fire/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213115236/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/sarm-west-coast-studio-fire/ |archive-date=13 December 2017}}</ref>

Horn toured as the bass player in [[Dire Straits Legacy]] in 2018–20.<ref name="berklee" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Metropolitan |first=Redazione |date=2 March 2020 |title=Dire Straits Legacy all'Auditorium Conciliazione |url=https://metropolitanmagazine.it/dire-traits-legacy-conciliazione/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027205723/https://metropolitanmagazine.it/dire-traits-legacy-conciliazione/ |archive-date=27 October 2020 |access-date=8 May 2020 |website=Metropolitan Magazine}}</ref> In late 2022, he published a memoir, ''Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Paul |date=7 October 2022 |title=Trevor Horn / Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT / SDE Review |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/reviews/trevor-horn-adventures-in-modern-recording-from-abc-to-ztt-sde-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418200715/https://superdeluxeedition.com/reviews/trevor-horn-adventures-in-modern-recording-from-abc-to-ztt-sde-review/ |archive-date=18 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=SuperDeluxeEdition |language=en-US}}</ref> He joined Seal's 2023 tour, playing bass in Seal's band and reviving the Buggles as an opening act.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=Seal Embarking on World Tour to Celebrate 30 Years of Hits |url=https://retropopmagazine.com/seal-embarking-on-world-tour-to-celebrate-30-years-of-hits/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528195425/https://retropopmagazine.com/seal-embarking-on-world-tour-to-celebrate-30-years-of-hits/ |archive-date=28 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Retropop |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In December 2023, Horn released ''[[Echoes: Ancient and Modern]]'', another album of covers with guest singers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=22 September 2023 |title=Trevor Horn Returns with Star-Studded Collabs Album 'Echoes – Ancient and Modern' |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/trevor-horn-album-echoes-ancient-modern/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928210527/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/trevor-horn-album-echoes-ancient-modern/ |archive-date=28 September 2023 |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref>

==Influence==
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Musicians and producers including [[Gary Barlow]], [[DJ Shadow]] and [[Nigel Godrich]] cite Horn as an influence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mettler |first=Mike |date=17 June 2016 |title=Gary Barlow Didn't Just Meet His '80s Heroes, He Made a Retro Album with Them |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/interview-gary-barlow-on-fly-songs-inspired-by-eddie-the-eagle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204031627/https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/interview-gary-barlow-on-fly-songs-inspired-by-eddie-the-eagle/ |archive-date=4 December 2021 |access-date=4 December 2021 |website=[[Digital Trends]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Rob |title=From the Basement on a Television: DiS Talks to Nigel Godrich |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137177-from-the-basement-on-a-television--dis-talks-to-nigel-godrich |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231451/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137177-from-the-basement-on-a-television--dis-talks-to-nigel-godrich |archive-date=13 September 2017 |access-date=13 September 2017 |website=DrownedInSound.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=[[DJ Shadow]] |date=1 July 2017 |title=KCRW: Find, Share, Rewind, Episode 4 - Hosted by DJ Shadow |url=https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/find-share-rewind/episode-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910223143/https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/find-share-rewind/episode-4/ |archive-date=10 September 2022 |access-date=10 September 2022 |website=[[KCRW]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Horn met [[Jill Sinclair]], a former mathematics teacher, in 1977. They married in 1980 and became business partners.<ref name=henley/> They had four children: two sons, Aaron and Will,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Busola |date=19 February 2017 |title=Relative Values: Music Producer Trevor Horn and His Son Will |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/relative-values-music-producer-trevor-horn-and-his-son-will-70l79kgbl |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026200003/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/relative-values-music-producer-trevor-horn-and-his-son-will-70l79kgbl |archive-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> and two daughters, Gabriella and Alexandra,<ref name="Archived copy">{{Cite web |date=12 August 2016 |title=Trevor Horn: 'My Wife's Death Hit Us Hard but the Family Is Still Together' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/12/trevor-horn-my-wifes-death-hit-us-hard-but-the-family-is-still-together |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010104548/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/12/trevor-horn-my-wifes-death-hit-us-hard-but-the-family-is-still-together |archive-date=10 October 2016 |access-date=25 August 2016 |website=[[TheGuardian.com]]}}</ref> the latter of whom has worked as a trainee solicitor.<ref name=guardian2016/> Aaron (known in the industry as "Aaron Audio"), like his father, is a musician and producer. He was in the band [[Sam and the Womp]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam & The Womp &#124; Bom Bom &#124; Out Now! |url=http://samandthewomp.tumblr.com/tagged/info |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327235107/http://samandthewomp.tumblr.com/tagged/info |archive-date=27 March 2014 |access-date=26 March 2014 |website=Samandthewomp.tumblr.com}}</ref> and frequently DJs around London (he lives in north London).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gage |first=Simon |title=The Straits Man |date=13 January 2022 |publisher=Metro |location=London |page=27}}</ref> Both Aaron and Ally Horn are co-directors of Sarm Studios. {{As of|2016|08}}, Horn has three grandsons.<ref name="Archived copy" /> He is not Jewish, but he has attended synagogue with his children, who were raised in his wife's faith.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Montague |first=A |date=31 August 2007 |title=The Band with 200 Hits Behind Them |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=54980&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%20The%20band%20with%20200%20hits%20behind%20them&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 |url-status=dead |access-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224192756/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=54980&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%20The%20band%20with%20200%20hits%20behind%20them&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 |archive-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> In a 2019 interview, he said that he "believes in [Judaism] more than anything else".<ref>{{Cite web |title=7: Trevor Horn: Legendary Music and Jewish Beliefs |url=https://soundcloud.com/jonnygould/episode-7-trevor-horn-legendary-music-and-jewish-beliefs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419001744/https://soundcloud.com/jonnygould/episode-7-trevor-horn-legendary-music-and-jewish-beliefs |archive-date=19 April 2021 |access-date=8 May 2020 |website=[[SoundCloud]]}}</ref>

On 25 June 2006, Sinclair was accidentally hit by a pellet from an air gun, causing irreversible brain damage and paralysing her.<ref name="The Day the music died">"The Day the Music Died", by Chrissy Iley, ''Sunday Times Magazine'', 17 June 2012</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |date=26 September 2009 |title=Can Trevor Horn Weave Magic for Robbie Williams? |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6848972.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615131159/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6848972.ece |archive-date=15 June 2011 |website=[[The Times]]}}</ref> She died of cancer on 22 March 2014, aged 61.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rayner |first=Gordon |date=25 March 2014 |title=Record Company Boss Jill Sinclair, Wife of Trevor Horn, Dies Eight Years After Shooting Accident |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10722718/Record-company-boss-Jill-Sinclair-wife-of-Trevor-Horn-dies-eight-years-after-shooting-accident.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 March 2014 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10722718/Record-company-boss-Jill-Sinclair-wife-of-Trevor-Horn-dies-eight-years-after-shooting-accident.html |archive-date=12 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Perrone |first=Pierre |date=27 March 2014 |title=Jill Sinclair: Businesswoman and Pop Manager Who Co-Founded ZTT and Guided the Career of Her Husband Trevor Horn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jill-sinclair-businesswoman-and-pop-manager-who-co-founded-ztt-and-guided-the-career-of-her-husband-9217650.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226192005/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jill-sinclair-businesswoman-and-pop-manager-who-co-founded-ztt-and-guided-the-career-of-her-husband-9217650.html |archive-date=26 December 2015 |access-date=25 December 2015 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Trevor Horn discography}}

'''Solo studio albums'''
* ''[[Made in Basing Street]]'' (2012, with [[the Trevor Horn Band|Producers]])
* ''[[The Reflection: Wave One – Original Sound Track]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Reimagines the Eighties]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Echoes: Ancient & Modern]]'' (2023)

==Awards==
* [[BRIT Award]] 1983 – Best British Producer
* BRIT Award 1985 – Best British Producer
* BRIT Award 1992 – Best British Producer
* [[Grammy Award]] 1995 – Record of the Year (as producer of "Kiss from a Rose")
* Horn was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the music industry.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59647 |date=31 December 2010 |page=7 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=31 December 2010 |title=Pop Producer Trevor Horn Appointed CBE |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12093494 |url-status=live |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924185213/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12093494 |archive-date=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2012 |title=New Year Honours List 2011 |url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_193300 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927034321/http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_193300 |archive-date=27 September 2012 |access-date=8 July 2018 |website=Direct.gov.uk}}</ref>
* Honorary degree of Doctor of Music (2012) by Southampton Solent University, England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Music Maestro Awarded Honorary Degree |url=http://www.solent.ac.uk/news/news-articles/2012/trevor-horn-hondoc.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224171306/http://www.solent.ac.uk/news/news-articles/2012/trevor-horn-hondoc.aspx |archive-date=24 February 2013 |access-date=17 February 2013 |publisher=Southampton Solent University}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book |last=Tobler |first=John |url=https://archive.org/details/nmerocknrollyear0000unse |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd. |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-600-57602-0 |edition=1st |url-access=registration}}
* {{Cite book |last=Welch |first=Chris |title=Close to the Edge – The Story of Yes |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-84772-132-7}}
* {{Cite book |last=Horn |first=Trevor |title=Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT |publisher=Nine Eight Books |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-78870-603-2}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.trevorhorn.com/}}
* {{Allmusic}}

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