James Horner, movie composer, dies in plane crash

[Brian63]

Wow. I did not know the guy personally, but he did make a lot of great music during his life here...


http://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-horner-dead-1201525804/

Horner, a trained pilot, was alone in the plane, which was completely destroyed.

Horner was one of the most popular film composers of the last 30 years, and his “Titanic” soundtrack – with its hit Celine Dion song, “My Heart Will Go On,” written with Will Jennings – became the biggest-selling movie-score album of all time, selling an estimated 30 million units worldwide.

The article does not really say much about how the accident happened, but if you want to learn a little more about Horner's film composing, you can find more there.

So sad.

Brian

 

[Thomas II]

Sad...One of the best...

 

[MarkW]

Horner wrote an extraordinary amount of film music. Not all of it was great, but some of it was memorable. A couple of favorites:

1) The Rocketeer



2) A Beautiful Mind