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OT: RIP James Horner.

kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,260
edited December 1969 in The Commons

...composer James Horner, known for his scores for the films Titanic, Apollo 13, Avatar, and Braveheart, died in a crash of his single engine plane in southern California today. He was 61.

Among his early credits were the soundtracks for Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan,and the followup sequel Star Trek III the Search for Spock as well as the campy Roger Corman 1980 SF film Battle Beyond the Stars.


Two of my favourites by him are the soundtracks for Field of Dreams and The Rocketeer..

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  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,256
    edited December 1969

    WOW.. that's really sad. R.I.P. James. Thanks for the music!

  • RogerbeeRogerbee Posts: 4,460
    edited December 1969

    Aww no, sad news, alongside John Williams, he was one of the greats among the movie score composers.

    CHEERS!

  • alexhcowleyalexhcowley Posts: 2,392
    edited December 1969

    I'll never forget his early scores for Battle Beyond The Stars and the second and third Star Trek movies. His was a huge talent and he will be sorely missed.

    Alex.

  • Steven-VSteven-V Posts: 727
    edited December 1969

    Sad day.

    I loved his Star Trek II music. I always used to wish they would use that instead of the Star Trek I music as the theme for TNG.

  • RogerbeeRogerbee Posts: 4,460
    edited December 1969

    Sad news indeed,

    For scores he was right up there with John Wlliams. Another great gone. We've lost too many already.

  • McGrandpaMcGrandpa Posts: 464
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...composer James Horner, known for his scores for the films Titanic, Apollo 13, Avatar, and Braveheart, died in a crash of his single engine plane in southern California today. He was 61.

    Among his early credits were the soundtracks for Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan,and the followup sequel Star Trek III the Search for Spock as well as the campy Roger Corman 1980 SF film Battle Beyond the Stars.


    Two of my favourites by him are the soundtracks for Field of Dreams and The Rocketeer..

    Tragedy. Thanks for the news/obit. I enjoyed the music he'd composed in a LOT of films, all those you listed and more. Some, such as from Titanic and Avatar, are anthemic faves of mine. :o)

    McG.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,067
    edited December 1969

    That really sucked, he was one of my favorite soundtrack composers...
    I first took notice of his work in the soundtrack for Aliens...
    I heard about it yesterday, but was reading about it this this morning on CNN's website and noticed the Genesis 3 ad (DAZ ads follow me everywhere... to the point I ignore them completely now)... It's probably bad that my first thought when I realized the ad actually said "Victoria 7" and "Genesis 3" was that He picked a terrible time to die, nobody here will realize for days due to the new Genesis buzz...
    I'm glad someone did though...
    He was a really talented composer... His work was always very good at pulling you into the visuals... I once commented to my wife that without Horner's work, Titanic probably would never had been as popular as it was.

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,253
    edited June 2015

    lordvicore said:
    ....without Horner's work, Titanic probably would never had been as popular as it was.

    It defiantly instilled a "nails across a blackboard" reaction for me when I hear, see or sense the presence of Celine Dion.

    anyway, an hour of (seriously terrific) James Horner music.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Oym6LAlbY

    Post edited by StratDragon on
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