Posted on 06/22/2015 7:27:34 PM PDT by EveningStar
The pilot of a small aircraft, which is believed to have been registered to famed film composer James Horner, was killed when the plane crashed into a remote area about 60 miles north of Santa Barbara on Monday.
It was not immediately clear whether or not the pilot was Horner himself.
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A two time Oscar winner who was the son of a two time Oscar winner (for set designs):
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395105/awards?ref_=nm_awd
Yahoo says he died.
Oh yeah, the music to Braveheart was superb, cannot recall the others...........
My favorite film composer - he will be missed!! RIP JH!
R.I.P. James Horner. Thanks for ALL the great music. God keep you.
Not meaning to jump to conclusions but did he like John Denver or Luke Skywalker take off without doing a complete preflight and check the fuel quantity?
Well said. He was one of my favorite composers. John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Howard Shore, James Horner and Elmer Bernstein are the five guys who have composed some of the best scores of the best movies of all time.
Thx ... hope you’re over your VN bugaboos. If not - don’t be shy.
I'm sure there will be a thorough investigation to what happened.
Sad. Good composer. Some wonderful stuff.
Ping.
RIP.
Talented composer.
He will be missed.
Of course
Ntsb always investigates a crash.
Specially one involving a death.
Hell, they investigate prop strikes.
Re: “Movie scores are the new classical compositions.”
I totally agree with you. As far as orchestral music goes, film scores are where the great pieces of music are found today. My favorite from James Horner is the score to “Glory”. I love how he combines the beautiful high lyrical sounds of a boys choir with the full orchestra. Absolutely magnificent in the charge on Ft. Pillow.
And, whether you like “Titanic” or not, it was the film score that gave the movie an impact. Without the score that movie wouldn’t have had the appeal it did. The screen play of that film was horrendous - some of the stupidest dialogue I have ever heard. It was the cinematography and the film score together that made that film work.
A great loss to the music world.
Only question is: was it a deliberate act?
Let me consult my 8-ball ....
“All signs point to yes”
Somewhere Out There.....
RIP James Horner
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