James Horner Dies in Crash

[mc ukrneal]

What a shame. He was only 61.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/james-horner-obit-composer-titanic-avatar-122222560012.html

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Tragic! He was one of the best movie composers ever. I love his scores in Mask of Zorro, An American tail, Star Trek, Titanic, The Land before time, and countless others.

[TheGSMoeller]

Braveheart. I don't think the movie has held up well over the years, but the score to me still remains one of the classic epic, sweeping scores I've heard. At times Horner's score takes complete control and becomes the emotion that should be on screen.
Looking at his resume, what a prolific composer. R.I.P.

[Cato]

Yes, I saw an unconfirmed report last night about the plane crash.  I suppose I am one of the few people left on the planet who has not seen Titanic, so I cannot comment on that.     However, Braveheart had an exceptional score.  The slow melancholy Celtic march used for the execution scene near the end was perfect.

[Rinaldo]

So, do we start to post all the classical themes he lifted or is it too soon?

I've always loved his mashup of Fratres and the Tallis Fantasia:

https://www.youtube.com/v/H9BvcltQbZ4

But hey, great artists steal, right? And when he was at the top of his game, he was truly great.

https://www.youtube.com/v/j_xN0LOLG3I

[Bogey]

That is sad news.  Loved many of his scores.  Apollo 13 and Star Trek II were probably my favorites. 

[TheGSMoeller]

So, do we start to post all the classical themes he lifted or is it too soon?

I've always loved his mashup of Fratres and the Tallis Fantasia:

https://www.youtube.com/v/H9BvcltQbZ4

But hey, great artists steal, right? And when he was at the top of his game, he was truly great.

https://www.youtube.com/v/j_xN0LOLG3I

His Glory soundtrack ripped off Prokofiev, and somewhere he used some of The Planets as a reference, but yeah he's been fairly obvious in some of his scores.

[jochanaan]

Willow.  One of my favorite movies and scores.  We'll all miss him.

[Karl Henning]

Looking at his Wikipedia article, I am staggered at all the work he did.

[vandermolen]

Sorry to hear this. I liked Titanic, Braveheart, Avatar and Apollo 13 to name just a few. Very sad news.

[Bogey]

Willow.  One of my favorite movies and scores.  We'll all miss him.

Underrated.

[North Star]

Looking at his Wikipedia article, I am staggered at all the work he did.

+1
Coincidentally, I watched Braveheart recently for the nth time. A great score indeed.

[mc ukrneal]

Looking at his Wikipedia article, I am staggered at all the work he did.

Yeah - I always knew he productive, but he was REALLY productive - even more than I remembered.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Ashamed to admit I don't recall his Braveheart OST at the moment, because it's been years since I watched that movie. I have no doubt it will be guaranteed James Horner-quality.

[Karl Henning]

Ashamed to admit I don't recall his Braveheart OST at the moment, because it's been years since I watched that movie.

I do not recall it either.  (Not sure that I am ashamed of that  )

[Jaakko Keskinen]

American tail, Mask of zorro or Titanic, now there's a score! 

[Karl Henning]

Very much enjoyed The Mask of Zorro.  (Even with the quasi-James Bond set-piece finale.)

[North Star]

I do not recall it either.  (Not sure that I am ashamed of that  )

There certainly are not many film scores I remember myself at all, something I definitely am not ashamed of, and I'm not sure if the composers should be, either. Plenty at the tip of my earlobes, though.

[Bogey]

I do not recall it either.  (Not sure that I am ashamed of that  )

As to Braveheart:

Think Horner....then Titanic, by Horner.....minus any Celine Dion.....as demonstrated here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2YBw_6bpDU

[TheGSMoeller]

https://www.youtube.com/v/vQuaUR7nX8U

https://www.youtube.com/v/LL--prfnuJ8