Star Trek II, Aliens Composer James Horner Dead in Plane Crash

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Star Trek II, Aliens Composer James Horner Dead in Plane Crash

Film composer James Horner has died in a plane crash at the age of 61.

Film composer James Horner has been confirmed to be dead.

The news of Horner's death came yesterday following reports that a small plane registered in his name had crashed. Initially, there was no word on whether or not Horner was in the aircraft at the time of the crash. Sadly, his death was later confirmed by his assistant Sylvia Patrycja. "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent," Patrycja wrote on Facebook on Monday. "He died doing what he loved. Thank you for all your support and love and see you down the road."

Born in 1953, Horner worked as both a conductor and concert hall composer before moving into the realm of film scoring. After shifting his career in that direction however, he quickly earned renown and would go on to compose music for more than 100 films over the course of his career. Included among these would be blockbusters and classics such as <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/88672-R-I-P-Khan-Noonien-Singh>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Commando, <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/reviews/12346-Alien-Isolation-Review>Aliens, The Land Before Time, Field of Dreams, The Rocketeer, Braveheart, Apollo 13, Titanic, Avatar and many more. His work on Titanic would net him an Oscar and his soundtrack for that film would sell more than 27 million copies around the world. Horner leaves behind a wife and two daughters.

Source: <a href=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-horner-dead-titanic-composer-804365>Hollywood Reporter


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[micuu]

Damn, that's terrible. The Wrath of Khan is probably my favourite movie soundtrack of all time, and he was responsible for so many other good scores. A loss of a truly talented man. RIP

 

[CrazyGirl17]

That's... honestly depressing. My condolences to his friends and family. That's pretty much all I can say, really.

 

[Demagogue]

Oh wow... this is a huge loss to the industry. My condolences to his family and friends. We the random people of the world have lost a legend, I can only imagine their loss.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Shitty that he's dead. On the other hand, I won't have to hear him recycle his music for the next twenty films and shit talk other composers. Horner had a very high opinion of himself and never struck me as the humble type. It's a shame he's dead, but I was never really a fan of his music.

 

[Raggedstar]

I've heard his works in many big, famous movies. But as a kid, I would always remember him for his work on the Balto OST [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbEZpfnejk].

RIP

 

[Atmos Duality]

Shit, I did a presentation on his work in the Trek films, and how they are brilliantly framed to the action.
Where so many tracks feel tacked on after or forced.

His was a rare gift, and earned my respect.
Godspeed.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Awh... Sad to hear this.

And as a student pilot it saddens me that we have yet another light plane crash to blame. Hope nobody was cutting corners.
We get this safety stuff drilled into us pretty strongly, but it seems some people still get quite complacent about it.

Anyway, regardless of how or why it happened, it is sad to hear this kind of thing happening.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Horrible way to die. May he rest in peace.

 

[FalloutJack]

Horrible way to die. May he rest in peace.

Very much so. I hope it was, in fact, quick.

I'm gonna borrow from you a sec: I didn't ask for this...