James Horner Plane Crash

hypl · June 2015

A plane that's registered to James Horner has crashed. The pilot was killed. They haven't ID'd the body yet it seems. So far no one has been able to contact Horner.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3135483/Oscar-winning-Titanic-composer-James-Horner-presumed-dead-California-plane-crash.html

Horner scored Star Trek II and III, and I enjoyed a lot of his other works. One of my favorite composers.

EDIT: Confirmed by his assistant, Horner died in the crash.

azurianstar · June 2015

Confirmed just moments ago by his assistant, he died in the crash.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-horner-dead-titanic-composer-804365?utm_source=twitter

We lost a great composer. His music was unforgettable.

spyralpegacyon · June 2015

https://youtube.com/watch?v=h1PejM57F8s

gulberat · June 2015

That's not good.

While I don't have any of his works in my collection of film scores, this is still a sad day for the film score composing world if proven true.

hfmudd · June 2015

Pretty much confirmed at this point.
Damnit.
Not what I wanted my first post on the new forums to be...

*goes to listen to All the Music, starting with Battle Beyond the Stars*

daveyny · June 2015

So sad. Great composer.
He shouldda had Harrison Ford with him, that guy can survive anything aviation related.

captz1pp · June 2015

All those in favor of Horners work being the new STO music, type Yes.

philosophere · June 2015

A very sad day indeed. His work is littered through so many films...

Battle Beyond the Stars
Wolfen
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
48 Hrs.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Krull
Brainstorm
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Cocoon
Commando
Aliens
An American Tail
Project X
*batteries not included
Willow
Red Heat
The Land Before Time
Field of Dreams
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The Rocketeer
Patriot Games
Sneakers
The Pelican Brief
Clear and Present Danger
The Pagemaster
Legends of the Fall
Braveheart
Casper
Apollo 13
Jumanji
The Devil's Own
Titanic
Deep Impact
The Mask of Zorro
Mighty Joe Young
Bicentennial Man
The Perfect Storm
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Missing
House of Sand and Fog
Troy
The Forgotten
Flightplan
All the King's Men
Avatar
The Amazing Spider-Man

..and this is not a complete list of his works. This man practically wrote the entire soundtrack of my life growing up going to movies.

He will be sadly missed...

gulberat · June 2015

Fox News is still holding back from 100% confirming it but even their article basically admits that things look very bad.

antonine3258 · June 2015

Looks like it has been confirmed on multiple sites - this is really too bad.

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ryan218 · June 2015

It's been confirmed according to the BBC... This is just tragic... One of Hollywood's greatest composers is gone...

nightharrier · June 2015

captz1pp wrote: »

All those in favor of Horners work being the new STO music, type Yes.

You'll get no argument from me on that.

iconians · June 2015

I hope whoever at Cryptic is in charge of updating the memorial on New Romulus is getting as tired of Star Trek alumni dying as I am.

eri42 · June 2015

I know there are licensing issues, but yes please, if you can get a piece of the music to play, that and his name on the plaque would be a wonderful tribute.

captz1pp · June 2015

Well, if not the actual one, then maybe just a close copy. As long as it doesnt have that opera-like "aww awww" part you hear in sector space.

cmdrscarlet · June 2015

+1 to philosophere's comment. Looking at that list I'm amazed how many of those I watched and loved. Ironically, I fired up the ST:2 soundtrack at work before looking at this thread.

What a loss.