It was around lunchtime today that I learned about the tragic death of 61-year-old composer James Horner. Horner was an aviation enthusiast who died after the small aircraft he was piloting crashed 60 miles north of Santa Barbara, California.
Since I was 16 years old, I’ve had a love for movie music. I’ve got a large soundtrack collection featuring some of my favourite composers – Thomas Newman, Randy Edelman, Michael Nyman, John Williams, Jon Brion and Jerry Goldsmith.
The very first soundtrack I ever bought was for Legends Of The Fall, composed by James Horner. It was a wonderful score that I’ve listened to many times. Since then, I’ve adored many of Horner’s works. I was particularly pleased when he won an Academy Award in 1998 for his score of Titanic. To this day, I still can’t believe that an orchestral film score was the highest selling album of 1998 (ahead of the Backstreet Boys, Shania Twain, ‘N Sync and Garth Brooks).
For this week’s blog, I thought I’d share my 10 favourite James Horner scores with a link to Youtube so that you can listen to them for yourself.
Legends Of The Fall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaxZeisCHv8.
A Beautiful Mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpwZf3jebw
Casper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8zYrt0c8O4
Braveheart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkLrnI7SsVY
Apollo 13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSmtKDvnWQ
Titanic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz1xA5kxVI
Avatar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gayblm2aZdc
The Mask Of Zorro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weep71ay4Bc
Field Of Dreams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y4hIU_ebnE
Glory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR09OclTLNk
Thanks James for all the music and may you rest in peace.