James Horner (1953 – 2015) – RTP

Obituaries

Composer consecrated by soundtracks of “Titanic” and “Avatar,” James Horner American died at age 61 in an accident with his plane – leaves a legacy of songs for about a hundred films and half

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 In the gallery of current musical authors of Hollywood, James Horner had won a special leading position: in particular through his work with James Cameron, notably in “Titanic” (1997) and “Avatar” (2009), it was imposing as an inseparable composer of the most modern show concepts. Horner died on June 22, a region of southern California, following the fall of the small plane he was piloting (and that was the only crew member) – had 61 years.
 
 

 Its activity as a composer took off in the 70s, performing several works commissioned by the American Film Institute. He started giving music lessons at UCLA, signing his first major soundtrack for “In Chicago Jungle” (1979), Lewis Teague. Got his first two appointments to the Oscars with two 1986 films: “Aliens: The Final Reunion” (best music), James Cameron, and “Fievel – An American Tail” (Best Song, shared with Barry Man and Cynthia Weil ), of Don Bluth.
 

 
 

 When it became a safe value of output of major studios, Horner composed the soundtracks of such diverse titles as “48 Hours” (1982), Walter Hill, “Willow” (1988), Ron Howard, “Field of Dreams” (1989), Phil Alden Robinson, “Braveheart” (1995), Mel Gibson, or “Apollo 13″ (1995), Ron Howard again – the last three won him so many nominations, but never won.
 

 
 

 It would be “Titanic” to consecrate it with the Academy of Hollywood, with Horner to get two golden statuettes: one for music; another (shared with Will Jennings) by the song “My Heart Will Go On” performed by Céline Dion.
 

 
 
 

 Horner has become one of the most requested composers of American cinema, appearing his name attached to titles like “Bicentennial Man” (Chris Columbus, 1999), “A Beautiful Mind” (Ron Howard, 2001), “Troy” (Wolfgang Petersen, 2004), “Apocalypto” (Mel Gibson, 2006) or “The Amazing Spider-Man” (Marc Webb, 2012). “A House of Sand and Fog” (2003), and even the aforementioned “A Beautiful Mind” and “Avatar” earned him nominations for the most Oscars.
 
 

 Leave a filmography of about one hundred and fifty titles – the new realization of Jean-Jacques Annaud, “The Hour of the Wolf” (Portuguese premiere scheduled for 15 October), was one of his last works.
 

     

by John Lopes

published 22:09 – 23 June ’15