Composer James Horner Dies in Plane Crash

Academy Award-winning composer James Horner has died. Horner, who won Oscars for his work in James Cameron’s Titanic, was 61 years old. According to Variety, Horner perished in a single-engine plane crash near Santa Barbara on Monday morning.

His body of work was immense, and below you will see a list of his most well-known films.

Selected Filmography:

• Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
• Wolfen (1981)
• Deadly Blessing (1981)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
• 48 Hrs. (1982)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
• Krull (1983)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Commando (1985)
• Aliens (1986)
• An American Tail (1986)
• *batteries not included (1987)
• Willow (1988)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• Cocoon: The Return (1988)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
• Glory (1989)
• Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)
• The Pelican Brief (1993)
• Clear and Present Danger (1994)
• The Pagemaster (1994)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Casper (1995)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Jumanji (1995)
• Ransom (1996)
• Titanic (1997)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• The Mask of Zorro (1998)
• Mighty Joe Young (1998)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• The Perfect Storm (2000)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Enemy of the Gates (2001)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• Radio (2003)
• Troy (2004)
• The Forgotten (2004)
• Flightplan (2005)
• The Legend of Zorro (2005)
• The New World (2005)
• All the King’s Men (2006)
• Apocalypto (2006)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
• Avatar (2009)
• The Karate Kid (2010)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
• Southpaw (2015)

Rest in Peace, Mr. Horner, and thanks for making the world a bit brighter.

So what’s your favorite score from James Horner? Let me know!

-Kyle A. Goethe