RIP James Horner

Academy Award winning composer James Horner, best known for Titanic, was  killed in a single plane accident on June 22, 2015.  A pilot in his youth, he drifted away from aviation during his most productive years in Hollywood. But he had recently reconnected via the Three Horsemen aerobatic display team, and was invited to ride…

Academy Award winning composer James Horner, best known for Titanic, was  killed in a single plane accident on June 22, 2015. 

A pilot in his youth, he drifted away from aviation during his most productive years in Hollywood. But he had recently reconnected via the Three Horsemen aerobatic display team, and was invited to ride with them, and eventually to compose a theme for them. Here’s some beautiful flying, and some moving music.

H/T SteelJaw Scribe.

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  1. Quartermaster

    I hate to hear of his death. The piece for the 3 Horsemen was probably his best work.

    Ask not for whom the bell tolls….

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  2. Steve Johnson

    Also did the music for GLORY, I believe.

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  3. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    Went in piloting a tandem seated single engine turboprop….like initial military training type. Mostly dependable, wonder what happened.

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  4. xbradtc

    There’s any number of ways you can kill yourself in an airplane, and people are constantly finding new ones.

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  5. diogenesofnj

    There are old pilots; and there are bold pilots – but there are no old bold pilots.

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