Composer James Horner dies in plane crash - USA TODAY
Oscar-winning film composer James Horner died in a plane crash Monday morning near Santa Barbara, Calif. Variety confirmed the news of Horner's death late Monday, and Sylvia Patrycja, identified by the Hollywood Reporter as Horner's assistant, wrote in a Facebook post that "we have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent. Horner wrote many prominent scores, including those for Titanic , Avatar and Braveheart. The Los Angeles CBS affiliate reported that Santa Barbara County Fire responded to a call Monday morning to an area where the crash had sparked a brush fire. After working on Roger Corman movies in the 1970s including Battle Beyond the Stars , Horner had his first breakthrough in the Hollywood film-music scene scoring Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 1982. By the end of the decade, he had several... The Celine Dion power ballad My Heart Will Go On , which Horner co-wrote with Will Jennings, was the world's best-selling single of 1998, won four Grammy Awards and ranks No. 14 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest movie songs. Source: www.usatoday.com
