Kaonashi pisze:"James Horner was one of the great film composer legends. I can't help feeling that his passing marks the end of an era."
Marco Beltrami
"James Horner's music is filled with melody and emotion, and his passing fills my heart with both."
Marc Shaiman
"It is a tragedy for all composers to hear about James Horner's accident. We have lost one of our most talented and respected colleagues. His music will remain always."
Alexandre Desplat
"I count James Horner among the very best film composers of our generation. His work is stirring, emotionally powerful and broadly evocative. Although we only met on a few occasions, I will always cherish the memory of him and his wonderful work."
Alan Menken
"For me Horner was one of the masterful film composers who could switch from genre to genre with amazing easy because his dramatic sensibilities were flawless. He always went bold with his ideas. His melodies were strong and pronounced. His approaches were always filled with confidence and executed flawlessly. For film and film music fans, his output defined a generation."
Richard Kraft
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Sylvia Patrycja - asystentka Jamesa, która jako pierwsza oznajmiła wieść światu
A great tragedy has struck my family today, and I will not be around for a while. I would like some privacy and time to heal. We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart, and unbelievable talent. He died doing what he loved. Thank you for all your support and love and see you down the road. Love Sylvia.
Ron Howard
Brilliant Composer James Horner, friend & collaborator on 7 movies has tragically died in a plane crash. My heart aches for his loved ones.
James Wan
"If we hold on together, I know our dreams will never die. Dreams see us through to forever." RIP James Horner. You'll be sadly missed.
josh groban
He wrote me a song that has such special meaning to me. We'll always remember you, James. RIP.
Bear McCreary
Overwhelmed by sadness tonight. One of my childhood heroes has unexpectedly left us.
Brian Tyler
So saddened by the loss of James Horner, an incredible inspiration and a brilliant composer. I just can't believe it.
Steve Jablonsky
James Horner, thank you for inspiring a young me to pursue a career in film music. Thank you for your music. Rest in peace
John Debney
No words. My sadness is so deep that it is difficult to process. Perhaps God needed someone to help write His music. Godspeed Maestro.
Marc Webb
Last time I spoke to JH he was scoring for a kid at AFI. 2 Oscars and he agreed to score a student film! What generosity.
Harry Gregson Williams
RIP James Horner - A Beautiful Mind, one of my favs.....always enjoyed that one. Love those harmonic progressions. He was one of the proper guys, no doubt - none of your guess work here, he was a sound musician. I never knew him personally however, but I did look up in his direction on many an occasion. A sad day, for sure.
Seth MacFarlane
Incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of James Horner. I grew up loving his work. He leaves behind a spectacular musical legacy.
Russell Crowe
My sincere condolences to the family, loved ones and friends of James Horner.
Michael Giacchino
You were one of my childhood heroes, James. Thank you for the inspiration, you will be greatly missed.
Junkie Xl
Man oh man, James Horner, can't believe it. Such a tragedy. I will always remember watching Aliens for the first time and getting blown away by the score. Just a damn sad day. RIP.
David Arnold
Top 5 James Horner Scores for me : Rocketeer,Aliens,Field of Dreams,Glory,Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan. All amazing and all hugely influential
Joel McNeely
James Horner. Enormously gifted. Shy and gracious. Aviator like so many musicians. Gone too soon.
Mari and Hakon Samuelsen
We were absolutely devastated by the terrible news of James Horner’s tragic accident.
James was an incredible composer and dear friend who touched our lives in a beautiful way.
We will miss him badly. Our thoughts are with his family.
Conrad Pope
Devastated by the news of James Horner’s senseless death. He was a born film composer. His music was like the man: emotional, direct, and imaginative. The notes he wrote breathed life into every frame it accompanied. To be selfish for a moment, I cannot begin to estimate the impact and influence his life had on mine. I learned so much from James. He was one of my heroes. Indeed, his is one of the two greatest influences on my working, creative life in Hollywood. Without James there is no "me". How does one thank someone for that? As anyone who worked with and for James can attest, working with and for him could be difficult and, assuredly, always challenging—however, we always knew we were in the service of a genius, a man of vision and a man of enormous passion. We and Hollywood are so much the poorer for his passing. If there is a bright side to this tragedy it is that he died pursuing his passion for flight. He made every film he scored soar. And he made my life, when we worked together,soar as well.
The poem “High Flight” says:
" Lifting mind, I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of god."
Below is one of the first cues I orchestrated for James. I remember vividly delvering this cue to John Neufeld at 3 in the morning and playing through it at the piano. I also remember when James first “played it down”.
Vale, James. Thank you for all you’ve given us. For those of us who knew you, the world is a much sadder place.
Thank you for making my life richer, better, more meaningful than it would have been without you and your music.
Austin Wintory
A sad day for film music, particularly for lovers of the classical approach
James Horner had many gifts, not least among them a wonderful melodic sense. It had been admittedly many years since I had loved a score of his to the degree that I love, say, LAND BEFORE TIME or THE MASK OF ZORRO. But his voice was always such a classy accompaniment to film, and of those scores of his that I love, they are among my all-time favorites. He wrote a large stack of great scores, and a handful of true all-time classics. I was happy to sit in on his sessions a few times, and watch his fascinating technique of taking apart and reassembling a cue with an orchestra. A very methodical way of working. I will never forget sitting with Deborah Lurie at Fox as James recorded this cue on the last day of the AVATAR sessions. Thank you sir for your enormous contribution to this great art form.
Neal Acree
can't begin to put into words how devastated I am to hear about James Horner's passing. All I can do is share some of my own memories about the composer who has been such a huge influence on me and one of the main reasons I decided to be a composer myself.
I had the honor of meeting James Horner a few times over the years and even got to help deliver a writing table to his home in 1998. When I saw him again at the SCL Oscar reception in 2010 I was amazed that he not only remembered me but was as warm and gracious as he had always been to me. I had always heard conflicting stories about him be he was never anything but kind to me.
I first met him while doing cartage (setting up equipment) at the Titanic sessions in '97. As unglamorous os a job as that was at times, I got to meet almost all of my biggest composer idols and even watch them conduct some of my favorite scores. Of all of them, Horner's sessions were some of the most memorable. This was the era of Braveheart, Apollo 13, Titanic and the now gone Todd-AO scoring stage. It was a magical time for film music and for recording in Los Angeles and there are few things I am more grateful for in my life than having had the opportunity to have been there to see it in the small way I was. When I finally worked up the courage to say hello and tell him what a big fan I was, he was extremely gracious and from that point on, always gave me a smile when he saw me.
By this point I had already decided that I wanted to be a composer and being that he was my biggest influence at the time, I've often felt that he was one of the main reasons I did. I've always felt that his focus on writing emotional, melodic music is what made his scores among the best ever written and I've always strived to learn how to connect emotionally with the audience the way he did.
Horner often used art analogies to communicate about music (using musical colors to pain emotions). As an artist and a composer myself this always resonated with me and I often find myself communicating ideas in similar terms. I studied his scores and practiced conducting to them early on. Before I found my own voice as a composer, his was one of the ones that resonated the most through me early on.
One of the coolest things about working the Horner sessions was that his main keyboard player Ian Underwood eventually gave me a keyboard and volume pedal that had been used on Horner's sessions and even by Horner himself. I use them to this day and am even more humbled now by the legacy they touched in such a small way.
If I had to pick a favorite score of his, it would have to be Legends of the Fall, not only for it's sweeping and memorable themes, but for Horner's masterful work to picture. Such an emotional, gut wrenching score and a testament to his true genius. But there are so many more that moved and influenced me profoundly. His music was the soundtrack to my childhood and the gateway into the career that I am so grateful for.
All of the music and memories aside, my thoughts are with his family. The loss of any human being so young in their life is such a tragedy. Though he may have died doing what he loved best, his loss is much deeper and more profound that many even realize. Godspeed, Maestro.
Robert Townson
The entire world of film and music fans, together with the smaller world of film music fans, and the very small community of the film music industry, are shocked and devastated tonight with the tragic loss of James Horner in a plane crash this morning. It's difficult news to process. The loss is so enormous. We think first of the tragedy of any loss of life and the impact that loss will have on family and loved ones. But for a great composer in the prime of their creativity and output - it's impossible to not also grieve for all the music that will never be written and the joy it would have given James to produce and all of us to enjoy. James was embracing and beginning a whole new chapter of his musical life. Concert music composition and live performance. I cherish the time and opportunity I had with him at Hollywood In Vienna in 2013. I conducted a symposium for one hour and twenty minutes, discussing James' memories of certain films and the creative process of composing. James teared-up three times during our talk and he told me that the concert tribute to him there was the first time he had heard his music in a concert hall. The whole trip to Vienna was a very emotional experience for James, who had a special tie to the city through his father, who spent his youth there. The event was something of a pilgrimage for James. It was an honor to speak with him and an absolute joy to sit three seats from him and watch him enjoy a concert of highlights of his life's work. The concert was brilliantly conducted by David Newman. Since this very special event, James has actually been turning his creativity toward the concert hall. While still scoring films, he has also composed a Double Concerto for violin and cello called "Pas de Deux" (2014) and a new concerto for four horns and orchestra called "Collage." This was a new frontier he was only starting to explore. And films still held limitless challenges. So full of loss and sadness.