Award-winning composer James Roy Horner, 61, best known for the Titanic score, reportedly died on Monday in a plane crash in central California. BBC reports that Horner was piloting the plane when it crashed in the Los Padres National Forest close to Santa Barbara.
Horner was a multi-time Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe winner whose famed composition for the iconic "My Heart Will Go On" stands out among his other orchestrations for films such as A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Avatar, and Apollo 13.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed his death, referencing his assistant Sylvia Patrycja who posted the following on her Facebook wall:
“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.”
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Horner said of his work on Avatar and Titanic:
“My job — and it’s something I discuss with Jim all the time — is to make sure at every turn of the film it’s something the audience can feel with their heart. When we lose a character, when somebody wins, when somebody loses, when someone disappears — at all times I’m keeping track, constantly, of what the heart is supposed to be feeling.”
BBC reports that Horner leaves behind a wife and two daughters.
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