I'll never forget how crushed I was when I heard the news, and I've never had a reaction like that before when it comes to a celebrity death. I never understood what Elvis and Micheal Jackson fans were feeling. Suddenly I did. And all three died young.
It was a sad day indeed when I heard the news. No other composer can make me feel as he does when I listen to their music. He could bring such a high level of emotion and intensity to his work like few composers can do. Think I'll spin some early stuff of his: Wolfen, Humanoids, Krull...
Horner came from the symphonic tradition that translated into long, developed thematic work and a sensitivity towards orchestral colours. He also possessed an uncanny dramatic sense that married his technical prowess with a natural intuitive talent at composing the right music for the right film/scene/character.
Like most of JH 90s work not that familiar his millennial work too - Titanic was very-good that movie/score gave Horner extreme popularity as Williams got with SW-1977.
Going to give Brave Heart a spin that being a grand Celt-score that Titanic borrowed music from its certainly one of Horner's finer points of scoring orchestration music.
This still hurts. It's different than with losing Goldsmith, as I was only 11 at the time. Which is to say, most 11-year olds can't comprehend a film music composer passing away.
I was driving when I heard the news on the radio*. I had to pull over and stayed there for a half hour.
* And that was life making the pun, not me.
This still hurts. It's different than with losing Goldsmith, as I was only 11 at the time. Which is to say, most 11-year olds can't comprehend a film music composer passing away.
Honestly... I haven't been able to listen to ANY of his music since he died... and I just ordered Jack the Bear... don't know if I'll even be able to take the shrinkwrap off of it.
Horner came from the symphonic tradition that translated into long, developed thematic work and a sensitivity towards orchestral colours. He also possessed an uncanny dramatic sense that married his technical prowess with a natural intuitive talent at composing the right music for the right film/scene/character.
Okay I have to ask, and this comes from a place of genuine curiosity and not sarcasm or pot stirring:
For years you used to dismiss Horner as being little more than a creep and mentally ill, among the usual remarks calling him a hack and thief. What changed or colored your opinion on him in a more positive light?
Was it his death? Was it the passage of time? Was it a better examination of his work and methodology?
I’m genuinely interested to know how you came to have a better appreciation.
Horner came from the symphonic tradition that translated into long, developed thematic work and a sensitivity towards orchestral colours. He also possessed an uncanny dramatic sense that married his technical prowess with a natural intuitive talent at composing the right music for the right film/scene/character.
Very well said. All this is what, despite issues I had with his music (the self plagiarism mainly), I kept coming back and always checking his work . Especially sad is that his concert work he was restarting (instead of scoring garbage like "The amazing Spiderman 2"), was magnificent, like "Pas de deux" .
Honestly... I haven't been able to listen to ANY of his music since he died... and I just ordered Jack the Bear... don't know if I'll even be able to take the shrinkwrap off of it. frown
This is sad however. His music obviously should live on, it was his gift to the world. I rediscovered this week that "Iris" was really fabulous.
Honestly... I haven't been able to listen to ANY of his music since he died... and I just ordered Jack the Bear... don't know if I'll even be able to take the shrinkwrap off of it. frown
I had the exact opposite reaction. I played his music immediately for a week straight on hearing of his death. It brought me comfort.
Honestly... I haven't been able to listen to ANY of his music since he died... and I just ordered Jack the Bear... don't know if I'll even be able to take the shrinkwrap off of it. frown
I had the exact opposite reaction. I played his music immediately for a week straight on hearing of his death. It brought me comfort.
Me as well. I immediately turned to his music to find solace. I am glad I did, because I found so much that I had missed. In the weeks after his passing, I discovered gems that I had simply not listened to before, such as "Legends of the Fall." I don't know how I went so long without listening to that album, but that is one I discovered after his passing, among others.
That's kind of what I did. I listened to all of my go to's like Star Trek and Titanic. But then I started hitting stuff I'd never really heard before like Searching for Bobby Fischer.
