Horner, who died Monday when his two-seater plane crashed near Santa Barbara, Calif. , was one of Hollywood's best known composers, writing the scores for more than 100 films, including Titanic and Avatar, two of the most popular ever made.
The Oscar-winning composer specialized in sweeping, orchestral scores that conveyed the yearning and the awe of the film experience. His music lent itself to tales told on a grand scale, like Braveheart and Glory, and to stories of speculation and fantasy, from Field of Dreams and Cocoon to Aliens and The Rocketeer.
Horner moved into the big leagues when he was hired to write the score for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, stepping into the shoes of the great Jerry Goldsmith , who had scored the film Star Trek film. He moved from there to 48 Hours, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Cocoon and others.
He received his first Academy Award nominations in 1987, for best original score (Aliens) and best original song, having written the Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram smash Somewhere Out There with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill for the animated An American Tail.
Horner received eight more Oscar nominations during his career, winning two in 1997 for his work on Titanic, best original dramatic score and best original song for My Heart Will Go On, which he wrote with lyricist Will Jennings .
Horner's scores for Field of Dreams, Apollo 13, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, House of Sand and Fog and Avatar also received Oscar nominations.
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