PEOPLE-COMPOSER / CELEB TWITTER REACTIONS Celebrities react to missing 'Titanic' composer after plane crash

Record ID: 152007

  • Title: PEOPLE-COMPOSER / CELEB TWITTER REACTIONS Celebrities react to missing 'Titanic' composer after plane crash
  • Date: 23rd June 2015
  • Summary: INTERNET (JUNE 22, 2015) (REUTERS) TWITTER MESSAGE FROM RON HOWARD, READING: "Brilliant Composer James Horner, friend & collaborator on 7 movies has tragically died in a plane crash. My heart aches for his loved ones."
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  • Story Text: Celebrities took to Twitter Monday (June 22) to pay tribute to James Horner, the Oscar-winning composer of the "Titanic" and "Braveheart" scores, who has not been heard from after his private airplane crashed in Southern California earlier in the day.
    Filmmaker Ron Howard, a frequent collaborator with Horner, who scored his films "Apollo 13," "Backdraft," and "A Beautiful Mind," Tweeted "Brilliant Composer James Horner, friend & collaborator on 7 movies has tragically died in a plane crash. My heart aches for his loved ones."
    "A Beautiful Mind" star Russell Crowe echoed the sentiment: "My sincere condolences to the family, loved ones and friends of James Horner. #abeautifulmind," he wrote on Twitter.
    Seth MacFarlane Tweeted: "Incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of James Horner. I grew up loving his work. He leaves behind a spectacular musical legacy."
    Singer Josh Groban, who has worked with Horner, first Tweeted: "Tragic. I fear the worst. Until it's confirmed I won't say anything else. Ugh," followed later by "He wrote me a song that has such special meaning to me. We'll always remember you, James. RIP."
    Horner, who scored the Oscar-winning film "Titanic" and its mega-hit theme song "My Heart Will Go On", has not been heard from since his private airplane crashed in Southern California on Monday (June 22) morning, his lawyer said.
    Jay Cooper, a prominent music industry attorney, confirmed that a plane that crashed in the Los Padres National Forest, north of Los Angeles, belonged to his client Horner, 61, but could not say whether Horner was aboard the aircraft.
    "He's an experienced pilot, but I know nothing else," Cooper told Reuters.
    Local fire authorities said the 9:30 a.m. crash of the five-passenger plane left an impact crater and sparked a fire that charred more than an acre of brush, and that there were no survivors.
    Captain Mike Lindbery of the Ventura County Fire Department said only one set of remains was found, but he did not know whether the crash victim had been positively identified.
    The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
    Horner won two Academy Awards for his work on "Titanic" - one for the movie's score and one he shared with lyricist Will Jennings for best original song, "My Heart Will Go On," performed by Celine Dion.
    Horner also composed the music for an array of other major films, including "Aliens," "The Karate Kid," and "Braveheart." His scores for "Avatar," "A Beautiful Mind" and "House of Sand and Fog" earned Oscar nominations.
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