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62-455: James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American film composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations, and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music . Horner won two Academy Awards for his musical composition to James Cameron 's Titanic (1997), which became

124-562: A 1997 issue of Film Score Monthly, an editorial review of Titanic said Horner was "skilled in the adaptation of existing music into films with just enough variation to avoid legal troubles". Several critics have noted stark similarities between Braveheart's "Main Theme" and an earlier theme song, Kaoru Wada 's "Pai Longing" from the 1991 Japanese anime series 3×3 Eyes . On at least one occasion, Horner's musical "borrowing" almost led to litigation. Horner's main title for Honey, I Shrunk

186-827: A Forest and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); The Pagemaster (1994); Casper , Jumanji and Balto (1995); Mighty Joe Young (1998); and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). In 1990, Horner conducted a new fanfare for Universal Pictures which was first used in Back to the Future Part III . Horner scored six films in 1995, including his commercially successful and critically acclaimed works for Braveheart and Apollo 13 , both of which received Academy Award nominations. Horner's biggest critical and financial success came in 1997 with his score for James Cameron 's Titanic . At

248-579: A different kind of neurological wiring." Horner died on June 22, 2015, when his turboprop aircraft, a Short Tucano with registration number N206PZ, crashed into the Los Padres National Forest near Ventucopa, California . Horner was the only occupant of the aircraft when it took off after fueling at Camarillo Airport . Three days later, on June 25, the Ventura County Medical Examiner 's Office ruled

310-556: A half-octave), and by the frequent use of the pure pentatonic scale in Gaelic music." There is also tremendous variation between Celtic regions. Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany have living traditions of language and music, and there has been a recent major revival of interest in Celtic heritage in the Isle of Man. Galicia has a Celtic language revival movement to revive

372-763: A movement to incorporate Celtic influences into other genres of music. Bands like Flogging Molly , Black 47 , Dropkick Murphys , the Young Dubliners, the Tossers introduced a hybrid of Celtic rock , punk , reggae , hardcore and other elements in the 1990s that has become popular with Irish-American youth. Today there are Celtic-influenced subgenres of virtually every type of popular music including electronica , rock , metal , punk , hip hop , reggae , new-age , Latin , Andean and pop . Collectively these modern interpretations of Celtic music are sometimes referred to as Celtic fusion . Outside of America,

434-456: A strong influence on all forms of American music, including country, blues, and rock and roll. In addition to its lasting effects on other genres, it marked the first modern large-scale mixing of musical traditions from multiple ethnic and religious communities within the Celtic diaspora . In the 1960s several bands put forward modern adaptations of Celtic music pulling influences from several of

496-400: Is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe (the modern Celtic nations ). It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerably to include everything from traditional music to a wide range of hybrids . Celtic music means two things mainly. First, it

558-512: Is closely related to the Portuguese language used mainly in Brazil and Portugal and in many ways closer to Latin than other Romance languages. Galician music is claimed to be Celtic . The same is true of the music of Asturias, Cantabria , and that of Northern Portugal (some say even traditional music from Central Portugal can be labeled Celtic). Breton artist Alan Stivell was one of

620-501: Is considered Dion's signature song, wrote on her website that she and husband René Angélil were "shaken by the tragic death" of their friend and "will always remember his kindness and great talent that changed [her] career". Leona Lewis , who recorded Horner's " I See You " for Avatar , said working with him "was one of the biggest moments of my life." The final films for which he composed the score, Southpaw , The 33 and The Magnificent Seven , were all dedicated to his memory, as

682-541: Is heavily influenced by the Irish, Scottish and Acadian ethnic makeup of much of the region's communities. In some parts of Atlantic Canada, such as Newfoundland, Celtic music is as or more popular than in the old country. Further, some older forms of Celtic music that are rare in Scotland and Ireland today, such as the practice of accompanying a fiddle with a piano, or the Gaelic spinning songs of Cape Breton remain common in

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744-521: Is located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Pardubice . It lies in a flat landscape of the East Elbe Table lowland. The highest point is the hill Kamenec at 328 m (1,076 ft) above sea level. The stream Ředický potok flows through the town. The first written mention of Holice is from 1336, when it was property of John of Bohemia as a part of the Chvojno estate. The settlement

806-478: Is the most widely accepted Breton anthem. In the 70s, the Breton Alan Cochevelou (future Alan Stivell ) began playing a mixed repertoire from the main Celtic countries on the Celtic harp his father created. Probably the most successful all-inclusive Celtic music composition in recent years is Shaun Daveys composition The Pilgrim . This suite depicts the journey of St. Colum Cille through

868-481: Is the music of the people that identify themselves as Celts . Secondly, it refers to whatever qualities may be unique to the music of the Celtic nations . Many notable Celtic musicians such as Alan Stivell and Paddy Moloney claim that the different Celtic music genres have a lot in common. These styles are known because of the importance of Irish and Scottish people in the English speaking world, especially in

930-563: Is written and recorded in a Celtic language, regardless of musical style. Many of the Celtic languages have experienced resurgences in modern years, spurred on partly by the action of artists and musicians who have embraced them as hallmarks of identity and distinctness. In 1971, the Irish band Skara Brae recorded its only LP (simply called Skara Brae ), all songs in Irish. In 1978 Runrig recorded an album in Scottish Gaelic . In 1992 Capercaillie recorded "A Prince Among Islands",

992-626: The 70th Academy Awards , Horner received the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score , and shared the Oscar for Best Original Song with co-writer Will Jennings for " My Heart Will Go On ". The film's score and song also won three Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards . (Ten years earlier, Horner had vowed never to work with Cameron again, referring to the highly stressful scoring sessions for Aliens as "a nightmare.") After Titanic , Horner continued to compose for major productions, including The Perfect Storm , A Beautiful Mind , Enemy at

1054-682: The American Film Institute in the 1970s, he finished teaching a course in music theory at UCLA, then turned to film scoring. Horner's first credits as a feature-film composer were for B-movie director and producer Roger Corman . 1979's The Lady in Red , was followed by 1980's Humanoids from the Deep and Battle Beyond the Stars . As his work gained notice in Hollywood , Horner

1116-636: The Royal College of Music , where he studied with György Ligeti . He returned to America, where he attended Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona , and later received his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern California . After earning a master's degree, he started work on his doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied with Paul Chihara , among others. After several scoring assignments with

1178-646: The Super Furry Animals , Fernhill , and so on (see the Music of Wales article for more Welsh and Welsh-language bands). The same phenomenon occurs in Brittany, where many singers record songs in Breton, traditional or modern (hip hop, rap , and so on.). Holice The town parts and villages of Kamenec, Koudelka, Podhráz, Podlesí, Roveňsko and Staré Holice are administrative parts of Holice. Holice

1240-645: The "Saturday Night Waltz" portion of Aaron Copland 's ballet Rodeo and Copland's score from Our Town ; Horner blended part of an early theme from the third movement of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 5 into an action scene in Patriot Games ; musical motifs from 48 Hrs. are recycled into Commando , Red Heat , and Another 48 Hrs. ; and the climactic battle scene in Glory includes excerpts from Wagner and Orff . Some critics felt these propensities made Horner's compositions inauthentic or unoriginal. In

1302-570: The 2006–2011 theme for the CBS Evening News , which was introduced during the debut of anchor Katie Couric on September 5, 2006. He wrote various treatments of the theme, explaining, "One night the show might begin with the Iranians obtaining a nuclear device, and another it might be something about a flower show... The tone needs to match the news." Horner collaborated again with James Cameron on his 2009 film Avatar , which became

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1364-503: The Celtic nations at once to create a modern pan-celtic sound. A few of those include bagado ù (Breton pipe bands), Fairport Convention , Pentangle , Steeleye Span and Horslips . In the 1970s Clannad made their mark initially in the folk and traditional scene, and then subsequently went on to bridge the gap between traditional Celtic and pop music in the 1980s and 1990s, incorporating elements from new-age , smooth jazz , and folk rock . Traces of Clannad's legacy can be heard in

1426-461: The Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man , Wales, Cornwall , Brittany and Galicia . The suite which includes a Scottish pipe band, Irish and Welsh harpists, Galician gaitas , Irish uilleann pipes , the bombardes of Brittany , two vocal soloists and a narrator is set against a background of a classical orchestra and a large choir. Modern music may also be termed "Celtic" because it

1488-563: The Chumash Wilderness area. The NTSB interviewed two witnesses of the flight, who were in their homes when Horner flew over them; one said that the plane was flying at between 500 and 750 feet (150 and 230 m). FAA radar data showed that the plane had made multiple low-altitude turns and performed rapid altitude change maneuvers, flying low through Quatal Canyon and skimming mountain ridgelines by less than 100 feet (30 m). In addition to Horner's failing to maintain clearance,

1550-1086: The Fall (1994), Jumanji (1995), Casper (1995), Balto (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Perfect Storm (2000), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Troy (2004), The New World (2005), The Legend of Zorro (2005), Apocalypto (2006), The Karate Kid (2010), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including James Cameron , Don Bluth , Ron Howard , Joe Johnston , Edward Zwick , Walter Hill , Mel Gibson , Vadim Perelman , Jean-Jacques Annaud , Nicholas Meyer , Wolfgang Petersen , Martin Campbell , Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells ; producers including Steven Spielberg , George Lucas , David Kirschner , Brian Grazer , Jon Landau , and Lawrence Gordon ; and songwriters including Will Jennings , Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil . Adding to his two Academy Awards win, Horner also won six Grammy Awards , two Golden Globes , and

1612-468: The Gates , The Mask of Zorro , The Legend of Zorro , House of Sand and Fog and Bicentennial Man . He also worked on smaller projects such as Iris , Radio and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius . He received his eighth and ninth Academy Award nominations for A Beautiful Mind (2001) and House of Sand and Fog (2003), but lost on both occasions to composer Howard Shore . Horner composed

1674-583: The Golden Globe Award, British Academy Film Award and Grammy Award, all of which he lost to Michael Giacchino for Up . After Avatar , Horner wrote the score for the 2010 version of The Karate Kid , replacing Atli Örvarsson . In 2011, he scored Cristiada (also known as For Greater Glory ), which was released a year later; and Black Gold . In 2012 he scored The Amazing Spider-Man , starring Andrew Garfield . In an interview on his website, Horner revealed that he did not return to compose

1736-613: The I/35 (the section from Olomouc to Hradec Králové ) and the I/36 (connecting Pardubice with Rychnov nad Kněžnou District ). Holice is the terminus and start of a short railway line from/to Moravany . Near the village of Kamenec is a motocross track which bears the name of Michael Špaček . The main landmark of Holice is the Church of Saint Martin. It is a late Baroque church, built in 1736–1739. The African Museum of Dr. Emil Holub

1798-663: The Irish, Scottish and Manx peoples , while the P-Celtic groups are the Cornish , Bretons and Welsh peoples . Musician Alan Stivell uses a similar dichotomy, between the Gaelic (Irish/Scottish/Manx) and the Brythonic (Breton/Welsh/Cornish) branches, which differentiate "mostly by the extended range (sometimes more than two octaves) of Irish and Scottish melodies and the closed range of Breton and Welsh melodies (often reduced to

1860-545: The Kids (1989) incorporates cues from the score by Nino Rota from Federico Fellini 's film Amarcord (1973) and Raymond Scott 's piece " Powerhouse B " (1937), the latter often referenced in Carl Stalling 's Warner Bros. cartoon scores. Scott's piece was used without payment or credit, leading his estate to threaten legal action against Disney. Disney paid an undisclosed sum in an out-of-court settlement and changed

1922-723: The Maritimes. Much of the music of this region is Celtic in nature, but originates in the local area and celebrates the sea, seafaring, fishing and other primary industries. Instruments associated with Celtic Music include the Celtic harp , uilleann pipes or Great Highland bagpipe , fiddle , tin whistle , flute , bodhrán , bones , concertina , accordion and a recent addition, the Irish bouzouki . In Celtic Music: A Complete Guide , June Skinner Sawyers acknowledges six Celtic nationalities divided into two groups according to their linguistic heritage. The Q-Celtic nationalities are

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1984-527: The Max Steiner Award at the Hollywood in Vienna Gala, an award given for extraordinary achievement in the field of film music. In 2005, the American Film Institute unveiled their list of the top twenty-five American film scores . Five of Horner's scores were among 250 nominees, making him the most nominated composer to not make the top twenty-five. Celtic music Celtic music

2046-664: The NTSB determined there were other key factors that led to the accident. Foremost among these was Horner's use of prescription medications for pain relief and headaches. Toxicology testing found butalbital codeine and ethanol in Horner's body (although the ethanol may have been produced by microbial activity after his death). Contemporaries and collaborators around the world paid their respects to Horner, including composers Hans Zimmer , John Williams , Paul Williams and Alan Menken , and directors Ron Howard and James Cameron . Horner

2108-692: The Q-Celtic Gallaic language used into Roman times, which is not an attested language , unlike Celtiberian . A Brythonic language may have been spoken in parts of Galicia and Asturias into early Medieval times brought by Britons fleeing the Anglo-Saxon invasions via Brittany ., but here again there are several hypotheses and very little traces of it : lack of archeological, linguistic evidence and documents. The Romance language currently spoken in Galicia, Galician ( Galego )

2170-597: The United States, where they had a profound impact on American music , particularly bluegrass and country music . The music of Wales , Cornwall , the Isle of Man , Brittany , Galician traditional music (Spain) and music of Portugal are also considered Celtic music, the tradition being particularly strong in Brittany , where Celtic festivals large and small take place throughout the year, and in Wales, where

2232-472: The action ostinato from Aliens is originally from Wolfen , and the film's main title is almost identical to Aram Khachaturian 's Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) (already used in an outer-space context in 2001: A Space Odyssey ) and would be used again within the score of Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger ; the heroic theme from Willow is based on that of Robert Schumann 's Rhenish Symphony ; Field of Dreams includes cues from

2294-515: The ancient eisteddfod tradition has been revived and flourishes. Additionally, the musics of ethnically Celtic peoples abroad are vibrant, especially in Canada and the United States . In Canada the provinces of Atlantic Canada are known for being a home of Celtic music, most notably on the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island. The traditional music of Atlantic Canada

2356-580: The best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing film of all time, Cameron's Avatar (2009). Horner's other Oscar-nominated scores were for Aliens (1986), An American Tail (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). Horner's other notable scores include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Willow (1988), The Land Before Time (1988), Glory (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Legends of

2418-549: The characteristics of specific languages: The modern Celtic music scene involves a large number of music festivals , as it has traditionally. Some of the most prominent festivals focused solely on music include: The oldest musical tradition which fits under the label of Celtic fusion originated in the rural American south in the early colonial period and incorporated English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and African influences. Variously referred to as roots music, American folk music, or old-time music , this tradition has exerted

2480-672: The crash an accident. He is survived by his wife, Sara Elizabeth Horner (née Nelson), and two daughters. Post-accident investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that the leading cause of the accident was Horner's inability to maintain clearance from terrain during low-level airwork. During the flight, Horner contacted the Southern California Air Route Traffic Control Center, from whom he received advisories while flying over

2542-436: The earliest musicians to use the word Celtic and Keltia in his marketing materials, starting in the early 1960s as part of the worldwide folk music revival of that era with the term quickly catching on with other artists worldwide. Today, the genre is well established and incredibly diverse . There are musical genres and styles specific to each Celtic country, due in part to the influence of individual song traditions and

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2604-464: The film's cue sheets to credit Scott. Horner was also a qualified private pilot and owned several small airplanes. His studio was filled with small automatons and objects which he purchased and collected over time. In a documentary produced after his death, Horner's wife Sara stated that he described himself as having Asperger syndrome ; according to Sara "He would say himself, and did at the end of his life, that he had Asperger's, and he definitely had

2666-704: The first Scottish Gaelic language record to reach the UK top 40. In 1996, a song in Breton represented France in the 41st Eurovision Song Contest , the first time in history that France had a song without a word in French. Since about 2005, Oi Polloi (from Scotland) have recorded in Scottish Gaelic. Mill a h-Uile Rud (a Scottish Gaelic punk band from Seattle) recorded in the language in 2004. Several contemporary bands have Welsh language songs, such as Ceredwen , which fuses traditional instruments with trip hop beats,

2728-547: The first deliberate attempts to create a "Pan-Celtic music" were made by the Breton Taldir Jaffrennou , having translated songs from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales into Breton between the two world wars. One of his major works was to bring " Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau " (the Welsh national anthem ) back in Brittany and create lyrics in Breton. Eventually this song became " Bro goz va zadoù " ("Old land of my fathers") and

2790-765: The first of his many collaborations with director Ron Howard . In 1987, Horner's original score for Aliens brought him his first Academy Award nomination . "Somewhere Out There," which he co-composed and co-wrote with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for An American Tail , was also nominated that year for Best Original Song. Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Horner wrote orchestral scores for family films (particularly those produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment ), with credits for An American Tail (1986); The Land Before Time (1988); The Rocketeer , Once Around and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); Sneakers (1992); Once Upon

2852-401: The first time in 2021. Horner was criticized on many occasions for reusing passages from his earlier compositions and for featuring brief excerpts and reworked themes from classical composers. For example, his scores from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock include excerpts from Prokofiev 's Alexander Nevsky and Romeo and Juliet , respectively;

2914-574: The highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing Cameron's own Titanic . Horner worked exclusively on Avatar for over two years. He said, " Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on, and the biggest job I have undertaken... I work from four in the morning to about ten at night, and that's been my way of life since March. That's the world I'm in now, and it makes you feel estranged from everything. I'll have to recover from that and get my head out of [it]." Avatar brought Horner his tenth Academy Award nomination, as well as nominations for

2976-656: The music of many artists, including Altan , Anúna , Capercaillie , the Corrs , Dexys Midnight Runners , Enya , Loreena McKennitt , Riverdance , Donna Taggart , and U2 . The solo music of Clannad's lead singer, Moya Brennan (often referred to as the First Lady of Celtic Music) has further enhanced this influence. Later, beginning in 1982 with the Pogues ' invention of Celtic folk-punk and Stockton's Wing blend of Irish traditional and Pop, Rock and Reggae, there has been

3038-512: The orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko . Horner also composed Collage , a concerto for four horns, premiered on March 27, 2015, at London's Royal Festival Hall by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín , with soloists David Pyatt , John Ryan, James Thatcher and Richard Watkins . Two early works, Spectral Shimmers (1978) and A Forest Passage (2000), are to be performed and recorded for

3100-662: The right to brew beer. In 1507, Vilém II of Pernštejn became the owner of the town. From that time until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1849, Holice was part of the Pardubice estate. In 1641, during the Thirty Years' War , Holice acquired the right to build a salt warehouse on its territory, but two years later the town was burned down by the Swedish army . Holice was also hit by other fire disasters in 1679 and 1680. The town then prospered until 1758, when it

3162-491: The score for the sequel because he did not like how the movie resulted in comparison to the first movie, calling it "dreadful." He was replaced by Hans Zimmer . James Horner's theme for The Amazing Spider-Man would later be incorporated into the film Spider-Man: No Way Home , composed by Michael Giacchino . In early 2015, after a three-year hiatus, Horner wrote the music for the adventure film Wolf Totem , his fourth collaboration with director Jean-Jacques Annaud . At

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3224-449: The studio could not afford Horner either. Horner continued writing high-profile film scores in the 1980s, including 48 Hrs. (1982), Krull (1983), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Commando (1985), Cocoon (1985), Aliens (1986), Captain EO (1986), *batteries not included (1987), Willow (1988), Glory and Field of Dreams (both 1989). Cocoon was

3286-650: The theme music for the Horsemen P-51 Aerobatic Team , and appears in "The Horsemen Cometh", a documentary about the team and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The theme is heard at the team's airshow performances. Pas de Deux , a double concerto for violin , cello and Orchestra with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra , was premiered on November 12, 2014, by Mari and Håkon Samuelsen, with

3348-451: The time of his death, Horner had scored two films yet to be released: In July 2015, a month after his death, it was discovered Horner had also written the score for the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven , planning it as a surprise. Horner's scores are also heard in trailers for other films. The climax of Bishop's Countdown , from his score for Aliens , ranks as the 5th most commonly used soundtrack cue in trailers. Horner also wrote

3410-615: Was born in Holice , Czech Republic , then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . He emigrated to the United States in 1935 and worked as a set designer and art director. His mother, Joan Ruth (née Frankel), was born to a Canadian family. His brother Christopher is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Horner started playing piano at the age of five. He also played violin. He spent his early years in London, where he attended

3472-415: Was dedicated to Horner. Horner won two Academy Awards , for Best Original Dramatic Score ( Titanic ) and Best Original Song (" My Heart Will Go On ") in 1998, and was nominated for an additional eight Oscars. He also won two Golden Globe Awards , three Satellite Awards , three Saturn Awards , six Grammys , and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards . In October 2013, Horner received

3534-443: Was invited to take on larger projects. Horner's big break came in 1982 when he was asked to score Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . It established him as an A-list Hollywood composer. Director Nicholas Meyer quipped that Horner was hired because the studio could no longer afford the first Trek movie's composer, Jerry Goldsmith ; but that by the time Meyer returned to the franchise with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ,

3596-531: Was nominated for three BAFTA Awards . Horner, who was an avid pilot, was killed in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft. He was 61 years old. The scores for his final three films, Southpaw (2015), The 33 (2015) and The Magnificent Seven (2016), were all completed and released posthumously. Horner was born on August 14, 1953, in Los Angeles, California , to Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Harry Horner ,

3658-584: Was probably founded at the end of the 13th century. From the mid-14th century until the Hussite Wars , the village belonged to the Sternberg family. In the second half of the 15th century, Holice became a market town with a fortress and a church and became the centre of the estate. In 1481, Neptalim of Frimburk acquired Holice. During his rule, Holice prospered and acquired various privileges, including exemption from paying taxes, exemption from corvée and

3720-531: Was ravaged by the army of Prussian King Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War . But after the war, the market town recovered and prospered again. At the end of the 19th century, the railway was built. At the beginning of the 20th century, the very first bus line, which ran from Pardubice to Holice, was launched. In 1931, Holice was promoted to a town. Holice lies at the crossroad of two main road:

3782-581: Was reported to have been committed to the Avatar franchise; Cameron said "There's so much music he could have done. We were looking forward to our next gig." Horner's assistant, Sylvia Patrycja, wrote on her Facebook page, "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent [who] died doing what he loved." Many celebrities, including Russell Crowe , Diane Warren and Celine Dion , also gave their condolences. Dion, who sang " My Heart Will Go On ", one of Horner's most popular compositions, which

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3844-632: Was the film Hacksaw Ridge . Avatar: The Way of Water , which Horner was set to work on before he died, was also dedicated to his memory (as well as actor Bill Paxton , who died in 2017 and worked with Horner and Cameron on Aliens and Titanic ). Horner's extensive papers and archives are preserved and available for researchers at the UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Special Collections and Archives. The film, The World of James Horner – Hollywood in Vienna (2013), directed by Sandra Tomek

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