What is James Horner?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = James Horner |image = James-horner-07.jpg | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = James Roy Horner | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|08|14}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|06|22|1953|08|14}} | death_place = [[Los Padres National Forest]], California, U.S. | genre = [[Film score]] | occupation = {{hlist|Composer|conductor|orchestrator}} | years_active = 1978–2015 }} '''James Roy Horner''' (August 14, 1953 &ndash; June 22, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] music composer and conductor. He scored the music for the 1997 movie ''[[Titanic (1997 movie)|Titanic]]''. He won two [[Academy Award]]s in 1998. Horner was born on August 14, 1953 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Christian |last=Clemmensen |title=James Horner (1953-) |url=http://www.filmtracks.com/composers/horner.shtml |publisher=[[Filmtracks.com]] |accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref> Horner was killed in an [[airplane crash|plane crash]] near [[Los Padres National Forest]], [[California]], aged 61.<ref name=Variety_dead>{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/james-horner-dead-1201525804/|title=James Horner, ''Titanic'' Composer, Dies In Plane Crash|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 22, 2015|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> ==Awards and nominations== Horner won two [[Academy Awards]], both in 1998:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/669423/titanic-composer-james-horner-missing-after-plane-registered-to-oscar-winner-crashes-killing-the-pilot|title=Titanic Composer James Horner Missing After Plane Registered to Oscar Winner Crashes, Killing the Pilot|first=Natalie|last=Finn|work=E!|date=June 22, 2015|accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> * [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Dramatic Score]], for ''[[Titanic (1997 movie)|Titanic]]'' * [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|B