Oscar-winning composer for "Titanic," "Braveheart" and more died in plane crash. — -- Stars are mourning the death of Oscar-winning composer James Horner, who was killed in a plane crash Monday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Horner, who composed music for dozens of films and won two Oscars for his work on “Titanic,” died when his plane crashed in Southern California, his agents confirmed Tuesday.

Jay Cooper, a lawyer for Horner, had earlier stated the crashed plane was one of several owned by the 61-year-old, but stopped short of confirming his death. Horner wrote the Oscar winning score for ...

James Horner has 95 soundtrack credits on the Internet Movie Database James Horner, the Hollywood composer who wrote the Oscar-winning score for Titanic, has died in a California plane crash aged 61.

Composer James Horner, who won two Oscars for the music of “Titanic” and scored such other blockbusters as “Avatar,” “Braveheart,” “Apollo 13” and “A Beautiful Mind,” died Monday in a plane crash in ...