James Horner confirmed dead in fatal plane crash

UPDATE: 11 hours after the crash of a plane belonging to James Horner, the untimely death of the Oscar-winning composer has been confirmed.

Variety reports: “The cause of the crash is being investigated. Horner’s reps at the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency were unavailable for comment early Monday evening.

Horner’s lawyer, Jay Cooper, told Variety that the plane is in fact Horner’s, and that he has not heard from him since the crash.

“James was a very experienced pilot,” he said. “James loved flying. I don’t know anything more than that.”

Horner won two Oscars for his work on James Cameron’s 1997 mega-hit Titanic, one for best original dramatic score and another for best original song for “My Heart Will Go On,” sung by Celine Dion. The “Titanic” soundtrack would go on to become one of the bestselling orchestral film soundtracks of all time.

Horner also composed the scores for “Braveheart,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Glory,” “Legends of the Fall” and, working again with Cameron, “Avatar.”