--- title: James Horner: Listen to the Composer's Best Movie Music description: Songs from 'Titanic,' 'Braveheart' and more canonical: https://time.com/3931750/james-horners-greatest-movie-music/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-23T15:50:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:26:39.299Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Listen to Some of James Horner's Greatest Movie Music og:description: Songs from 'Titanic,' 'Braveheart' and more og:url: https://time.com/3931750/james-horners-greatest-movie-music/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt252ba610caec7222/698857e3e20a87f9c3a8bf9c/braveheart.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mel Gibson In 'Braveheart' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Listen to Some of James Horner's Greatest Movie Music twitter:description: Songs from 'Titanic,' 'Braveheart' and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt252ba610caec7222/698857e3e20a87f9c3a8bf9c/braveheart.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Listen to Some of James Horner's Greatest Movie Music by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 23, 2015 3:50 PM UTC  Mel Gibson in a scene from the film 'Braveheart', 1995. Mel Gibson in a scene from the film 'Braveheart', 1995.20th Century-Fox/—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 23, 2015 3:50 PM UTC James Horner had a rare talent for songwriting: his scores not only uplifted the action of the film, but also lingered in viewers’ minds and on their CD players long after the movie had left theaters. Horner died on Monday at 61 in a plane crash in California. While his fans mourned the composer’s passing, they also recalled his iconic music, including his Academy Award-winning score for _Titanic_ and the nominated scores for _Avatar,_ _A Beautiful Mind_, _Apollo 13_, _Braveheart_ and _Aliens_. We’ve rounded up some of his greatest songs to mark the death of a legend. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3931750/james-horners-greatest-movie-music/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3931750/james-horners-greatest-movie-music/"},"headline":"Listen to Some of James Horner's Greatest Movie Music","datePublished":"2015-06-23T15:50:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:26:39.299Z","description":"Songs from Titanic, Braveheart and more","url":"https://time.com/3931750/james-horners-greatest-movie-music/","keywords":["movies","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt252ba610caec7222/698857e3e20a87f9c3a8bf9c/braveheart.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt252ba610caec7222/698857e3e20a87f9c3a8bf9c/braveheart.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mel Gibson In 'Braveheart'","caption":"Mel Gibson In 'Braveheart'","creditText":"20th Century-Fox/—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3931750/james-horners-greatest-movie-music/","name":"Listen to Some of James Horner's Greatest Movie Music"}}]}] ```