Oscar winning composer of Braveheart and Avatar James Horner has died - listen to some of his best

Oscar-winning composer James Horner has died. He was 61.

The avid pilot was at the controls of his Embraer EMB 312 Tucano turboprop aircraft when it crashed in Los Padres National Forest in California on the morning of the 22nd of June. Initially he was only reported as missing, until his representation confirmed his death later yesterday.

With over 100 film scores to his name, James Horner was a huge part of the success of some of the biggest films around, including the two highest grossing films of all time - Avatar and Titanic. His work with James Cameron was the biggest - and most turbulent - of his career but he started way back in 1980 with Cameron's first boss Roger Corman on the space opera Battle Beyond the Stars. For his first major film work, it's an extraordinary score, and one which features familar motifs for any fans of his work.