The Hollywood composer who wrote the score for the Oscar-winning film hit Titanic, has died in a plane crash.
61 year old James Horner is reported to have been flying solo in a small private plane when in crashed north of Santa Barbara in California.
Horner, who won numerous awards including 2 Oscars for his work, composed music for 3 James Cameron films. His music for Titanic was the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time.
Earlier this year he told London's LBC Radio about how he approached his work.
IN: "The most..
OUT: ..for me."
DUR: 15