I'm playing my most recent James Horner purchase as I write this: Deep Impact (I've been hunting down a lot of his earlier releases). With the kind of typical understatement that some of his best scores convey,Track 8 hits the nail on the head. It's called "Sad News".
One of my first scores, long before the internet made finding these gems that bit easier, was the single-disc Krull in the late 80s, which I found in a specialist store in Leeds called Movie Boulevard. The day I discovered deluxe editions existed was the day I bought the expanded Aliens. The OST that introduced me to Intrada (last year - sorry I'm late) was Something Wicked This Way Comes. I'll be replaying all these and many more over the next few days; James's scores always have, and shall continue to be, a source of such pleasure. So it's hard to accept there will be no more films enhanced by his music.
Intrada, and other labels, have done a wonderful job presenting older James Horner scores that either never got released or were cut down. In a way, this means we can still enjoy new releases even though the man who wrote them is no longer with us. In that way, it's an opportunity to celebrate his music still. I'm sure we all have our James Horner wish-lists (top of mine is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) and hopefully we'll get to enjoy some of them soon. And in this way, he will never really be gone.
Track 12 of Deep Impact is on now. "Goodbye and Godspeed". And to that, the only thing I can add is Thank You, James.
Rest In Peace.
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