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James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953–June 22, 2015) was an American film composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner won two Academy Awards for his musical composition to James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing film of all time, Cameron's Avatar (2009). Horner's other Oscar-nominated scores were for Aliens (1986), An American Tail (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). Horner's other notable scores include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Willow (1988), The Land Before Time (1988), Glory (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Legends of the Fall (1994), Jumanji (1995), Casper (1995), Balto (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Perfect Storm (2000), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Troy (2004), The New World (2005), The Legend of Zorro (2005), Apocalypto (2006), The Karate Kid (2010), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including James Cameron, Don Bluth, Ron Howard, Joe Johnston, Edward Zwick, Walter Hill, Mel Gibson, Vadim Perelman, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Nicholas Meyer, Wolfgang Petersen, Martin Campbell, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells; producers including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, David Kirschner, Brian Grazer, Jon Landau, and Lawrence Gordon; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil. Adding to his two Academy Awards wins, Horner also won six Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and was nominated for three BAFTA Awards. Horner, who was an avid pilot, was killed in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft. He was 61 years old. The scores for his final three films, Southpaw (2015), The 33 (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016), were all completed and released posthumously. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Horner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Camelot is a gripping TV show that reimagines the legend of King Arthur, delving into the complex relationships, political intrigue, and mystical elements of the Arthurian world. Set in a fictionalized medieval Britain, the show follows Arthur Pendragon as he navigates the challenges of becoming the legendary king and uniting a divided land. As Arthur rises to power, he faces not only external threats from rival kingdoms but also internal strife within his own court. Lancelot, a skilled and honorable knight, becomes Arthur's most trusted companion but finds himself torn between loyalty to the king and his forbidden love for Queen Guinevere. Their clandestine affair sparks a chain of events that tests the integrity of Camelot and threatens to unravel Arthur's rule. Meanwhile, Merlin, the enigmatic and wise sorcerer, guides Arthur on his path, but his motives and loyalties remain shrouded in mystery. As Arthur grapples with the responsibilities of kingship, he must confront his half-sister Morgana, a sorceress who seeks to claim the throne for herself, unleashing dark magic and manipulation upon the kingdom. A hidden secret regarding the Lady of the Lake emerges, adding an unexpected twist to the narrative. It is revealed that the Lady of the Lake, Nimue, holds a significant connection to Arthur's lineage. She is not merely a magical being who bestowed Excalibur upon him but is, in fact, his biological mother.
