That studio was like something out of a Ray Bradbury story. It left me thinking how wonderful it might have been had he scored a Martian Chronicles movie.
I often have mindgames like that, like when a new film comes out I sometimes think "I wonder what Jerry Goldsmith would have done with that" or John Barry or Basil Poledouris or, yes, James Horner. It's awfully sad mulling the film scores we'll never hear. I mean, a Horner Dune or Goldsmith Dune... Just imagine.
It seems he was fascinated by movement and how things work. Strange and beautiful things.
I liked hearing Sara and Emily talk about him. Sara saying how she took care of him and how he pictured himself climbing up a tall tree and he would "listen to the wind" and hear his melodies. And Emily saying he was a Weirdo. Loved the photos of he and Sara and of his daughters. Beautiful.
I don't want to be a buzzkill, I love Horner, but I got less than five minutes into it and I have to ask, what is all that crap? I didn't recognize a single object in the room. It's not memorabilia. It's creepy.
Imagine how much time a servant has to spend in there doing the dusting. I think even Tim Burton would say it's too much. Did Horner have some weird artist come in and build it all to order?
I enjoyed this video very much, with my moods ranging from nostalgia to awe to bittersweet, and wanting to see more of it and up close. Fascinating. Thanks so much for posting this. I miss him too.
If anyone hasn't seen the 2013 HOLLYWOOD IN VIENNA tribute to James Horner, it's on YouTube and Blu-Ray. The second half (28:06 - end) is the Horner Tribute. David Newman conducts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXfsJCAvkSg
I don't want to be a buzzkill, I love Horner, but I got less than five minutes into it and I have to ask, what is all that crap? I didn't recognize a single object in the room. It's not memorabilia. It's creepy.
Imagine how much time a servant has to spend in there doing the dusting. I think even Tim Burton would say it's too much. Did Horner have some weird artist come in and build it all to order?
I think someone else posted a picture or video of his room before. It certainly not something I was expecting. I'd thought I see CD shelves, movie posters on the wall, etc. There's nothing "modern" in the room at all. Nothing that reflects his movie career. It's a bit cold and spooky looking with all those weird toys. But in retrospect fits his eccentric personality. It's really his place to decorate as he pleases and it apparently inspired his writing. But OMG, I hate to have to dust that room!
Thanks so much for posting this. Incredibly moving with Horner's music from "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" in the background.... Especially Sara and Emily Horner evocation of him and his character.
What I find amazing is Sara saying that it was very difficult for James to understand people's emotions, and that he was often confused about them. This could seem like a huge drawback for a film composer, yet he could communicate all the right emotions for the movie through his music. Amazing.
Thanks so much for posting this. Incredibly moving with Horner's music from "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" in the background.... Especially Sara and Emily Horner evocation of him and his character.
What I find amazing is Sara saying that it was very difficult for James to understand people's emotions, and that he was often confused about them. This could seem like a huge drawback for a film composer, yet he could communicate all the right emotions for the movie through his music. Amazing.
I can't believe I've never heard his score for To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday. GORGEOUS! It sounds like a preview to Titanic (my favorite Horner). Instantly ordered from discogs.
Thanks so much for posting this. Incredibly moving with Horner's music from "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" in the background.... Especially Sara and Emily Horner evocation of him and his character.
What I find amazing is Sara saying that it was very difficult for James to understand people's emotions, and that he was often confused about them. This could seem like a huge drawback for a film composer, yet he could communicate all the right emotions for the movie through his music. Amazing.
The thing about Aspergers is that he knows what emotion is but the emotion Sara speaks of doesn’t interest him. He found his life/emotion from film because he could control it and speak the way he wanted to. He’s from a time that expected him to have a family and he conformed. While he was lucky to have Sara and father Emily & Becca, if he were of today’s generation I’d imagine he would rather just be left alone and work.
This is one of the first things that popped into my head with the LA wildfires raging. I suspect this studio was in the impacted area. This write up indicates the Horners lived in the Santa Monica Mountains, which is like ground zero: https://jameshorner-filmmusic.com/visit-studio-james-horner/
Sending the best to all and hoping everyone is okay.
When the winds are whipping fast like yesterday, the fire was traveling at incredible speeds and covering large areas fast. What may not be in a zone one hour, may be engulfed and gone the next.
It's moved on to parts of Los Angeles and last I heard was potentially going to Malibu.
Maybe people in the industry will be affected. Atop loosing everything they have, some more lose their careers. They say five people dead, but with over 2,000 homes and structures destroyed, I suspect there will be a greater more grim number.
And I'll add that master tapes to scores and films will be lost. Some maybe be only copies that survived in storage at people's houses, sheds, storage units, even recording facilities may burn and a great deal may be lost to all time. It was just an Earthquake many many years ago that caused Richard Lewis Warren to lose all his backups.
If you are a religious person, this is the time to pray. If you are not, at least hope for the best. We may disagree, quite vehemently, with people over there, but it's not populated by a bunch of Hitler wannabe's and we should be concerned for their safety and well being. I for one am very concerned, because I know some composers and retirement composers and music industry people live in Pacific Palisades.
The north perimeter of the Palisades fire is currently about 2 km south of the Horner property, along Saddle Peak and the Topanga Lookout Trail.
The Calabasas perimeter has been subject to multiples fires in the past. Hopefully, there's little left forests and vegetation to burn, for the sake and safety of people. That's the only thing that counts.
