I think we're selling Horner a little short. He has
talent, it's just that lately his work has become less
than original. It must be tough to be original on
your zillionth score when everyone in Hollywood wants
you to copy what someone else did or what you did
last. "Do it like you did with Titanic." "Huh?"
"You know." "Oh. Well, you're the boss."

Let's not forget that Horner, given the opportunity
and inspiration, can compose such great scores as the
ones he did for ALIENS (used endlessly for action film
trailers for years after and now used endlessly for
spoofs of action film trailers) or the SNEAKERS, my
personal favorite Horner score. He's no Morricone,
though!

Best,
Bill


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