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- Composed by James Horner
- Sony Classical / 64m
I enjoyed last year’s Hans Zimmer – The Classics album, which saw a selection of Sony Classical artists offering their takes on various themes by Zimmer, often in radically-altered arrangements compared with the originals. Zimmer’s music obviously lends itself to such treatments – the melodies can be taken out and given new settings readily enough. I was excited by the prospect of a similar album for James Horner, released to coincide with what would have been his 65th birthday – even though it seemed a much more difficult prospect to pull off, given that the incredibly deliberate and careful orchestration is so much of what makes Horner’s music what it is.
