Freedom - James Horner

"Music is a way to communicate emotions that can't be put into words."

THE POWER OF THREE: Track Fourteen

Song: Freedom / The Execution / Bannockburn
Composer: James Horner
Album: Braveheart OST
Quote: James Horner

The three greatest movie score composers of our age team up in THE POWER OF THREE! John Williams, James Horner and Jerry Goldsmith at their very best in fifteen different movies spanning back to 1980. Buckle Up.

I thought we would end James Horners' journey on THE POWER OF THREE with a fan favorite. BRAVEHEART. Can you believe it's been 30 years since Braveheart came out? Yeah, me neither. I feel like it was yesterday. But no, it was three decades ago that the world was absolutely stunned by Mel Gibsons' Masterpiece of a movie. I don't think i've even watched it myself in probably 15 years, and yet just hearing a few notes from James Horners' award winning score for Braveheart brings it ALL rushing back. The score was nominated for an Oscar at the 68th Academy awards and I MIGHT have been really angry that it didn't win...except that Pocahontas won best score for that year, and...well....I sort of have a THING for Pocahontas. Like, I LOVE that movie and it's soundtrack was absolutely deserving of the highest honor. But Braveheart did win the Golden Globe for best score, so not all was lost. Now that I think about it, I haven't really mined the Braveheart score to it's full potential. I put Sons of Scotland on SINCERITY3 but that's it. I'll have to go back to it for future Mixes because there is some REALLY good stuff on there.

And so we say goodbye to the exceptional music of James Horner for now. But there's more, oh yes, there is MUCH more of his soul-stirring music for all of us to experience together. I mean, my goodness, I didn't even get to LEGENDS OF THE FALL yet! Talk about a fan favorite. The next Mix I'm upgrading, WARRIORS OF DESTINY, has some of that on there. So we'll be hearing from him again real soon.

Well, just one more from Jerry Goldsmith coming up and THE POWER OF THREE will be complete. Want to guess which movie it's from? Well, you'll find out soon enough. See you then!