August's birthday musician is...
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Five Fast Facts About James Horner:
1) He composed the scores for numerous films, including Star Trek II and III, Aliens, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Glory, Braveheart, Apollo 13, Jumanji, Titanic, The Mask of Zorro, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Avatar, and The Amazing Spiderman.
2) He also wrote the music used on the CBS Evening News every night.
3) Although he was born in Los Angeles, California and lived there much of his life, Horner also studied music in London for a while.
4) He won many awards for his compositions, including six Grammy awards and two Academy Awards (or Oscars).
5) He crashed (and passed away) while piloting a plane on June 22, 2015. He was only 61 years old.
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Kindergarten through second grades watched a clip from the movie An American Tail, for which James Horner composed the music.
Third through fifth grades listened to five clips from Horner's many soundtracks and matched the music up with the movie's title and genre:
Aliens - science fiction
The Amazing Spiderman - superhero
An American Tail - animated
Glory - historical (Civil War)
Titanic - romance
1) He composed the scores for numerous films, including Star Trek II and III, Aliens, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Glory, Braveheart, Apollo 13, Jumanji, Titanic, The Mask of Zorro, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Avatar, and The Amazing Spiderman.
2) He also wrote the music used on the CBS Evening News every night.
3) Although he was born in Los Angeles, California and lived there much of his life, Horner also studied music in London for a while.
4) He won many awards for his compositions, including six Grammy awards and two Academy Awards (or Oscars).
5) He crashed (and passed away) while piloting a plane on June 22, 2015. He was only 61 years old.
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Kindergarten through second grades watched a clip from the movie An American Tail, for which James Horner composed the music.
Third through fifth grades listened to five clips from Horner's many soundtracks and matched the music up with the movie's title and genre:
Aliens - science fiction
The Amazing Spiderman - superhero
An American Tail - animated
Glory - historical (Civil War)
Titanic - romance