James Horner's final Oscar nomination came as the composer of the original Avatar. Unfortunately, since the seven time Oscar nominee, and one time winner, passed away in 2015, he could not write the music for the new Avatar movies. Instead, Simon Franglen will take over the job. Fraglen previous scored The Magnificent Seven remake as well as the Jennifer garner action movie Peppermint, but he worked on the team with James Horner that scored the first movie, including writing the music for the songs sung by Na'Vi. He also scored the original music heard at Pandora - The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom, so he has significant experience with the franchise.
