Horner has stolen the theme. The similarities are obvious. Holst or Parry, I really dont care. That doesn´t make him less than a thief.

> Before you get into that, check out the amazing similarity between the
> "Jupiter" and Hubert Parry's hymn "Jerusalem" composed
> in 1916, bearing in mind that "The Planets" was in 1919!!!!! So
> it looks as if 'ol Gustav, THE GREAT COMPOSER, is actually more of a thief
> than James Horner in this case!!

> However, on the other hand it does sound like Horner spent a lot of time
> listening to traditional Celtic-Scottish music before he did this score as
> its influence is clear thruought. For example, he seems to have based the
> William Wallace theme on an old traditional Scottish song called "And
> I'l get to Scotland afore'ye". It has the same overall shape but he's
> arranged it differently so that it sounds heroic and triumphant.