Titanic is the soundtrack to the movie by the same name composed by James Horner. Cameron originally intended Enya to compose the music, and in fact put together a rough edit of the film using her music as a temporary soundtrack. After she declined, he approached James Horner. Their relations were cold after their first cooperation in Aliens, but the soundtrack of Braveheart made Cameron overlook it. Horner composed the soundtrack having in mind Enya's style; Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø performed the wordless vocals on the soundtrack. Many have noted the similarities between certain cues from "Titanic" and the Enya track "Book Of Days" from her 1991 album Shepherd Moons, which had been featured in the 1992 film Far and Away. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer of orchestral and film music. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Sony Classical is the successor to the Columbia and CBS Masterworks labels, assuming its new identity after the purchase of CBS Records by Sony Corporation. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Titanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, and co-produced by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ... James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer of orchestral and film music. ... For the letter Ñ pronounced Enye, see Ñ. Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin[4] on 17 May 1961, Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland), sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan, is an Irish singer and songwriter. ... James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer of orchestral and film music. ... Aliens is a 1986 science fiction movie starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and Paul Reiser. ... For the moshing term Braveheart, see Wall of death (moshing). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A illuminated page from the Très Riches Heures showing the day for exchanging gifts from the month of January A Book of Hours is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript. ... Shepherd Moons is an album by Irish musician Enya, 1991 (see 1991 in music). ... DVD cover Far and Away is a 1992 drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. ...

Céline Dion, who was no stranger to movie songs in the 1990s, sang "My Heart Will Go On", the film's signature song written by James Horner and Will Jennings. At first, Cameron did not want a song sung over the film's credits, but Horner disagreed, and without telling Cameron, went ahead and wrote one anyway, and recorded Dion singing it. Cameron changed his mind when Horner presented what he proposed, and the song ended up winning a Best Original Song Oscar. The song was also a hit, worldwide, going to the top of the pop charts around the world. Céline Marie Claudette Dion OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer and occasional songwriter and actress. ... My Heart Will Go On is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. ... Will Jennings (born 1944 in Kilgore, Texas) is a prolific and highly successful American songwriter. ... The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ...

Other artists were invited to submit songs for the movie including contemporary Christian artist, Michael W. Smith. He mentions in the liner notes to the song In My Arms Again from his 1998 CD, Live the Life, "Inspired and written for the movie Titanic, grateful for the opportunity to send them a song; grateful it landed on this record." // Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957, to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is a Christian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. ...

The soundtrack CD for Titanic was the biggest-selling primarily orchestral film score in history, and led to the release of a second volume (Back to Titanic) that contained a mixture of previously unreleased soundtrack recordings with newly-recorded performances of some of the songs in the film, including one track recorded by Enya's sister, Máire Brennan. Back to Titanic is the second soundtrack album released for the movie, which contains a mixture of previously unreleased recordings and newly-recorded performances of the songs in the film. ... Máire Ní Bhraonáin, pronounced better known as Máire Brennan or Moya Brennan (born August 4, 1952, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland), is a Grammy Award-nominated[2] Celtic folk singer and the first lady of Celtic music. ...

For the choral background of certain tracks, Horner made use of a digital choir instead of a real one: After the orchestral music was recorded, Horner personally performed the synthesized choir over a playback of the recording. [1] [2]

The DTS[3] and SACD multichannel [4] editions of this soundtrack enable the listener to actually hear the orchestral recording without the electronic choir, if attention is paid to the center channel of the 5.1 surround mix. The DTS-CD, DTS Audio CD or 5. ... Super Audio CD (SACD) is a new audio recording format aimed at providing higher fidelity audio reproduction than the compact disc. ... Multichannel audio is the name for a variety of techniques for expanding and enriching the sound of audio playback by recording additional sound channels that can be reproduced on additional speakers. ...

The idea behind using electronics rather than a real choir stemmed from Horner wanting to avoid a 'church'-like sound.[5]

Track listing

1. "Never an Absolution" – 3:03
2. "Distant Memories" – 2:23
3. "Southampton" – 4:01 clip
4. "Rose" – 2:52 clip
5. "Leaving Port" – 3:26
6. "Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch" – 4:31
7. "Hard to Starboard" – 6:52
8. "Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave" – 3:56
9. "The Sinking" – 5:05
10. "Death of Titanic" – 8:26
11. "A Promise Kept" – 6:02
12. "A Life So Changed" – 2:13
13. "An Ocean of Diarrhea" – 7:57
14. "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from 'Titanic')" – 5:10
15. "Hymn to the Sea" – 6:25[6]

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Charts

The soundtrack raced up the Billboard 200 chart, storming from Number 11 to Number One in January 1998. It would remain at the top for sixteen straight weeks; no album since then has spent at least ten consecutive weeks at Number One. The album has sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide and is the biggest selling instrumental soundtrack album of all time. It also hit number one on the UK album chart and on Polish album chart (7x Platinum), as well. The soundtrack was certified Diamond in Canada (1,000,000 units) by the CRIA on March 31, 1998. [7] The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of Canadian companies that create, manufacture and market sound recordings. ...

External links

• Official site (via Sony BMG Masterworks)