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There is a story going around about how Celine Dion recorded
My Heart Will Go On, the theme from the motion picture Titanic composed by James Horner with lyrics by Will Jennings. Dion was at the time the hot import from Canada and in great demand as singer of movie theme songs. Among these were When I Fall In Love from Sleepless in Seattle and Beauty and the Beast from the Disney animated flick. There was no way she would not have been asked to also sing for the much-awaited Titanic.
It is said that Dion asked for a screening of the film during the recording. Then as her emotions built up towards Titanic’s tragic climax, she put on the headphones, went to the microphone stand and sang. “Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you/ that is how I know you, go on... my heart will go on…” The result helped raise over a billion dollars in box-office receipts, reaped several awards for Horner and Dion, who became an even bigger star and gave birth to a beloved classic which is certainly one of the most beautiful songs ever written. The soundtrack has so far already sold over 30 million copies.
The Titanic soundtrack album was released in November 1997. It contained Horner’s masterful use of synthesizers, an orchestra and a chorale to convey the emotions that ran as the ship sailed to its cold deathbed. He mixed his new original compositions like the uplifting
Hymn To The Sea, along with popular music of the early 20th century like Alexander’s Ragtime Band and then tied it up with a sweet Dion ribbon.
I do not know if the producers already had an idea of the massive impact that Titanic would have on culture and the entertainment industry when the album came out. They would have been happy with a box-office hit. What they got instead come Dec. 19, 1997 was a commercial behemoth with a heart. And how nice to know that it keeps on earning its keep even after 20 years.
Titanic is an epic love story between Jack and Rose who come from opposite social classes. It is set on the largest, most luxurious passenger ship of the time, the RMS
Titanic which sank into the sea after it collided with an iceberg on April 15, 1912 while on its way to New York from Southampton. Jack and Rose fell in love during the voyage but were separated with Jack’s death in the freezing waters. Years later, a 100-year-old Rose would tell their story.
Titanic was written and directed by James Cameron, the Canadian filmmaker famous for the Aliens and Terminator series. It was then the most expensive film ever made with a budget of $200M. After he