Titanic score tops classical album chart
The Titanic soundtrack has been named as the bestselling classical album of the last 25 years, even though its composer did not think it was his best work.
The Oscar-winning score, composed by James Horner, sold more than one million copies in the UK and has come number one on the Ultimate Classic FM Chart, the biggest countdown of classical music album sales.
But Sarah Horner, the widow of the composer who was killed in a plane crash in 2015, said: “[James] was a very individualistic thinker, so I don’t know if he would feel like it was his best work.
“But what I would say is [a composer’s] relationship with the audience is where they felt most emotionally connected in the world and was probably where they could honestly feel loved.”
Katherine Jenkins was named the number one classical music artist, selling more than 2.7 million albums. Her record Second Nature was the most popular classical album released in 2004.