Titanic score named best selling classical album of last 25 years
The Oscar- winning score to blockbuster film Titanic has topped a list of the best selling classical albums from the past 25 years.
The soundtrack to the film, 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.
It beat Russell Watson’ s albums The Voice and Encore, which came insecond and third place respectively.
Sarah Horner, the widow of the composer who was killed in a plane crash in 2015, told the radio station: “He [ James] was a very individualistic thinker, so I don’t know if he would feel like that was his best work. Certainly, the pub- lic loved it, but what I would say is – and I think this is true for all the composers I know – is that their relationship with the audience was where they felt most emotionally connected in the world and was probably where they could honestly feel loved.
“Touching the inner world of the audience was what most composers wishto do, and when he wassuccessful at doing that, I think James felt like he had fulfilled his destiny.”
The album was one of 26 film soundtracks on the list. Mezzo- soprano Katherine Jenkins has been named the number one classical music artist of the past 25 years.