11/9/2022 0 Comments My heart will go on song compose![]() Singles: Six Decades of Hot Hits & Classic Cuts. Popular Song – Soundtrack of the Century. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (4th edition). ![]() DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Celine Dion.Understandably, the melodramatic song drew eyerolls from some accusing it of being “overwrought and overblown,” TB but the “money-shot line of ‘Near…far…whereeeeeeeever you are’… an operatic moment of almost Wagnerian pop.” TB Truth be told, after Leonardo DiCaprio slips from his lover Kate Winslet’s grasp and into his watery grave, most of the audience were scrounging for tissues when the song kicked in as the credits rolled. Jennings says that when Horner played the demo over the movie’s finale, “Cameron had to leave the room to compose himself.” BR BR The originally reluctant director was won over. LW Since Horner had a good relationship with Dion, LW he asked her to record it, even though she didn’t like it initially. The song had a simple structure, but a range which few pop singers could handle. BR As Walter Afanasieff, one of the song’s co-producers said, “Cameron didn’t want anything modern in his film…It was a period piece and he wanted to be true to the music of the time.” BR However, when James Horner composed “a melody to die for,” TB lyricist Will Jennings couldn’t resist. In actuality, Cameron only wanted instrumental music in the film. True, detractors berated her over-the-top performance style and cheesy sentimentality as overwhelming her undeniably huge talent, but since that was often the same criticism of Titanic director James Cameron, hers was just the right voice to help sink one of the most hyped ships of all time. TB Such an oversized budget needed a larger-than-life voice to soundtrack it and Celine Dion was an obvious choice. I believe that the heart does go on (why does the heart go on) Once more, you open the door. ![]() When Titanic was released in 1997, it was the most expensive film ever made. ![]() Sales (in millions): 0.6 US, 1.58 UK, 18.0 world (includes US + UK)Īwards: (Click on award for more details). ![]()
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