Back to Titanic
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Back to Titanic
- Artist: James Horner
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- Release Date: August 25, 1998
- Total Time: 78:56
- Type: Soundtrack
- Genre: Soundtrack
Review
Titanic was a phenomenon in more ways than one. It was certainly unheard of for a film to break the billion-dollar barrier, but it was also unheard of for a largely instrumental soundtrack album to stay on top of the music charts for weeks on end. And it was James Horner's instrumentals that did it, too -- if it was just Celine Dion's single keeping it there, her own album would have fallen down the charts. So, Horner's Titanic was a blockbuster on par with the film, but there was one thing that distinguished it from James Cameron's movie -- there could be a sequel to the soundtrack. Both Sony Classical and Horner realized this simple fact, so they released Back to Titanic to coincide with the video release of Titanic in late summer 1998. Since much of his original score was on the original soundtrack, he had only a little bit of unreleased music for Back to Titanic. No problem -- fill out the rest of the album with Celtic music that served as inspiration for Horner and Cameron (Enya, however, is curiously absent), and add a new version of "My Heart Will Go On" that has film dialogue layered over the original recording, à la the popular radio-play version of Springsteen's Jerry Maguire love theme, "Secret Garden." The end result may be a little padded, but it's no less enjoyable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi| Back to Times of Splendor (2004 Album by Disillusion) | |
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| Soundtrack album by James Horner | ||||
| Released | August 25, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | February 2, 1998 - July 9, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 79:05 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | James Horner | |||
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Back to Titanic is the second soundtrack album released for the film, which contains a mixture of previously unreleased recordings and newly-recorded performances of the songs in the film.
After the success of the first soundtrack album, James Horner created a new suite of music, comprising light and dark sections from the score, which represents the "soul" of his music for the film.
In addition, several of the source numbers from the film were included into this second album. From "Nearer my God to Thee" to the raucous pipe and drum rhythms heard in the Irish folk music played in the lower decks, these selections recreate the most poignant moments in the life and death of the great ship.
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" was played on the deck by Wallace Hartley's small orchestra and lifted spirits as the ship settled, lights blazing, into black oblivion. And "Come Josephine, in my Flying Machine", which Jack Dawson briefly sings for Rose DeWitt Bukater and Rose sings when she is waiting to be rescued in the freezing seas. The song was a top hit song the year before the sinking.
Although it didn't manage to reach the success of its counterpart soundtrack, Back to Titanic was a big commercial success, especially considering that the film and original soundtrack were released over eight months before it. It debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 and then the following week reached its peak position of #2 with 164,000 copies sold (It was knocked-off the top spot by Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill which sold 265,000 copies that same week.). Back to Titanic has been certified Platinum in the United States for sales of over 1 million copies.[2]
In 2012, the album, along with its predeccessor, was re-issued as part of the Collector's Anniversary Edition.
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Track listing
- All music composed & conducted by James Horner, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Titanic Suite" | 19:05 | |
| 2. | "An Irish Party In Third Class" | 3:48 | |
| 3. | "Alexander's Ragtime Band" | 2:31 | |
| 4. | "The Portrait" | 4:44 | |
| 5. | "Jack Dawson's Luck" | 5:39 | |
| 6. | "A Building Panic" | 8:09 | |
| 7. | "Nearer, My God, To Thee" | 2:51 | |
| 8. | "Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine" | 3:33 | |
| 9. | "Lament" | 4:37 | |
| 10. | "A Shore Never Reached" | 4:27 | |
| 11. | "My Heart Will Go On (Dialogue Mix)" | 4:43 | |
| 12. | "Nearer, My God, To Thee" | 2:23 | |
| 13. | "Epilogue: The Deep & Timeless Sea" | 12:38 |
Trivia
- "An Irish Party In Third Class" includes "The Blarney Pilgrim" & "John Ryan's Polka".
- "Jack Dawson's Luck" includes "Humours of Caledon", "The Red-Haired Lass", "The Boys On The Hilltop", & "The Bucks Of Oranmore".
- "Lament" includes "A Spailpin A Run".
References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Back to Titanic at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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