Back to Titanic

James Horner

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Back to Titanic Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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 Bruce Springsteen's Jerry Maguire love theme, "Secret Garden." The end result may be a little padded, but it's no less enjoyable, even if Back to Titanic doesn't hit the heights of its predecessor.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
Titanic, film score
1	Titanic Suite James Horner	James Horner feat: King's College Choir of Cambridge / Cambridge Choristers of King's College / London Symphony Orchestra / Sissel	19:04	Amazon
2	An Irish Party In Third Class (John Ryan's Polka / Blarney Pilgrim) Gaelic Storm / Traditional	James Horner feat: Gaelic Storm	03:49	Amazon
3	Alexander's Ragtime Band, song Irving Berlin	James Horner feat: I Salonisti	02:30	Amazon
Titanic, film score
4	The Portrait James Horner	James Horner	04:43	Amazon
5	Jack Dawson's Luck (Humours of Caledon / The Red-Haired Lass / The Boys On The Hilltop / The Bucks James Horner / Traditional	James Horner	05:38	Amazon
6	A Building Panic James Horner	James Horner	08:08	Amazon
7	Nearer My God to Thee, for voice & piano (or orchestra) Sarah Adams / Lowell Mason / Traditional	James Horner feat: I Salonisti	02:49	Amazon
8	Come Josephine In My Flying Machine Alfred Bryan / Fred Fisher	James Horner feat: Moya Brennan	03:32	Amazon
Titanic, film score
9	Lament (includes "A Spailpín A Rún") James Horner / Traditional	James Horner	04:36	Amazon
10	A Shore Never Reached James Horner	James Horner feat: London Symphony Orchestra	04:27	Amazon
11	My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from "Titanic") James Horner / Will Jennings	James Horner feat: Céline Dion	04:42	Amazon
12	Nearer My God to Thee, for voice & piano (or orchestra) Sarah Adams / Lowell Mason / Traditional	James Horner feat: Eileen Ivers	02:22
Titanic, film score
13	Epilogue - The Deep And Timeless Sea James Horner	James Horner feat: Cambridge Choristers of King's College / Choristers Of Kings College / London Symphony Orchestra / Sissel	12:36	Amazon