thanks for the info, rosie1912.

[quote:fe9eb690f2="Rosie1912"]Horner was in charge of creating all the music in the film, such as Southampton, A Shore Never reached, etc.. Music such as the ones the band played (Wedding Dance, Nearer My God To Thee, Ragtime, etc) were based on historical documents and Survivor testiments, Horner had nothing to do with those.

Cameron did not want a theme song. Horner made My Heart Will Go on, approached Celine to do a Demo tape and she agreeed. Horner gave it to Cameron, he liked it and the rest is history. A little unknown fact: The version in the movie, on the soundtrack and on Celine's Let's Talk About Love is the original FIRST recording Celine did. IT was never re-recorded. The music was digitally placed in later..[/quote:fe9eb690f2]

I knew all of that. :) Didn't he say she cried during the recording? I thought I heard that somewhere.

Hi Collie,
Geez sorry about that. I have been on and off the forum for a while, due to summer fun and also my webtv was down for a month or so. I certainly would answer any of your posts. I love this forum, the posters?(is that the name for everyone<LOL>) and Titanic. If I unintentionally slighted you, I apologize.

My name is Betty and I am sort of a new person. By that I mean I have not been on here a long time.

Betty hello ive read some of your earlier posts but this is the first time youve answered any of mine. I just wanted to come and introduce myself. Im Collie. I never thought about that but then again anyone on the ship that night would have a story worth telling i think.

The one thing I find amazing and sad is that not even one band member survived. Can you imagine the stories that could have been told by this one person and some unknown facts put to rest

Horner was in charge of creating all the music in the film, such as Southampton, A Shore Never reached, etc.. Music such as the ones the band played (Wedding Dance, Nearer My God To Thee, Ragtime, etc) were based on historical documents and Survivor testiments, Horner had nothing to do with those.

Cameron did not want a theme song. Horner made My Heart Will Go on, approached Celine to do a Demo tape and she agreeed. Horner gave it to Cameron, he liked it and the rest is history. A little unknown fact: The version in the movie, on the soundtrack and on Celine's Let's Talk About Love is the original FIRST recording Celine did. IT was never re-recorded. The music was digitally placed in later..

i thought "my heart will go on" was the theme. am i mistaken?

Actually, Cameron didn't intend to even have a theme song. Horner just made it and hoped he'd like it. In fact, he wasn't even done with it when Cameron barged one day and heard it and asked what it was for....when Horner said, hopefully the theme, and Cameron agreed.

i have a book that says that james cameron picked that song. i think that horner gave him a choice between the original and that version in the movie and cameron chose what we listened to.

[quote:85900b846a="rose89"]i like "nearer my god to thee". its a very good song and even if they didnt play it in the end, cameron did a good job of choosing that song. its very good.[/quote:85900b846a]

Oh, I thought James Horner was in charge of the music things?