term paper
Xuan Nguyen
Music 468i written project 2
12/12/2011
Titanic
Titanic was one of the successful movies in 19th Hollywood films. It was released on December 19, 1997, had won 14 Academy Awards and 11 Oscars, and also was ranked as best six epic film of all time. It was directed and produced by James Cameron, and music by James Horner. The music played an important role that contributed the success of the movie. Horner chose Sissel singer as the voice to create specific moods within the film and Celine Dion with the famous ballad song “My heart will go on”. Choosing a song is very importance aspect that can affect to entire movie. James Horner is a famous American composer who has scored over 100 films, including two best and successful films which are Titanic and Avatar. He began his film scoring in 1970 and became a famous composer in Hollywood 1982. He won many Grammy Awards and Oscars, and has continued to score for major productions since then. He has collaborated with different film makers and produced many film score as well. For the success of Titanic, music supports all emotional scenes in entire the movie. The opening music of Titanic is the love theme song which was written by both James Horner and Will Jennings,” My heart will go on”, and sung by Celine. The song expresses the mood of the love between two main characters and brings attention to its audience by its soft melodies that merged with the singer’s voice. Moreover, its rhythm is strong beat and syncopation. As the movie goes on, each scene is played by different type of music. The movie begins by leaving of the Titanic which has more than 2000 people on the ship. The theme music supports for the actions of all characters in the film. For the entire movie, music contains no lyrics and voices because the director doesn’t want any song with singing. However, the opening theme song of the movie leads to the whole
Music 468i written project 2
12/12/2011
Titanic
Titanic was one of the successful movies in 19th Hollywood films. It was released on December 19, 1997, had won 14 Academy Awards and 11 Oscars, and also was ranked as best six epic film of all time. It was directed and produced by James Cameron, and music by James Horner. The music played an important role that contributed the success of the movie. Horner chose Sissel singer as the voice to create specific moods within the film and Celine Dion with the famous ballad song “My heart will go on”. Choosing a song is very importance aspect that can affect to entire movie. James Horner is a famous American composer who has scored over 100 films, including two best and successful films which are Titanic and Avatar. He began his film scoring in 1970 and became a famous composer in Hollywood 1982. He won many Grammy Awards and Oscars, and has continued to score for major productions since then. He has collaborated with different film makers and produced many film score as well. For the success of Titanic, music supports all emotional scenes in entire the movie. The opening music of Titanic is the love theme song which was written by both James Horner and Will Jennings,” My heart will go on”, and sung by Celine. The song expresses the mood of the love between two main characters and brings attention to its audience by its soft melodies that merged with the singer’s voice. Moreover, its rhythm is strong beat and syncopation. As the movie goes on, each scene is played by different type of music. The movie begins by leaving of the Titanic which has more than 2000 people on the ship. The theme music supports for the actions of all characters in the film. For the entire movie, music contains no lyrics and voices because the director doesn’t want any song with singing. However, the opening theme song of the movie leads to the whole