Editing Titanic (1997 film) (section)

==Soundtrack==
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Cameron wrote ''Titanic'' while listening to the work of the Irish new-age musician [[Enya]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-15-ca-8361-story.html|title=Soundtrack to 'Titanic' Rises to No. 1|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 17, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021073533/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-15-ca-8361-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After Enya declined an invitation to compose for the film,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/irelands-enya-on-how-life-by-the-sea-influenced-her-music-1458056146|title=Ireland's Enya on How Life by the Sea Influenced Her Music|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=June 17, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018025817/https://www.wsj.com/articles/irelands-enya-on-how-life-by-the-sea-influenced-her-music-1458056146|url-status=live}}</ref> Cameron instead chose [[James Horner]]. The two had parted ways after a tumultuous working experience on ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]],''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2017/september/he-was-a-good-friend-and-he-was-very-funny-hollywood-director-james-cameron-on-working-with-titanic-avatar-and-aliens-composer-james-horner/|title='He was a good friend, and he was very funny': Hollywood director James Cameron on working with Titanic, Avatar and Aliens composer James Horner|work=Royal Albert Hall|access-date=June 17, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020205231/https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2017/september/he-was-a-good-friend-and-he-was-very-funny-hollywood-director-james-cameron-on-working-with-titanic-avatar-and-aliens-composer-james-horner/|url-status=live}}</ref> but ''Titanic'' cemented a successful collaboration that lasted until Horner's death.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/06/james-cameron-remembers-working-with-james-horner.html|title=James Cameron Remembers Working With James Horner|work=Vulture|access-date=June 17, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020040100/https://www.vulture.com/2015/06/james-cameron-remembers-working-with-james-horner.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For the vocals heard throughout the film, Horner chose the Norwegian singer [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]], commonly known as "Sissel". Horner knew Sissel from her album ''[[Innerst i sjelen (album)|Innerst i sjelen]]'', and particularly liked how she sang "''[[Eg veit i himmerik ei borg]]''" ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle"). He tried around 30 singers before choosing Sissel.<ref name="online.wsj.com">{{cite news|first=Earle|last=Hitchner|title=In Titanic's Wake: A Voice to Remember . . .|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=March 12, 1998|access-date=January 8, 2010|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB889672431117893500?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB889672431117893500.html|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201043521/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB889672431117893500|url-status=live}}</ref>

Horner wrote the end theme, "[[My Heart Will Go On]]", in secret with [[Will Jennings]] because Cameron did not want any songs in the film.<ref name="Parisi">Parisi, p. 195</ref> [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] agreed to record a demo at the persuasion of her husband [[René Angélil]]. Horner waited until Cameron was in an appropriate mood before presenting him with the song. After playing it several times, Cameron declared his approval, although worried that he would have been criticized for "going commercial at the end of the movie".<ref name="Parisi" /> Cameron also wanted to appease anxious studio executives and "saw that a hit song from his movie could only be a positive factor in guaranteeing its completion".<ref name="www.media-awareness.ca" />

The soundtrack was the best-selling album of 1998 with sales of over 27 million.<ref name=VHS/>