My Heart Will Go On

My Heart Will Go On

Introduction

My heart will go on is a song sung by the famous singer Celine Dion for the movie Titanic which was directed by James Cameron. The thesis statement of the essay is that the true passion for love has no end, and it lives an eternal life. This was the main theme song of the movie, and it received critical acclaim all over the world. The song was originally released in the year 1997, and it belonged to two albums back then, namely, the Titanic Official album and Celine Dion's personal album named “Let's Talk about Love” (Richards, 2002).

The composer and musician of this song is James Horner, and the lyricist is Will Jennings. The direction of the music was done by Bille Woodruff and was released near the fall of the year 1997. The song was an instant sensation and set many records in its era. In the following year of its release i.e. 1998, it remarkably became the world's biggest and most popular selling single of the year all around the globe. It is also considered as one of the most popular and worldly acclaimed singles of all time (Parisi, 2012).

The Author

The song was created by James Horner. He is the one who originally composed and gave music for the song. He is a very famous and well renowned musician and has given musical scores for a lot of blockbusters and super hit movies. The soundtrack for the movie Titanic is considered his best work, so far, in the industry. Other major contributions to music by James Horner have been in the following movies, Commando, Brave heart, Star trek 2, The Mask of Zorro, The Perfect Storm, and Avatar. The quality of his work can be recognized from the fact that he is the winner of 2 Academy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, 3 Saturn Awards, and 3 Satellite Awards (Parisi, 2012).

In addition to this, Horner has been nominated three times for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. He has also composed music for films that have so far been the top two highest grossing movies of all time, namely “Titanic” and “Avatar”. When James Horner first composed the song for Titanic, both James Cameron and Celine Dion were against doing it. James Cameron thought that the song would give his movie a commercial touch and that he would be criticized for it. However, after constant insistence from Horner, James Cameron agreed to include the song in his movie. Celine Dion, on the other hand, had to be convinced by her husband to even sing the demo song which later on influenced her to sing the entire song (Bergfelder & Street, 2004).

The Audience

As mentioned earlier, this song has been critically acclaimed and has received excellent response from the audience all over the world. It got positive feedbacks from almost every country of the world. My Heart Will Go On was a song that set and surpassed many milestones ...