Back to Titanic

Fans of the Titanic soundtrack will undoubtedly appreciate this sequel, a collection of original music and background tunes not found on the first disc. They won't be disappointed. The newly composed "Titanic Suite" and "Epilogue: The Deep and Timeless Sea" are patchwork quilts of James Horner's most moving themes from the movie. Despite a few awkward transitions in "Suite" (where melodies move from somber to uplifting), the compositions--played by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Choirsters of King's College, Cambridge--work well. There's also a lot of diversity here, such as Gaelic Storm's lively "An Irish Party in Third Class" and chamber group I Salonisti's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Nearer My God to Thee." The misses are few: the breathy Maire Brennan's "Come Josephine, in My Flying Machine" is lethargic, and the movie dialogue peppering several songs (including Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On") is more distracting than effective. --Jason Verlinde Amazon.com

Road Worth Traveling

I really like this CD. I got it from a friend to listen to but it had a skip in it so I knew I wanted to purchase it and have a clean copy. I also heard another CD that was a Titanic CD but I didn't like it as well. This one is the one to buy. I Loved the movie and this music is a great score. I am very happy with this CD. August 25, 2008

Basically, wonderful

I wasn't going to make a review for this album, but seeing the shocking review below the below (awesome job, by the way), I felt it was my duty to stand up for it.

What you've got here is a great album for fans of the original movie. Even if you hear this album before the Titanic OST, it's okay because it has all the themes you need and would want.

Definitely nowhere near as tremendous as the original movie soundtrack, but... I have to give credit where credit's due. This is NOT recycled garbage, or throw-away scores. It's pieces of art. Horner has sat down, written this music, performed it, taped it, arranged it, and done the whole whammy.

And it pays off. "Titanic Suite" is perhaps the grandest Titanic track of all, beating anything from the original OST. It's wonderful, it proves to me there is a God! The ending is somewhat magical and stirring, and you think to yourself "how can man make such beauty without form!?". Well, it makes me ask that.

"The Portrait" is quite good, too. It's basically a piano version of "Rose". And I Salonisti's version of "Nearer My God To Thee" is far more beautiful than the other version on the album (which quite annoyingly strays from the tune). "A Building Panic" is also one of my favourites too, it fact I prefer it to the two destruction/action tracks on the original soundtrack.

Ideally I'd have loved the Horner stuff to have been on the original album, maybe having it as a 2 disc edition instead of the 15 track version it originally came out as (and went to the top of the charts with). But I suppose in this digital age it doesn't matter. I have a Playlist for Titanic and it has Horner and only Horner... and I Salonisti and Celine Dion. But that's it.

Horner's life's work right here. Just buy it if you like the music to this film. June 27, 2008

Back to memories of your own

I purchased this product by Amazon. I satishfied much for the service. As to the album, whenever I listen to this I recall old memories amazingly. I wonder why... I strongly recommend you to listen to and, properly speaking, would be better for you to have it. July 14, 2007

Good for Fanatics

This is an elegant compilation of James Horner's music from the film Titanic; however, it was not meant to be the primary score. Titanic fans who couldn't get enough out of the original score drove Horner to produce Back to Titanic. The songs are beautiful, the use of the orchestra is brilliant, but the songs are not orthodox-Titanic. Probably two or three tracks actually were derived from the film--the rest sound like fillers. I recommend this album to Horner/diehard Titanic fans, but if you're just seeking the Titanic music, settle for the original. June 14, 2007

Wait! Haven't I heard this before?!

Quite a bit of this cd relies on tracks with dialogue from the movie embedded in the background, such as 'An Irish Party In Third Class' where you can hear both Rose and Jack talking to each other as they dance. This makes the songs unlistenable for the most part because you're not listening to just music, but pretty much the same as if you had the movie on, weren't watching it, and were just hearing it whilst you did something else.
The songs which don't have dialogue are nothing special, you could probably find similar on the first soundtrack.

The beauty of the whole album is the lovely version of 'Come Josephine In My Flying Machine' (again, ruined by Rose's movie quotes) but it's enough to make you glad you bought the album.

However, unless you're a dedicated classical music fan who likes long strung-out piano pieces and organs, you'd be best to steer your ship away from this album which was only made to create more wealth for James Cameron and his crew, and stick with the original soundtrack.
A 'shelf-sitter' for the most part, how many times you'll feel the need to put this on, I doubt there will be an overwhelming urge.
More of the same, less of the power.

Noteworthy tracks: 'A Building Panic', 'Nearer My God To Thee', 'Titanic Suite'. March 16, 2007

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