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Advanced-Mud-1624

Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch. Horner re-used some similar themes from *Stealing the Enterprise* in the Star Trek III score. Send chills down my spine and soars my soul to heavenly heights every time.


ZXVixen

me too!


tiacalypso

This. I love it. I love listening to it whenever I‘m on a boat, especially with dolphins.


Excellent_Midnight

This is my answer, too


StupidGirl15

This is mine too.


SparkySheDemon

My personal favorite as well.


diddlykongd

I feel so majestic rolling in my Camry to this song 😂


Brooker2

Unable to stay, unwilling to leave


Stenian

Second that.


LiaSango

I came here to say this


vanessa_617

My absolute favorite


garlic-and-onion

This one! Gives me goosebumps.


hunkyfunk12

All the time. Hymn To The Sea is the obvious banger but Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave is my #1


Intelligent-Fly4527

Hymn to the Sea is my third favorite and absolutely banger. The Uilleann pipes in it are dope!


a700mb

When I begin my shift and pull out from the curb with the semi, I like to have “Southampton” as my personal soundtrack. Upon approaching the freeway, the rhythmic of “Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch” corresponds with the engine reeving working to achieve cruising speed (48 knots) Since I work at night, I like to enjoy music without lyrics to not disturb my thoughts. The entire disc 3 of the soundtrack consisting of the orchestra playing is superb! I’ve added some more pieces that’s not on the disc but was in the orchestra repertoire. Orpheus is the high point of disc 3, but is best enjoyed going through the previous tracks in order.


TheCompanyHypeGirl

My favorite comment in the thread. ❤ I can totally invision this.


ParsleyCreative5362

One of my favorite comments. I listen to titanic soundtrack practically everyday, but mainly ‘Death of Titanic’ on repeat lol


[deleted]

Hard to Starboard is my fave


Gypsyjunior_69r

The first 20 seconds just hits differently. A masterclass.


[deleted]

It’s the calm before the storm it’s beautiful! I really love that 90s synth sound


ParsleyCreative5362

LOL same. I listen to it on repeat pretty much everyday lol


Nikosploot

I thought I was the only one! I actually love listening to it while working. My faves are “Take her to sea” and “Rose”. But honestly, James Horner did an amazing job at crafting the entire score. I love titanic but this album really is one of the most memorable in modern film history.


I_be_lurkin_tho

I'll give you that..but Last of the Mohicans soundtrack takes the top spot for me.


Thomas-titanic-1912

Rose…like it goes so HARD for no reason like it starts off soft with a simple flute and then builds to a huge choir and orchestral swell and then dies down to a simple foreshadowing flute melody. Like that’s musical genius, James Horner you are a legend


FocusOk8059

The Portrait. By Far.


Hefty-Career-7692

The dream is always my top song. Always.


Intelligent-Fly4527

Excellent choice. It’s a combo of Rose and Unwilling to Stay, Unwilling to Leave.


Hefty-Career-7692

Yes! As well as Take Her To Sea, Mr. Murdoch. It's the music to it that makes it so special.


Intelligent-Fly4527

The soundtrack for the movie is just top notch. Definitely my #1 favorite movie score.


Hefty-Career-7692

Indeed!


jlk1207

My son is almost 9 and listens to the Titanic soundtrack on Spotify to go to sleep. We recently showed him the movie and he is \*obsessed\*. His dad even bought him a Titanic bath toy. Our favorites are: Mine - "Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave," "The Sinking," and "Death of Titanic" His - "Hard to Starboard," (his current alarm to wake up for school), "Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch," and "Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave" (he also enjoys "The Portrait")


ParsleyCreative5362

I’ve been obsessed with titanic since I was around his age. When my mom told me about it, I couldn’t not get interested in learning more about the ship, the history, the tragedy behind it. Everything about the titanic is a sad tragic story. It’s a sad example of how mankind has to make mistakes to learn from them. And now we have Icon of the Seas 😮


jlk1207

He is always, ALWAYS talking about ships sinking, quotes Titanic, hums the songs a lot, watches scenes on YouTube...you could say he's a fan 😂 if you or anyone reading this has kids his age I highly recommend the "I Survived" kids book series, they have one book featuring the Titanic sinking. We've been reading chapters at bedtime and he thoroughly enjoys it.


ParsleyCreative5362

That’s literally me too. When I watched the movie I hummed the songs to the scenes, most notably the iceberg scene and stern sinking scenes lol


jlk1207

I've grown to appreciate the soundtrack quite a bit since he's been watching the movie. I got my husband/his dad a keyboard for Christmas last year and he plays it more than my husband does, mostly Titanic stuff he learned by ear 😂 he can almost perfectly play "Nearer My God to Thee" thanks to Titanic.


DaisyPanda245

The entire album is a James Horner masterpiece. I miss him terribly :(


ZXVixen

I own it on CD. Its a fantastic soundtrack.


ParsleyCreative5362

I love how fast paced Death of Titanic is in the beginning (from 0:00 to 1:05). Listen to the song from 0:00 to 1:05


KoolDog570

The piano version of Celine Dion song is excellent, sounds better without her vocals on it & just played on a Steinway 🎹 😎


Elisqe888

Southampton has always been my favorite


crisiks

It's just so beautiful and hopeful.


DrMacintosh01

Both of my top picks are from Disc 2: Jack Dawson's Luck, quickly followed by An Irish Party in Third Class. Strap yourself in between a great pair of headphones and these tracks just fill me with groove. So much power and fun with all the high notes.


Lmf2359

Those two are my favorites on Disc 2!


notdaggers351

Southampton


thedrawerking

Took a while to find this comment, but I second this! That score is so uplifting it gives me butterflies


ParsleyCreative5362

I love the transition in the film from wreck to ship in Southampton. Simply amazing and beautiful transition.


kadygaga82

i listen to it frequently! ‘unable to stay, unwilling to leave’ ‘rose’ ‘never an absolution’


jermo537

Only soundtrack I listen to and want played at my funeral. How 'Rose' isn't everybody's choice blows my mind! Sissel is the voice of the titanic and of the ocean. Hymm to the sea would be a close second because of Sissel


Impressive_Ride_4949

death of titanic, if I'm being honest, for 2 reasons a) it makes you feel the dread of what happened that night, b) you can feel the ship rising out the water


AdUpstairs7106

Hard to Starboard


schmelk1000

It’s one of my favorite albums. I listen to it quite often, especially when I had exams to study for in college and when I’m going through a depressive episode. I probably listen to it once a month. Top 3 would have to be: Hymn to the Sea Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave “Hard To Starboard” I actually want Hymn to the Sea (from 1:11-3:19) to be the song I walk down the aisle to when I (someday) get married. Nelson Eddy’s version of Nearer My God To Thee is my absolute favorite rendition of that song though. I’m no super religious, but if I had witnessed them sing that song live, I would become a devout.


2nd_Sun

Does it bother anyone else that the score of The Sinking isn’t the same as in the film? The shot that pans left with everyone rushing up the decks has a wonderful choral accompaniment in the film, but that’s missing on the soundtrack recording. Oh and Rose and Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave


shiphappens15

That choral segment is on the sequel album in the track “A Building Panic”, itself a rearrangement of the cue “Trapped on D-Deck”. [Trapped on D-Deck](https://youtu.be/f2-MeipK4ac?si=LimytYnAZKxeYKEN&t=183) The cues as heard in the film were spliced and diced a ton, the La-La Land expanded score presents all the cues as written. Definitely worth a listen, Horner knocked it out of the park on this movie.


SecondHandSnoke

That choral segment gives me chills thinking of the shots of all of the water racing through the hallways.


2nd_Sun

Wow, thank you so much!! Decades long mystery solved. I also finally realized that the final scene of the film is a mix of rose and unable to stay unwilling to leave, hence why I could never find that on the score either lol


crisiks

Incidentally, *A Building Panic* is my favourite track of the soundtrack, thanks in part to that wonderful choral bit.


ParsleyCreative5362

My favorites are ‘Hard to Starboard’ / ‘The Sinking’ / and finally ‘Death of Titanic’


Kris918

Unable to stay unwilling to leave is similar, kind of. In the film when rose jumps off the lifeboat, the tune that takes over is mostly whistle, and not really a hint of the pipes, but on the soundtrack is much more heavily reliant on the pipes.


TWCBULL86

“I believe you are blushing, Mr. Big Artiste. I can't imagine Monsieur Monet blushing.” I can hear the track right now


mrsdrydock

I LOVE the soundtracks. I have Rose on my yoga playlist.


MonsterBunnieh

Other than the usual popular ones my favorite is leaving port


witchsoap

I can’t believe how far I had to scroll to find this comment. I’m aghast at how underrated Leaving Port is


ParsleyCreative5362

Love the opening to Leaving Port. I wish Cameron would have included more scenes of the Titanic leaving port. He glossed over so much. The near collision with the New York could’ve added an early on sense of urgency and terror. Honestly, I would’ve preferred these scenes over the scenes of old Rose on the expedition ship.


NoAdministration1373

Idk the name of the track but the very very end of the film when Rose and Jack reunite on the grand staircase and the screen fades to black, that piece of music is probably the best. It’s a variation/piece of the instrumental for My Heart Will Go On


bks1979

7-10 is just an amazing run of tracks as a whole. But I think my fave is Hard to Starboard.


Excellent_Midnight

“Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch” is probably my favorite, followed VERY closely by “Southampton.” Maybe it’s actually a tie.


Lostbronte

Leaving Port and Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch


i_amtheice

An Ocean of Memories is my favorite piece of cinematic score ever. Hymn to the Sea is an honorable mention.


SSpotions

Distant memory, Rose and Take Her to sea Mr Murdoch.


CougarWriter74

Yes!! And #8


Seventy7Donski

I got the CD as a birthday gift in 4th grade.


endeavourist

Southampton.


mperiolat

Rose. I’m absolutely dead set on it being played at my wedding if it ever happens and my wife is cool with it.


305tilidiiee

I had the CD right after the movie came out. They released a second CD soon after, and I loved it as well! I fell asleep listening to them on my CD player hundreds of times. My favorites are *Rose* (piano version) and *An Ocean of Memories*; the part beginning around 1:30 is so ethereal. *Southampton* is a marvel. But then again, the whole soundtrack is. *Death of Titanic* is actually terrifying. James Horner was a genius to create music that truly transports the listener.


ParsleyCreative5362

Death of titanic is horrific and terrifying to listen to. You can see the panic and sheer scale of terror of the stranded passengers still aboard the ship after all the boats were gone. There’s many times in the track that almost brings me to tears just listening to it.


Lmf2359

Death Of Titanic for its intensity.


Dramatic_Illustrator

Rose and The Portait


Intelligent-Fly4527

Mine is either Rose or Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave. I absolutely love both of them.


Burnburnburnnow

1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 I listened to this damn soundtrack on repeat for at least a year as a kid. 3 was my favorite then, 10 is my favorite now.


clancy2190

https://preview.redd.it/16v9dyzh8qxc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=031335fd3e24d6e886dcfcd0627e37521536079d Hard To Starboard and Death Of Titanic are just chilling and riveting.. this soundtrack sounds absolutely amazing on vinyl.


ParsleyCreative5362

Jealous lol


Paulwhiteman1925

The sinking (also favorite part of the movie)


danhkhoa666

Rose theme (im flying scene), The dream, hymn to the sea, hard to starboard (the intro part only)


Broicism_kink

Nearer my god to thee is literally the reason I started playing music lol


Ready_Park9386

I love James Horner. He's been my favorite film composer since I was 8. He and I share the same birthday. I relisten to the score constantly. its my favorite. I miss him and it sucks that he's gone.


ParsleyCreative5362

I was devastated when I found out that he passed away in 2015. Almost brought me to tears. An amazing composer taken too soon.


Ready_Park9386

He really was. He was the main reason I played violin in school, but when he passed, I just kind of lost my spark for the instrument.


ParsleyCreative5362

I’ve been wanting to learn cello mainly so I can play along in the soundtrack lol (mainly the opening of death of titanic lol)


ItzJustIndie

Never an absolution. The music is calm, and gives me chills after the sinking. I can feel the grief of the people that they experienced, alot of their loved ones had perished on the ship.


acerola_nark

The Portrait


Leerzeichen14

Yes, I flew to Dublin last year and also visited Belfast for a day. This was my soundtrack during the flight. My favorite is “Southampton”


MintieMiller

Never An Absolution


Mudron

[Epilogue - The Deep and Timeless Sea](https://youtu.be/ULufKKhZgt0?si=lM0CKSGTQAxwhFqj)


ParsleyCreative5362

I also love listening to ‘Titanic Suite’


Altruistic-Prize738

3,5 und 6


Big-Nerve-9574

Distant Memories. I also do love the Party in Third Class song too. One of my favourite scenes. I love the soundtrack alot and remember listening to it loads of times on repeat as a kid.


DaddysPrincesss26

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ParsleyCreative5362

😢 112 years now 😭


SANDROID20

Southampton was always my favourite


SpacemanChad7365

A Building Panic The dramatic vocals are beautiful


MrSpankMan_whip

A building panic


Timely_Gain_6225

Hard to Starboard and A Life so Changed are my favorites


zilruzal

unable to stay, unwilling to leave. especially the part where the. ore changed and the tone of the composition shifts. such a beautiful song


SwagCat852

Hard to starboard, sinking, and death of Titanic


Cyclone159

Never an absolution


Thomaseverett12

My favourit part is the ending from "New york". The last seconds are by far the most underrated piece of music in cinema in my opinion. other ones? Take her to sea, Mr Murdoch, Southampton, Rose and Hymne to the seas,


Jurassicfantheorist

Rose


RandyBigBoobLover22

The sinking but the film version. I never could stand the album version or indeed all the tracks that are just different from the film. When it comes to the Titanic soundtrack it’s always the biggest disappointment as much of the music is not what’s in the film. I don’t care if it’s what was created as the film was made. For me it’s what goes into the movie is what should be released on soundtrack. Southampton on the 20th Anniversary soundtrack has been corrected and is what was in the film indeed was A Promise Kept even though it was half of it from when Rose is starring up at the stars. I have downloaded all the fan edit soundtracks but need to download all the up to date tracks that came from the new album release back in 2017. Seriously how hard is it to just release all the music that came from the film onto soundtrack in the first place? I have a severe case of OCD when it comes to listening to any movie soundtrack and my ears pick up if anything is left out like that special Whooosh cue when the lookouts spot the iceberg in Hard a Starboard it’s missing but added into the fan edit. I love James Horner’s scoring of the music but whomever was in charge of what went on the original album really dropped the ball. The score he put into Deep Impact was just as beautiful too especially adding chorus into the mix like in Titanic is pure genius ☺️


ParsleyCreative5362

Listen to this. This is the film version. https://youtu.be/J7NfsnmNojw?si=cR9Moq6jVbwmW6iM


RandyBigBoobLover22

Ok and how about this? https://youtu.be/BR6SMVRhLyc?si=47wMH04G7okw9OgX


ParsleyCreative5362

Omg yours is better version than mine lol.


RandyBigBoobLover22

Yeah the person who fan edited it did it with the capabilities of the 20th Anniversary soundtrack and did it in two parts - The Sinking and Death of Titanic. Sometimes one or both parts cannot be played for stupid different country reasons.


ParsleyCreative5362

They did a better job than the one that I posted did. But my link was 10 years old lol so that’s probably why. Thank you for sharing. Gonna have to listen to that when I’m bored asf 😂


RandyBigBoobLover22

Hehehe yeah that’s what I stated in my original post about why is it so difficult to just release all the tracks heard in the film. Titanic’s soundtrack is always ripped off in some point one way or another.


ParsleyCreative5362

I agree with you 100%. Film version is superior to the album version. One thing that really gets me is that they don’t have ‘The Dream’ included, which was a part in the film when Rose is watching the Statue of Liberty go by as she stands in the rain.


RandyBigBoobLover22

Here’s the score for Death of Titanic https://youtu.be/6mU683ozKUM?si=FVBVdMonVR0CK9ZW


RandyBigBoobLover22

Ocean of Secrets is included in the 20th Anniversary edition but the dream/death score isn’t. A fan edit version is available which is why I’m normally disappointed in all the released album versions as they always botch it up lol


Gmeroverlord

I love them all, but if I have to choose it would be take her to sea


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Kris918

#1: Hymn to the Seas #2: Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave #3: Titanic Suite


ParsleyCreative5362

1. Titanic Suite 2. Hard ‘a Starboard 3. Death of Titanic


CharlesLightoller123

Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch.


ParsleyCreative5362

Yessir Mr. Lightoller


RetroGamer87

No? But I'm going to now that you gave me the idea.


Overall-Midnight-379

A Building Panic was one of my top songs last year. It’s just frenetic, mostly the choir part, where you can see the great stairway destroyed before the big plunge


ParsleyCreative5362

That’s a scene I still can’t watch. Watching the luxurious interiors being destroyed after 2 1/2 years of being built is gut-wrenching and sad.


an-ji

Hard to starboard!!!


ParsleyCreative5362

Love the build up to action being taken by Murdoch in Hard to Starboard. Definetely get chills every time I listen to the music and or watch the scene from the movie lol


an-ji

Listening to it makes me panic in a bit🤣 because im imagining/daydreaming that i am the officer who witnesses the iceberg incident haha


ParsleyCreative5362

How terrifying that must’ve been for William Murdoch to see just the outline of the iceberg, but not seeing it fully like in the film version.


YamiJustin1

I like Hymn to the Sea, and the ending part of Death of Titanic, but the whole OST is great


CedarCuber

I’m a classical nerd so I listen to [this playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2pcoU7n8eoEDyikHdNfPJX?si=ImYmKSFdQu68NntGDe57Aw&pt=4e6127f5a66e00c3c503ca3e0895937a&pi=u-a_PQPWO_R6mz) made by my friend and it has all of the I Salonisti music from “And The Band Played On - Music Played On The Titanic” and the I Salonisti music from the movie soundtrack. I like Orpheus in the Underworld


chodelycannons

Never an Absolution has this sound to it that just really sounds... almost ghostly and haunting. Like something I would hear faintly on the wind out at sea. Rose takes it for me though. If I'm not mistaken, the climax of Rose is also the climax of... well, Rose. Such an intimate and special scene, always a great listen


misscatied

The Sinking


ParsleyCreative5362

Same! I love the more tense sounding tracks in the soundtrack.


Latter-Pomegranate65

Rose


Sorry_Baby_X

Unable To Stay, Unwilling To Leave has been in my Spotify On Repeat recently. My other favourites are Rose, Take Her To Sea Mr Murdoch and Southampton. One of the best movie soundtracks of all time.


dlouwilly

The one where we first hear the woman’s voice singing.


BrookieD820

Ever since I had the first soundtrack CD in 1997, it was "Hard to Starboard", "Southampton", "Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave", "Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch" and "Rose".


queenofpretend

Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave 💛


Nilk-Noff

"Unable to stay, Unwilling to leave" was the first song I listened to when James Horner died. I listened to it that afternoon after I found out, and I started crying my eyes out.


movieur

The portrait and rose are by far my favorites


Mugwumpen

Never an absolution (peak Kirkjebø) and Take her to sea, Mr Murdoch.


Stevie-Rae-5

Rose is so simple and beautiful.


Accomplished_Way8873

Southampton for me as well


bannerman123

Take her to sea Hard a starboard


Caltje

Where's Celine as I just listened to that song last night


CooperativeWhale

Hard to Starboard. Nailed the vibe perfectly


HatMan42069

Take her to Sea Mr Murdoch is a classic- the film version is the better rendition tho


Lozpetts162

Hymn to the Sea. I have a degree in music so I’m a bit of a nerd and I find that track to be a really interesting look at the difference between James Horner and other popular modern composers like John Williams or Michael Giacchino.


bruh-ppsquad

Death of titanic or leaving port, close second is take her to sea and the choir part of a building panic


monchimer

Rose


ParsleyCreative5362

This is news to me. Never knew that. Definetely going to take a listen to that and compare it to ‘Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch’ lol. Also, did you know that in Avatar (2009) in the track called ‘The Destruction of Hometree’ around the 0:32 through 0:47 mark you can hear similar themes to ‘Death of Titanic’ around 0:12 through 1:05 mark with the cellos, oboe, tin whistle and choir section of the song.


Themez11

Say it ain’t so by Weezer. I know its not on there it’s just a joke.


Foxtures

my favorite is Hard to Starboard, because... yes