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James Horner – Distant Memories (From “Titanic”)

Starting quietly, as if steeped in nostalgia, this piece is the music that plays when the elderly Rose recalls the past.

It gradually swells, the orchestra building a solemn yet radiant atmosphere, then settles back into quiet once more.

It’s a piece that reminds us that every event in life has a beginning and an end.

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05 Jack Dawson’s Luck

This Irish-style piece was used in the first half of the film.

It played as background music when the protagonist, Jack, was fortunate enough to secure a place on the Titanic.

You can feel his joy and excitement through the music.

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06 A Building Panic

This piece, created by fusing orchestra and synthesizer, was used at the moment the Titanic was finally sinking.

As the title suggests, it expresses the state of mounting panic.

Just listening to it conjures up images of people in an uproar.

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Titanic Soundtrack – [11] A Promise Kept

This song, which carries a somewhat unsettling and sorrowful atmosphere, was used when the protagonist Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, sinks into the sea.

It seems to express not only the frailty of human life and the terror of the ocean, but also the beauty within them.

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James Horner – Death Of Titanic (From “Titanic”)

This piece, which plays when the Titanic begins to sink, conveys a sense of foreboding—as if something terrible is about to happen and danger is closing in.

Blending drums, strings, and brass, it brings back that edge-of-your-seat feeling.

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Back to Titanic Soundtrack – 13. The Deep and Timeless Sea

“Deep And Timeless Sea,” included at the end of the original soundtrack album Back to Titanic, is a track whose clear vocals and orchestral sound are exceptionally beautiful, even conveying a sense of grandeur.

It’s common in film soundtracks to reuse several striking themes across multiple pieces, and in this track, a memorable phrase that appears in the interlude of the main theme song, “My Heart Will Go On,” is also quoted.

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Hard to Starboard (Titanic Soundtrack)

Starting with a quiet and beautiful string melody, the French horns soon resound, and then the strings return with force, growing intense as if sounding an alarm that something ominous is about to happen.

The percussion rolls in as well, warning of further danger.

This is the piece that was playing when the iceberg appeared before us.