Titanic Anniversary Edition

This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic tragedy. Some of you may have caught the theatrical release of TITANIC 3D in movie theaters. I remember seeing James Cameron's TITANIC during its initial release when I was dating my now husband and the music from that film brings back memories. I was always impressed with how thoroughly the details of the Titanic's maiden and only voyage were researched and reenacted, right down to the turn of the century music.

To commemorate the anniversary of Titanic's voyage and tragedy, Sony Classical has released two newly remastered versions of the original TITANIC soundtrack along with extensive bonus materials. The two releases are TITANIC: Anniversary Edition and TITANIC: Collector's Anniversary Edition. Both albums feature a previously unreleased disc of period music that had been recorded for the movie by I Salonisti called, I Salonisti: Gentleman, It Has Been a Privilege Playing with You Tonight, which contains 2 marquee songs (along with 13 others), Nearer My God To Thee (the last song played by the 5-piece string quartet as the ship went down in the movie) and Song of Autumn (which doesn't appear in the movie but is rumored to be the actual song that the band played as the ship went down). Both collections also include 4 bonus vintage Titanic luggage stickers.  TITANIC: Collector's Anniversary Edition contains 2 additional discs featuring the remastered Back to TITANIC and Popular Music From the Titanic Era.  

Included on TITANIC: ANNIVERSARY EDITION and TITANIC: COLLECTOR’S ANNIVERSARY EDITION

DISC ONE: TITANIC – Music from the Motion Picture

1. Never an Absolution

2. Distant Memories

3. Southampton

4. Rose

5. Leaving Port

6. "Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch"

7. "Hard to Starboard"

8. Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave

9. The Sinking

10. Death of Titanic

11. A Promise Kept

12. A Life So Changed

13. An Ocean of Memories

14. My Heart Will Go On (performed by Celine Dion)

15. Hymn to the Sea

DISC TWO: I Salonisti: Gentlemen, It Has Been a Privilege Playing with You Tonight

1. Valse Septembre

2. Marguerite Waltz

3. Wedding Dance

4. Poet and Peasant

5. Blue Danube

6. Song Without Words

7. Estudiantina

8. Vision of Salome

9. Titsy Bitsy Girl

10. Alexander's Ragtime Band

11. Sphinx

12. Barcarole

13. Orpheus

14. Song of Autumn

15. Nearer My God to Thee

Included only on TITANIC: Collector’s Anniversary Edition

DISC THREE: Back to TITANIC

1. Titanic Suite

2. An Irish Party In Third Class (performed by Gaelic Storm)

3. Alexander's Ragtime Band (performed by I Salonisti)

4. The Portrait

5. Jack Dawson's Luck

6. A Building Panic

7. Nearer My God to Thee (performed by I Salonisti)

8. Come Josephine, In My Flying Machine (performed by Máire Brennan)

9. Lament

10. A Shore Never Reached

11. My Heart Will Go On - with dialogue from the film (performed by Celine Dion)

12. Epilogue: The Deep And Timeless Sea

DISC FOUR: Popular Music from the Titanic Era

1. It's a Long Way to Tipperary (John McCormack)

2. Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Halfway House Dance Orchestra)

3. Vilia (Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra)

4. My Gal Sal (Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers)

5. Oh! You Beautiful Doll (Chuck Foster & His Orchestra)

6. Martha (Adrian Rollinoi Trio)

7. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (Duke Ellington & His Orchestra)

8. Waiting at the Church (Beatrice Kay)

9. Frasquita Serenade (John Kirby & His Orchestra)

10. Shine On, Harvest Moon (Hal Kemp)

11. From the Land of the Sky Blue Water (Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra)

12. Loch Lomond (Maxine Sullivan & Her Orchestra)

13. A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (Miff Mole’s Molers)

The plight of the Titanic and the passengers, continues to make an impression on people 100 years later. TITANIC is still the second grossing movie of all time and is only one of 3 films to have received a record 11 Academy Awards! I have always felt TITANIC was a must see movie, and the music is timeless, so I have enjoyed listening to the Titanic Anniversary Edition and I am sure the Titanic: Collector's Anniversary Edition is wonderful as well.

 Thank you to Sony Music for my samples used in this review, opinions are honest.  Review by Michelle.

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