Celine Mentioned In Yahoo! Music News Article

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Here's an interesting article about original, good movie music, or the lackthereof, in motion pictures these days. The article actually doesn't bash "My Heart Will Go On," but instead praises it.

 

Movie songs no longer rule pop charts

11/12/2007 12:01 AM, AP

Christy Lemire

 

There was a time around 1997 when no matter where you were — in the car, on the StairMaster, at the dentist's office — you couldn't help but hear "My Heart Will Go On," the soaring Celine Dion ballad from "Titanic."

 

Resistance was futile. It did go on, and on, and on — an example not just of great marketing, but of the kind of movie theme song that no longer exists.

 

These extinct songs were big and poignant on their own, but also used skillfully within their films. They became "a souvenir" of the theatrical experience, as six-time Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren puts it.

 

For decades, theme songs like "Evergreen" or "Arthur's Theme" or "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" were huge radio hits, often peaking at No. 1 on the pop chart and going on to win the Academy Award for best original song. (All the tunes mentioned so far have received the honor; the list of winners throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s is staggering.)

 

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