James Cameron was adamant about not including any song in the film, not even over the closing credits, since he often finds that they don't fit tonally. Composer James Horner, however, was struggling to end the movie on a strongly emotional note, and thought a song would be the best way to do it. He secretly arranged with lyricist Will Jennings and singer Céline Dion to write "My Heart Will Go On", using the central musical theme of the movie as a melody. A demo tape was recorded with most of 20th Century Fox top brass in attendance, who loved the song. Horner then presented the recording to Cameron, who responded very favorably, although he had no idea who the singer was (when told it was his fellow Canadian Dion, he responded: "Oh, she's big, right?"). He included the song over the closing credits, and it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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