Titanic~~

Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:24 am

Does anyone know what kind of whistle they use in the titanic theme " myheart will go on "?
its not too low, or too high, sounds nice~~ anyone know??

amar · Post by **amar** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:29 am

this whistle community doesn't really like titanic too much...ehmm, or dion, or...
well....some while ago I think I read it wasn't a whistle at all, but that low-life cousin of a recorder.
true?

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:01 am

It sure sounded like a whistle to me.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:41 am

Lillian, follow this link to a movie clip where you can see & hear the orchestra with whistle and Uilleann pipes:
http://www.sonyclassical.com/videos/606 ... l_clip.mov

It comes from the Titanic website:
http://www.sonyclassical.com/releases/6 ... ingof.html

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:22 am

Well, this member of the "whistle community" likes it fine for what it is.

What it is not is Irish Traditional. What the little mournful whistle intro is not is a slow air.

What it really is: soft rock that includes some instrumentation borrowed from the folk / trad side.

And that's ok--it has been responsible for a first introduction to whistles for many folks since that movie came out. Some of them stay "clueless but friendly," others will wind up learning how to play.

So what was the problem again?

By the way, Chiff and Fipple is great but it's not anywhere close to the "whistle community." It is a community--it's an online message-board community--and it has developed "community values" of its own. I think it would be a mistake to assume that just because C&F members have a concensus on something that it accurately reflects the opinions of the whistle or trad community at large.

Now--all that said--C&F is a good community, and you can learn from the folks here and even be guided by the "community standards" here and get off to a really solid start on IrTrad and playing the whistle.

--James

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:33 am

peeplj wrote: I think it would be a mistake to assume that just because C&F members have a concensus on something that it accurately reflects the opinions of the whistle or trad community at large.

I'd hesitate to conclude that C & F'ers "have a consensus" on anything!

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:36 am

Lillian wrote:Does anyone know what kind of whistle they use in the titanic theme " myheart will go on "?
its not too low, or too high, sounds nice~~ anyone know??

This is number 5 of the Five Great Mysteries here:
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/mysteries/mysteries.htm
All the information is there. Read the rest of the page too, it's all importatnt stuff in the whistle mythology.

Note: it doesn't say there but i remember reading somewhere else that it's a low G whistle. So there you go: low G Chieftain played by Tony Hinnigan. Now go read about the other mysteries.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:01 am

This is a question people ask me often, along with "What key is the Titanic song whistle music in?"

One individual sent me to a website with MIDI's of various movie themes, including Titanic, and I tried to work out the key(s) of the whistle in Titanic.

As it happens, there's a key change (up a major third) about 3/4 of the way through, so the whistle part seems to be in two keys. As far as I could tell from the MIDI, the tune starts in the key of F and changes about 3/4 of the way through to the key of A. If anyone can confirm or correct this, I would be grateful. Of course, this assumes the MIDI is in the same key(s) as Celine Dion's recording.

Here's the text of the letter posted on the "Mysteries" page. It mentions that Tony Hinnigan got a whole set of Chieftain whistles. I wonder if it's true that the piece was played with one whistle (G?) or if Tony changed whistles to accomodate the key change. Anyway, I would love to know for sure one way or another.

Dear Dale,

Thanks for the website info. I'm looking forward to checking it out.

Actually, you're very close. I played all the uilleann pipes on TITANIC soundtrack, and my good friend, Tony Hinnigan, from London, played the low whistle. We've worked together for James Horner on the soundtracks of BRAVEHEART, THE DEVIL'S OWN, TITANIC, and the CD follow-up, BACK TO TITANIC. Before we did the soundtrack to TITANIC, I made a trip over to London to pick up some whistles that I had made for me by Phil Hardy. I brought Tony along, they struck up a friendship, and Tony got a whole set of Chieftain whistles from Phil.

When we got together with James Horner to do the soundtrack, James heard the whistles, loved them, and assigned Tony the task. So, yes, it is a Chieftain whistle played by Tony Hinnigan.

Eric Rigler

Best wishes,
Jerry

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:04 am

Hee hee. I was told once by Jim Rementer that is was a Low G Copeland played by Keith (or Kevin?) Underwood. Ahhh, who knows?

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:21 am

I could die happy if I never hear that song ever again.

Kate Winslet could pose for me any time she felt like it, though, if I ever take up figure drawing

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:25 am

One theory was that it was a Gen Bb - which would hold pretty well if part of the tune was in F...don't know so much about the change to A though....

ChristianRo · Post by **ChristianRo** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:41 am

I once accompanied a gospel choir in a concert to that song (yes, I needed the money

) The song moved from F to A. I used my C whistle for the first, then my Bnat whistle for the second part. Worked quite well (better than the vocal arrangement, though...)
We all are mortals...

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:42 am

Please forgive my ignorance on this subject, but wouldn't one want to use the Bb whistle for F and the C whistle for A??

bjs · Post by **bjs** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:26 pm

Anybody want to buy this and report back?

My Heart Will Go On The Titanic theme-of-the-moment for you to play along with - only £5.95

http://www.allflutesplus.co.uk/frameset.html

Brian

illuminatus99 · Post by **illuminatus99** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:32 pm

Brian Lee wrote:Please forgive my ignorance on this subject, but wouldn't one want to use the Bb whistle for F and the C whistle for A??

not quite, the key of B has a Bb and an Eb in it, you could play in F with a Bb whistle as long as you don't have to hit an E anywhere. C has no sharps or flats while the key of A has an F#, C# and G#.

I'd probably use an F whistle for F and an A whistle for A, failing that a D whistle will work for A if you're good at half-holing

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