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Year: 1997 (70th) Academy Awards

Category: Music (Original Song)

Song Title: "My Heart Will Go On"

Film Title: Titanic

Winner: Music by James Horner; Lyric by Will Jennings

Presenter: Madonna

Date & Venue: March 23, 1998; Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center

JAMES HORNER:
I want to thank, first of all, Rene and Celine for a marvelous, brilliant job. Thank you so much. I cannot thank you enough. Jim Cameron, thank you for being in a good mood that day when I brought you the song. Peter Gelb, Glen Brunman, Sony 550, thank you. And Glen, thank you.

WILL JENNINGS:
I thank James for his music. And love to my wife Carole. And to all the people all over the world that took "My Heart Will Go On" to their hearts, we're very happy.

JAMES HORNER:
Thank you all.

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