The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection
byVarious Artists - Silva Screen Records
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- Date Released: September 21, 1999
- Genre: Soundtracks/Other
- Style: Film Soundtracks
- Label: Silva Screen Records / KOCH Dist.
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This is the first of two double-disc collections from Silva Screen devoted to Western movie and television theme music, all played by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra under Paul Bateman. Ranging across the history of the genre from the 1930s to the 1990s, the results are generally impressive, if occasionally a little weighty -- "A Fistful of Dollars" seems rather elephantine here compared with Ennio Morricone's own rendition, but self-conscious "big tunes" such as John Barry's "The John Dunbar Theme" from Dances With Wolves, Elmer Bernstein's main title music from The Magnificent Seven and The Sons of Katie Elder, and Alfred Newman's main title theme from How the West Was Won work just fine. The producers have also included oddities such as Maurice Jarre's main theme from Red Sun and John Williams' theme from The Rare Breed (1966), and a handful of television themes are here, most notably Jerome Moross' main title theme from Wagon Train. The sound is state of the art but the annotation is minimal, one is sorry to say, with nothing but movie and television series credits in the booklet.
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| 01. |  |
The Alamo (Overture)
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3:24 |  |
| 02. | |
The Big Country (Main Title Theme)
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3:18 | |
| 03. | |
Buffalo Girls (Main Theme)
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3:17 | |
| 04. | |
The Cowboys (Main Theme)
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3:31 | |
| 05. | |
The John Dunbar Theme {from Dances With Wolves}
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2:36 | |
| 06. | |
A Distant Trumpet (Main Title)
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1:28 | |
| 07. | |
El Condor (Main Title Theme)
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3:24 | |
| 08. | |
A Fistful of Dollars (Main Theme)
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3:31 | |
| 09. | |
Gettysburg (Main Theme)
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4:51 | |
| 10. | |
Charging Fort Wagner {from Glory}
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3:05 | |
| 11. | |
Sweet Breeze {from Heaven's Gate}
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4:08 | |
| 12. | |
High Plains Drifter (Main Theme)
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4:13 | |
| 13. | |
Prelude from How the West Was Won
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3:21 | |
| 14. | |
The Last of the Mohicans (Main Theme)
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3:16 | |
| 15. | |
Lonesome Dove (Main Themes)
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6:18 | |
| 16. | |
The Magnificent Seven (Main Themes)
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5:53 | |
| 17. | |
Run Over By a Stagecoach {from Maverick}
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3:50 | |
| 18. | |
The Good Times Are Comin' {from Monte Walsh}
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2:16 | |
| 19. | |
Once Upon a Time in the West (Main Theme)
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6:06 | |
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19 Total Tracks, 71:46 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Overture from The Professionals
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5:30 | |
| 02. | |
The War Is Over {from The Outlaw Josey Wales}
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4:27 | |
| 03. | |
Pastorale {from The Proud Rebel}
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3:41 | |
| 04. | |
The Cross Breed/End Title {from The Rare Breed}
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4:24 | |
| 05. | |
Red Sun (Main Title)
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2:47 | |
| 06. | |
The Searchers (Opening Theme)
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3:05 | |
| 07. | |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Main Theme)
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2:48 | |
| 08. | |
Silverado (Main Themes)
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4:06 | |
| 09. | |
The Sons of Katie Elder (Main Theme)
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2:17 | |
| 10. | |
Stagecoach (Opening and Closing Titles) |
2:37 | |
| 11. | |
Rooster Cogburn {from True Grit}
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2:39 | |
| 12. | |
Two Mules for Sister Sara (Main Theme)
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5:21 | |
| 13. | |
Claudia's Theme {from The Unforgiven}
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6:19 | |
| 14. | |
Villa Rides (Main Theme)
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3:32 | |
| 15. | |
Wagon Train (Main Theme)
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3:11 | |
| 16. | |
Train Montage {from The Wild Bunch}
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4:48 | |
| 17. | |
Bronco Bustin' {from The Wild Rovers}
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2:13 | |
| 18. | |
Wyatt Earp (Prelude)
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4:50 | |
| 19. | |
The Wild Wild West (Theme)
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4:51 | |
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19 Total Tracks, 73:26 Total Length
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Credits
- Maurice Jarre - Arranger // Maurice Jarre - Arranger // Henry Mancini - Arranger // Henry Mancini - Arranger // John Williams - Arranger // John Williams - Arranger // Don Wilkerson - Arranger // James Horner - Arranger // Bruce Broughton - Arranger // Trevor Jones - Arranger // Brian Gascoigne - Arranger // Jack Hayes - Arranger // Ira Hearshen - Arranger // Lee Holdridge - Arranger // David Mansfield - Arranger // Greig McRitchie - Arranger // Jerome Moross - Arranger // Arthur Morton - Arranger // Christopher Palmer - Arranger // Nic Raine - Arranger // Mike Ross-Trevor - Engineer // David Snell - Arranger // John Timperley - Digital Recording Engineer // Eric Tomlinson - Engineer // Gareth Williams - Mastering // Jimmy Fitzpatrick - Producer // Brad Dechter - Arranger // The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Performer // Mike Townend - Arranger // Reynold da Silva - Executive Producer // David Stoner - Release Coordinator // Paul Bateman - Conductor // Richard Bronskill - Arranger // Rudolph Wiederman - Orchestra Contractor // Neil Richardson - Arranger // Murray Cutter - Arranger // Gary Carter - Cover Art // Jan Holzner - Assistant Engineer // Don Davis - Arranger
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Other Details
- Orchestra:
- City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
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