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The Wild West - The Essential Western Film Music Collection
Silva America (SSD-1099)
Release Date: September 21, 1999
Conducted by Paul Bateman
Performed by
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Formats: CD, Digital
Music From
- Buffalo Girls (1995)
- Wyatt Earp (1994)
- Maverick (1994)
- Gettysburg (1993)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Dances With Wolves (1990)
- Glory (1989)
- Lonesome Dove (1989) [Miniseries]
- Silverado (1985)
- Heaven's Gate (1980)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- The Cowboys (1972)
- Red Sun (1971)
- Wild Rovers (1971)
- Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
- Monte Walsh (1970)
- El Condor (1970)
- True Grit (1969)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- Villa Rides! (1968)
- Stagecoach (1966)
- The Rare Breed (1966)
- The Professionals (1966)
- The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965)
- The Wild Wild West (1965) [TV Series]
- A Fistful Of Dollars (1964)
- A Distant Trumpet (1964)
- How The West Was Won (1962)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- The Alamo (1960)
- The Proud Rebel (1958)
- The Big Country (1958)
- Wagon Train (1957) [TV Series]
- The Searchers (1956)
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Review: Wild West - The Essential Western Film Music Collection, The
4 / 5 Stars
Just about any film composer worth their weight in the last 75 years has written music for a western. From the golden age like Dimitri Tionmkin, Max Steiner,and Alfred Newman to some of the more current composers of James Newton Howard, Randy Newman, and Basil Poledouris, each has made their mark and each are represented by some of their best and most memorable work on this two CD set. Its truly hard to cover all the music represented here on the set, since each piece has its own strengths and power. Some of the music, such as Gettysburg Glory, and The Last Of The Mohicans have now direct classification as westerns, but their music was written in the spirit of the west. Some of my favorites on the album are from true westerns, however, like The Big Country, Dances With Wolves, and the great How The West Was Won, presented here with relative closeness to the original recordings, this time as with most Silva compilations played by The City of Prague Philharmonic. It seems that this orchestra, under the tutelage of Nic Raine, Paul Bateman and Derek Wadsworth, has increased their overall skill with reproducing the original sound of the scores, a rare feat nowadays for special product compilations.
Overall, Id rate this as one of Silvas best releases, and definitely their best compilation. For those who need to get a sampling of this branch of film music, or this type of music in general, its the best starting point. Ive even been inspired by some of these recordings to search out the full scores to several of the movies and television shows heard here. Some have never seen full score recording before, and hopefully Silva or some other company will be inspired to possibly do so, it really cant hurt, its a neglected film genre nowadays (The Wild Wild West from Barry Sonnenfeld did not count this year... and may have actually hurt those prospects.) Run, do not walk, do not pass go, to your local record store and pick up this release, you wont be disappointed!
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