Posts from arthurarnell in thread „Duke's Movie Soundtracks- Past Discussion (Archive)“

Hi Jim and Mike

The one illustrated is the same as the one have. its interesting reading the various comments particularly about the singing. All in all though I think this is a very good CD.
On a par with the Searchers How The West Was Won and Red River I would go for How The West Was Won Red River and The Searchers.

If I were to expand two very good CD's that would stand with the other three are The films of Elmer Bernstein Volume 1 The Comancheros and True Grit, and Volume 2 The Shootist, Big Jake, Cahill United States Marshall.

Having played Stagecoach and Fort Apache I wasn't particularly impressed with Stagecoach reasonably happy with Fort Apache. Perhaps I expected more.


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Arthur

Hi Mike

The Tiomkin CD looks good might try that.


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Arthur

Hi

I've just got the Stagecoach and Fort Apache CD. Looking forward to listening to it.

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Arthur

Hi

If this works hopefully you will be able to add to this list

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Arthur

Hi Bob

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I have never seen either an exclusive Rio Bravo or Chisum Disc, but if you go into John Wayne's music there is a CD in existence called My Rifle My Pony and Me issued by Bear records and includes Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson singing My Rifle My Pony and Me and Dean Martin singing Rio Bravo.

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There is also by the same record company Rio Bravo which also includes My Rifle my Pony and Me by Dean Martin it also has four tracks by Frankie Avalon from the Alamo which are not very good and the Ballad of the War Wagon.

I have the sound track from Chisum which unfortunately doesn't icnlude the William Conrad vocal.

Like you I think it a pretty good piece of music.

I have also a three disc set entitled Wild Wild West which isn't bad and contains How the West Was Won The Comanceros Ballad of the Alamo and Green Leaves of summer and Rio Bravo (Main theme) & True Grit. The main details of this
GLD 25416 2001 IMC Music Ltd
issued under liscence from Intermusic SA

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Arthur

Hi

Breaking one of the rules over the use of the definitive works link but......

I have just watched Fort Apache on BBC 2 and as I can't remember where the original Fort Apache thread was I cottoned on to this one. It struck me that the music is quite good and quite varied and includes Around her neck she wore a yelllow ribbon. There is obviously a CD on Rio Grande. I wonder if the sound track of Fort Apache is in being. Does anyone know?

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Arthur

Hi Roland

I wrote to Big Trail some years ago when Tim did an appreaciation of Tiomkins movie music.

If you watch Rio Bravo his Settle Down or My Rifle My Pony and Me by Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin is Red River revisited, and if you follow closely the opening scene in which the only sound is the guitar playing, if you listen to the music you will find it is a melodic version of Marina Mine the theme music taken from the mid fifties picture Blowing Wild and normally sung by Frankie Laine.

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Arthur

Hi

I think the music from the High and the Mighty is in a classs of its own.

But I also agree with most that the Sons of Katie Elder is also very very good.

I have the music from El Dorado on disc, Also the theme music from Chisum
but not the opening song which I also like.

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Arthur

Hi Chester

Elmer Bernstein also composed

The Shootist,

McQ,

Cahill,

True Grit

The Commancheros
which I particularly like for its stirring start, nostalgic and even poignant middle section climbing to a rousing climax. I think at times the music seems to be fortelling the end of John Waynes career which I suppose is silly as the film was made in the 1960s, or perhaps it puts you in that mood, but I find it a very thought provoking and meloncholy piece.

Cast A Giant Shadow another stirring sound track

Non John Wayne pictures include

The Great Escape

The Scalphunters

The Hallelujah Trail

Gunsmoke

And for me also also a fantastic piece of music

The Ten Commandments

I sometimes wonder especially in view of the last piece if he wrote the music and they put the film to it rather than the other way around, because the two go together perfectly.

Hi Kalmouk

There is a chisum sound track which I 'aqquired' unfortunately I don't where it originally came from, equally unfortunately it contains every piece of music from the film except the opening vocal chorus.

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Arthur

HI iTDO

Some of those on your list make my mouth water I have the long playing record of America Why I Love Her and also the Alamo.

I thought my collection was good but some you mention are superb.

Hi It's me again

A couple I forgot to mention

HATARI - Henry Mancini RCA Records BMG Music Spain 74321611222

MY RIFLE MY PONY AND ME - Music and TV Soundtracks
Bear Family Records
Includes
My Rifle My Pony and Me - Dean Martin Ricky Nelson
Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins
The Searchers - Sons of the Pioneers
The Sons of Katie Elder -Johnny Cash
Rio Bravo - Dean Martin
North to Alask - Johnny Horton

WILD WILD WEST - Great Western Film Themes 3CD's Boxed
Includes:-
How The West Was Won (main theme)
The Comancheros (main theme)
Ballad of the Alamo (main theme)
Green Leaves of summer (main theme)
Tru Grit (main theme
Rio Bravo (main theme)

THE WILD BUNCH BEST OF THE WEST * (Highly Recomended if you are a western
fan)
The CZECH Symphony Orchestra Silva Screen FilmCD 136
Includes :-
The Sons of Katie Elder - main theme
Rio Lobo - main theme
The Alamo - overture

WAND'RIN' STAR - Bear family records
Includes:
Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan - get along home Cindy
Gene Pitney - The Man Who shot Liberty Valance
Claude King - The Comancheros

In my first post I mentioned the CD Rio Bravo
I forgot to mention the music on it, it includes:-

My Rifle my Pony and Me - Dean Martin (studio version)
De Geullo - Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Tennessee Babe - Frankie Avalon*
Green Leaves of Summer - Frankie Avalon*
Here's to the Ladies - Frankie Avalon
The Ballad of the Alamo - Frankie Avalon*
The Ballad of the War Wagon - Ed Ames

* In the Frankie Avalon songs he sings them like he has a bus to catch and in the Ballad of the Alamo includes parts of the song that I think he made up himself, at least I've never heard them in any other of the ballads.

Hi

We have had a list of the definitive list of John Waynes Books, which I for one and I think alot of other people found useful and informative.

In another post the question was raised abouth the theme music for the Quiet Man.

I got to thinking how many other Cd containing Theme music from John Wayne films are in existence.

If I can start this topic off with the titles in my collection and if everyone else can fill in it migt also be useful.

So here goes

THE QUIET MAN - SFC 1501 The Dublin Screen Orchestra conducted by Kenneth
Alwyn.

AMERICA WHY I LOVE HER - Big John Records
(Also on 33rp Long Playing Record)

JOHN WAYNE - THE COMANCHEROS & TRUE GRIT - VCD 47236 The Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elmer Bernstein

JOHN WAYNE - Volume Two THE SHOOTIST/ BIG JAKE/CAHILL U.S.MARSHALL VCD47264
The Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elmer Bernstein

THE SEARCHERS - Conducted by Max Steiner with The sons of the Pioneers
Published by Warner Music FMA/MS 101 Manufactured by Screen
Archives Entertainment.

RIO BRAVO & OTHER MOVIE AND TV WESTERN THEMES - BCD 16328 AR
Bear Family Records PO BOX 1154 D-27727 HAMBERGEN GERMANY

THE COWBOYS - Conducted by John Williams
Varese Sarabande VSD 5540

THE HORSE SOLDIERS/DUEL AT DIABLO Best - Nr 9105W

TRUE GRIT - Music from the classic films of John Wayne - Silver Screen FilmCD153
The City of Prague Philharmonic

THE UNDEFEATED - FSM Silver Age Classics Limited to 3000 copies

EL DORADO/CUSTER OF THE WEST - Comanche 395/66.65

RIO GRANDE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Conducted by Victor Young
Varese Sarabande VSD-5378

RED RIVER - Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Marco Polo

RIO LOBO - Ptrometheus Record Limited Edition of 3000

In addition I have seen advertisments for-

THE ALAMO on CD and Long playing Record
CAST A GIANT SHADOW
THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER
THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA
McQ - Issued November 2003
BRANNIGAN issued November 2003