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Good day gentlemen and ladies. The encylopedia of Western movies lists the following titles as MGM. Hearts of the West 1975 Westworld 1973 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 Catlow 1971 The Last Challenge 1967 The Rounders 1965 Advance to the Rear 1964 Mail Order Bride 1963 A Thunder of Drums 1961 The Law and Jake Wild 1958 Gun Glory 1957 Fastest Gun Alive 1956 Many Rivers to Cross 1955 Westward the Women 1953 Skyful of Moon 1952 Lone Star 1952 Red Badge of Courage 1951 Callaway went Thataway 1951 Accross the Wide Missouri 1951 Stars in My Crown 1950 The Outriders 1950 Ambush 1950 Three Godfathers 1948 Apache Trail 1943 Honky Talk 1941 Billy the Kid 1941 Northwest Passage 1940. Many of the films listed were MGM star vehicles for the likes of Spencer Tracy, Robert Taylor and Clark Gable. From the above my own dream five would be A Thunder of Drums. An interesting score by Harry Sukman which duplicates, in a minor part only, a descending hill score for 'Command' a thirty minute Saturday Evening Post episode , scored by Les Baxter. Many Rivers to Cross. Mentioned in a previous thred. Red Badge of Courage. Again this could be interesting as Kaper may have had access to the earlier, trimmed scenes, from this spectacular. Nearly worth the price of a western set for the end titles alone.. Three Godfathers Finally a Richard Hageman score which, in many ways, exemplifies his work for earlier and later westerns with John Ford. Northwest Passage. This is a magnificent score. Some elements must exist as, though wrongly titled, the end theme has appeared in good sound on a previous Turner Album. Trusting that this helps. Enjoy your days Nathan
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And we've had maybe 15 minutes of music from "Catlow" released. I don't know how much music remains unreleased for the latter two. Quite a lot from Catlow actually. The whole score is excellent and much much longer in the film -- and wasn't the LP/CD version even a whole new re-recording ? Yes it was. The album tracks are not as good as the film tracks, which are often played at a different tempo and have the instruments mixed more effectively.
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I too love Valdez, but wouldn't be surprised if the tapes are long gone. It is UA, & didn't Lukas say they threw them all away in the70's.
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With respects. Man with the gun..Aka..Deadly Peacemaker is a United Artists release. Northwest Passage, actually the end title, is on: COMPOSED BY : CLASSIC FILM THEMES FROM HOLLYWOOD' MASTERS. RHINO MOVIE MUSIC R2 72847 TRACK 10. With regards Nathan
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Hi Pardners, I'm actually looking into this stuff. Anyone want to guess who conducted Many Rivers to Cross? I have a question. I remember reading that there were some synch issues on Rhino's How the West Was Won. Can anybody provide specifics as to which tracks have problems, and what? Thanks Lukas
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Hi Pardners, I'm actually looking into this stuff. Anyone want to guess who conducted Many Rivers to Cross? Lukas, Cyril J Mockridge was the composer of the score with , I believe, Arthur Morton, as orchestrator. Arthur seemed to spend the late fourties and fifties orchestrting everyones westerns ?. Unfortunately I cannot give you positive proof. Regards Nathan
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I am teasing you -- I found out from the logs. A big name conducted it, I guess as a favor. Not Newman, but... Lukas
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I am teasing you -- I found out from the logs. A big name conducted it, I guess as a favor. Not Newman, but... Lukas Mmm MGM, my money would be on Previn or Rozsa.
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