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Another vote for his spectacular score for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, one of my most prized cds.
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Desplat does nothing for me...but the idea of a George Fenton western is quite intriguing!
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Jun 8, 2018 - 5:46 PM
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I have Fenton's Buffalo Bill and the "Wild West Show" in the title sums up the majority of the music. Most of it sounds like one might reasonably expect a large-scale western circus act to sound, with plenty of whiplashes, banjos, indian chants, harmonicas and drum rolls, and what I'd describe as mock, grandiose western themes, mostly suggestive of lighthearted adventures and galloping goings-on. The orchestra often sounds quite small, perhaps to suggest a circus-sized performance. There are three or four tracks that suggest a dramatic western score from Fenton would be interesting – the track "The Deadwood Stage" (nothing like the Doris Day western classic of the same name) is the highlight of the CD I think – but I'd say most of the rest is intentionally fun, caricature stuff.
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Jun 17, 2018 - 3:18 PM
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theOzman
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I'm not sure if it was mentioned on here yet, but Fenton scored a western that stared Pierce Brosnan, called 'GREY OWL' (1999). The composer also released the soundtrack on his own label, Debonair (Records). It's a simple, sort of unsophisticated, but, yet, lush sounding score and, for those interested, you can hear the opening them here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n3zwjh
Oz
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