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Mar 26, 2013 - 4:17 PM
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Monstrous Movie Music is proud to present THE TALL TEXAN [MMM-1974], which features a very impressive western score by Bert Shefter, usually known as Paul Sawtell’s partner. This solid 1953 Lloyd Bridges’ movie tells the story of gold and greed in the wilds of New Mexico, and it was edited and directed by the award-winning Elmo Williams, who contributed to the research for the liner notes. Soon to turn 100, Mr. Williams is a legend as an editor, winning an Academy Award for his extraordinary work on HIGH NOON. This CD is dedicated to Mr. Williams. This disc has everything you want in a western score: heroic melodies, exciting action sequences, Indian themes, romance, and much more. Some of the music will remind you of Bernard Herrmann, some will remind you of Elmer Bernstein, but Shefter wrote this score in his own style and those musical similarities actually predate those moments by the other composers. This 50-minute CD will take you back to a time when men were men and Indians were Indians! The music was transferred from the composer's original tape reels, and the lovely cover painting is by the gifted Robert Aragon. To hear a "suite" from THE TALL TEXAN, please use the sound link below. This is just a small sample of some of the wonderful themes and motifs to be heard on this highly enjoyable score: http://www.mmmrecordings.com/Audio_Samples/MUSIC-1974-medley.mp3 CDs will begin shipping about a week from today, unless you don't mind new copies that aren't shrink-wrapped, as we have some of those from our recent convention, and we can mail those out in the next few days. To order, please go to our home page or to our page dedicated to THE TALL TEXAN, or to our order page to see your payment options. And thanks to all of you who have been supporting our little label all these years! http://mmmrecordings.com/index.html http://mmmrecordings.com/The_Tall_Texan/the_tall_texan.html http://mmmrecordings.com/How_To_Order/how_to_order.html MMM-1974 Total Time: 50:01 THE TALL TEXAN (1953) Music composed by Bert Shefter 1 Main Title 2:18 2 Wagon on the Way 1:46 3 Putting Indian in Wagon 2:45 4 Gun Fight 2:09 5 Jerry’s Dead :42 6 The Gold Nugget 1:10 7 Dealt In :22 8 On the Way 1:32 9 Gold Panning 2:24 10 Gold Glitters :10 11 Panning 2:39 12 Trask Jumps at Sheriff 1:54 13 Panning for Gold 3:12 14 Night Scene 1:08 15 Tinnen Spots Gold Nugget :49 16 Card Game :46 17 Laura and Ben 2:35 18 Tinnen Goes to the Burial Ground 2:37 19 The Fight 1:28 20 On the Way for Supplies :23 21 Guitar :24 22 Tinnen and Carney on Way Back :57 23 Tinnen Shoots Carney :14 24 Carney’s Time Piece 1:13 25 On Horse to Burial Ground 1:39 26 On the Run :05 27 On the Run 1:21 28 Indians Give Chase :26 29 Tinnen Gets It 1:57 30 Bess Gets It :58 31 Fighting Way Out 3:21 32 End Title :25 Bonus Tracks! 33 Indian Drums, #1 2:05 34 Indian Drums, #2 :58 35 Indians Nearby :09 36 Indian Drums, #3 :54
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Monstrous Movie Music is proud to present THE TALL TEXAN [MMM-1974], which features a very impressive western score by Bert Shefter, usually known as Paul Sawtell’s partner. This solid 1953 Lloyd Bridges’ movie tells the story of gold and greed in the wilds of New Mexico, and it was edited and directed by the award-winning Elmo Williams, who contributed to the research for the liner notes. Soon to turn 100, Mr. Williams is a legend as an editor, winning an Academy Award for his extraordinary work on HIGH NOON. This CD is dedicated to Mr. Williams. This disc has everything you want in a western score: heroic melodies, exciting action sequences, Indian themes, romance, and much more. Some of the music will remind you of Bernard Herrmann, some will remind you of Elmer Bernstein, but Shefter wrote this score in his own style and those musical similarities actually predate those moments by the other composers. This 50-minute CD will take you back to a time when men were men and Indians were Indians! The music was transferred from the composer's original tape reels, and the lovely cover painting is by the gifted Robert Aragon. To hear a "suite" from THE TALL TEXAN, please use the sound link below. This is just a small sample of some of the wonderful themes and motifs to be heard on this highly enjoyable score: http://www.mmmrecordings.com/Audio_Samples/MUSIC-1974-medley.mp3 CDs will begin shipping about a week from today, unless you don't mind new copies that aren't shrink-wrapped, as we have some of those from our recent convention, and we can mail those out in the next few days. To order, please go to our home page or to our page dedicated to THE TALL TEXAN, or to our order page to see your payment options. And thanks to all of you who have been supporting our little label all these years! http://mmmrecordings.com/index.html http://mmmrecordings.com/The_Tall_Texan/the_tall_texan.html http://mmmrecordings.com/How_To_Order/how_to_order.html MMM-1974 Total Time: 50:01 THE TALL TEXAN (1953) Music composed by Bert Shefter 1 Main Title 2:18 2 Wagon on the Way 1:46 3 Putting Indian in Wagon 2:45 4 Gun Fight 2:09 5 Jerry’s Dead :42 6 The Gold Nugget 1:10 7 Dealt In :22 8 On the Way 1:32 9 Gold Panning 2:24 10 Gold Glitters :10 11 Panning 2:39 12 Trask Jumps at Sheriff 1:54 13 Panning for Gold 3:12 14 Night Scene 1:08 15 Tinnen Spots Gold Nugget :49 16 Card Game :46 17 Laura and Ben 2:35 18 Tinnen Goes to the Burial Ground 2:37 19 The Fight 1:28 20 On the Way for Supplies :23 21 Guitar :24 22 Tinnen and Carney on Way Back :57 23 Tinnen Shoots Carney :14 24 Carney’s Time Piece 1:13 25 On Horse to Burial Ground 1:39 26 On the Run :05 27 On the Run 1:21 28 Indians Give Chase :26 29 Tinnen Gets It 1:57 30 Bess Gets It :58 31 Fighting Way Out 3:21 32 End Title :25 Bonus Tracks! 33 Indian Drums, #1 2:05 34 Indian Drums, #2 :58 35 Indians Nearby :09 36 Indian Drums, #3 :54 I remember seeing this film at a Sunday matinee in the old Regal cinema when I was a kid...listening to the music might make me feel young again! Ordered!!!
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to mmm, will any of these westerns be be of the golden age era? thanks any clues. keep up the great work. Since this is MMM and they seem to exclusively focus on the golden age I would say that's a given...woohoo! Bring on more westerns! Yavar
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Besides the quotes from YANKEE DOODLE DANDY and BLOW THE MAN DOWN, I'm also hearing an old spiritual hymn in there: WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD.
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Dec 18, 2015 - 9:59 PM
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Zoragoth
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Monstrous Movie Music is proud to present THE TALL TEXAN [MMM-1974], which features a very impressive western score by Bert Shefter, usually known as Paul Sawtell’s partner... This disc has everything you want in a western score: heroic melodies, exciting action sequences, Indian themes, romance, and much more. Some of the music will remind you of Bernard Herrmann, some will remind you of Elmer Bernstein, but Shefter wrote this score in his own style and those musical similarities actually predate those moments by the other composers. This 50-minute CD will take you back to a time when men were men and Indians were Indians! The music was transferred from the composer's original tape reels, and the lovely cover painting is by the gifted Robert Aragon. To hear a "suite" from THE TALL TEXAN, please use the sound link below. This is just a small sample of some of the wonderful themes and motifs to be heard on this highly enjoyable score: http://www.mmmrecordings.com/Audio_Samples/MUSIC-1974-medley.mp3 Having just taken this off my mighty stack of unsealed CDs and given it many spins over the last week, I wanted to bump this thread to promote this wonderful score and MMM release. This is a fabulous western score. It hits all the beats one expects from a classic western film score (plus the interesting inclusion of a sea shanty, which is given many variants throughout the score), but with a distinctive voice. Fun, colorful listening! Thank you David Schecter of MMM for this fabulous release!
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