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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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