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#1 robthehand

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 08:16 PM

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THE BIG COUNTRY: LIMITED EDITION

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LIMITED EDITION OF 3000 UNITS

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Presenting the first ever official, studio-endorsed CD release of composer Jerome Moross’s classic, original score to the beloved 1958 MGM/UA epic western, THE BIG COUNTRY, starring Gregory Peck, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives and Chuck Connors and directed by William Wyler. Remastered and complimented with exclusive liner notes and official art, this special release of Moross’s original score recording is limited to 3000 units.

TRACK LISTING:

1. MAIN TITLE (3:21)
2. JULIE’S HOUSE (2:10)
3. THE WELCOMING (3:09)
4. THE HAZING (1:49)
5. COURTIN’ TIME (1:21)
6. THE TERRILL RANCH (1:35)
7. OLD THUNDER (1:40)
8. THE RAID Parts 1 & 2 (3:39)
9. McKAY’S DECISION (1:03)
10. THE CAPTURE (1:28)
11. McKAY’S TRIUMPH (0:35)
12. MAJOR TERRILL’S PARTY (1:30)
13. MAJOR TERRILL’s PARTY - PART 2 (1:09)
14. WALTZ (2:16)
15. POLKA (0:54)
16. NIGHT IN BLANCO CANYON (0:52)
17. McKAY’S RIDE (1:20)
18. McKAY IS MISSING (2:02)
19. THE OLD HOUSE (2:18)
20. WAITING (0:30)
21. HORROR STORIES (1:04)
22. BIG MUDDY (2:33)
23. STILL WAITING (1:37)
24. McKAY ALONE (1:20)
25. NIGHT AT LADDER RANCH (1:09)
26. THE FIGHT (2:54)
27. CATTLE AT THE RIVER (2:21)
28. PAT’S MISTAKE (1:20)
29. BUCK COMES FOR JULIE (1:12)
30. THE ABDUCTION (1:10)
31. THE CAPTIVE (1:34)
32. THE ATTEMPTED RAPE (2:10)
33. THE WAR PARTY GATHERS (2:39)
34. McKAY IN BLANCO CANYON (2:27)
35. JIM AND JULIE (0:35)
36. THE MAJOR ALONE (1:51)
37. THE DUEL (0:51)
38. THE DEATH OF BUCK HANNASSEY (2:44)
39. AMBUSH IN BLANCO CANYON - PART 1 (1:16)
40. AMBUSH IN BLANCO CANYON - PART 2 (1:47)
41. THE STALKING (1:21)
42. END TITLE (1:59)

TOTAL TIME: (74:00)

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:26 PM

Fantastic news! The soundclips are great, I will order this. Finally a official release!

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:29 PM

What? No Godzilla?



This is a welcome release.


Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures.

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:32 PM

Wow, just a few weeks ago, this was on TV, and my mom was saying how it was one of her favorite scores of all time. Then I got online to try to find CD release, and found that the only one was a rare old collector's edition. So this release is great news! Order commencing...
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:32 PM

Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures.


Why? Are you growing up? :o
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:36 PM

Need cash!!!!! Gotta make room for my expanding CD collection too.


I'm glad I didn't buy the Silva re-recording a couple of weeks ago.

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:41 PM

Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures.


Why? Are you growing up? :o

I think that Mark grew up a long time ago.
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:45 PM

Need cash!!!!! Gotta make room for my expanding CD collection too.


I'm glad I didn't buy the Silva re-recording a couple of weeks ago.


Ahh, now I see...
I'm glad as well I didn't buy the re-recording!
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 09:59 PM

What? No Godzilla?



Probably won't come out until later this year, if it ever does.

I'm still skeptical about the Godzilla score...
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Posted 09 March 2007 - 10:18 PM

Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures.


Why? Are you growing up? :o



Plus my Godzilla figures take up enough space.

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Posted 09 March 2007 - 10:20 PM

I'm still skeptical about the Godzilla score...


Yes, me too, but the chances are not bad "hope" :o
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:12 AM

And the session pianist on The Big Country was a young kid named Johnny Williams :o
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:13 AM

I thought I remembered a JW connection somewhere

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:18 AM

I thought I remembered a JW connection somewhere

You remembered well :o

And one question... I only have had this on CD-R for some years. I just checked the new release, and the track list is identical. But the copy I have, I've always wondered if it was an oficial release. There isn't any label name, only a catalogue reference (SC-1R-JM). Does anyone knows if this a legit release or a bootleg?
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"I owe a tremendous debt of gratitute do John Williams. Without his music, Superman's powers are greatly deminished. Believe me, if you try to fly without that theme, you go nowhere... one step, two steps and... down!" -- Christopher Reeve, May 1993
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"Ah yes, the Olympics. The quadrennial event where composer John Williams collects a hefty royalty check from NBC."
"Music is not a luxury but a necessity" - Robert Shaw
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 10:02 AM

And one question... I only have had this on CD-R for some years. I just checked the new release, and the track list is identical. But the copy I have, I've always wondered if it was an oficial release. There isn't any label name, only a catalogue reference (SC-1R-JM). Does anyone knows if this a legit release or a bootleg?


Screen Archives issued a 42-track, 72-minute promo CD after 15 years ago, it's probably that.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 10:18 AM

And one question... I only have had this on CD-R for some years. I just checked the new release, and the track list is identical. But the copy I have, I've always wondered if it was an oficial release. There isn't any label name, only a catalogue reference (SC-1R-JM). Does anyone knows if this a legit release or a bootleg?


Screen Archives issued a 42-track, 72-minute promo CD after 15 years ago, it's probably that.


Yes it is, as I just took the time to do some research: http://www.soundtrac...hp?movieid=1179
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"I owe a tremendous debt of gratitute do John Williams. Without his music, Superman's powers are greatly deminished. Believe me, if you try to fly without that theme, you go nowhere... one step, two steps and... down!" -- Christopher Reeve, May 1993
"John Williams will go down as one of the greatest composers." -- Leonard Slatkin, american conductor
"Ah yes, the Olympics. The quadrennial event where composer John Williams collects a hefty royalty check from NBC."
"Music is not a luxury but a necessity" - Robert Shaw
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 05:59 PM

And the session pianist on The Big Country was a young kid named Johnny Williams :mrgreen:



All the more reason for everyone to buy it and support this release.


Plus it's a damn good score.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 06:06 PM

Ah, finally a classic score that is really exciting, and not only exciting in principle.
I should be resisting this, but I'm paralyzed with rage... and island rhythms.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 06:06 PM

I don't like Golden age and Western, so PASS!

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 06:10 PM

I'm not the biggest fan myself, but I will admit that that one is an especially good one. Best goldean age western I've heard.
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 06:14 PM

That still does not say much!

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 08:03 PM

Well, I'll be getting it first because of the session pianist, secondly, because I only have it on CD-R...

Oh, yes, and because is one of the finest western score ever ;)
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 08:08 PM

That still does not say much!


Just listen to the theme. The rest of the score is just as good, and it is one of the finest western themes ever (For me, it's probably the favorite).
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:13 PM

Better then The Good, the Bad & The Ugly or Once Upon A Time In The West?

Gimme a break!

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:15 PM

Maybe.


They work well in the film but away from it, ehh. Not so good.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:17 PM

Et tu, Elder?

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:17 PM

I'm not that big of a Morricone fan.

His music is hit or miss with me.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:22 PM

Fuck me, I just ordered this!

;)

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:23 PM

No thanks, but I'm proud of you.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:24 PM

I hope Morlock doesn't get wind of this...

Anyway, Morricone has composed some 500 scores, that would make him hit or miss with anyone.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:26 PM

I think he's a good composer but I'm just not as excited about him as everyone else is.

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Posted 10 March 2007 - 09:27 PM

Some of his music belongs to the best I've ever heard, others is simply not my taste. But he knows how to score a film.
Probably better then anyone now alive.

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Posted 11 March 2007 - 03:42 AM

As soon as I listened to the clip from the Main Title, I realized this is a piece that was frequently played in the lobby of the Wilderness Lodge hotel where I worked at Disney. Such a great piece, I might actually be interested in getting this release.

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 07:04 AM

It was also used on some commercial that I've seen countless times, but can't for the life of me remember what for.
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Posted 12 March 2007 - 08:14 PM

The very first film music concert I ever attended opened with a fine suite from The Big Country. The suite consisted of Main Title / The Welcoming / Old Thunder / The Raid and Capture / The Death of Buck Hannassey / End Title. I still remember hearing the trumpets practising the main theme before the conductor walked on to the podium. Who wouldn't be hooked on film music after that?

It's nothing short of a travesty that this score did not win an Oscar. Jerome Moross's music is very balletic, dontcha think?

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 08:16 PM

Balletic?

Oh my?

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Posted 12 March 2007 - 08:32 PM

Balletic?


It's a magnificent word and I'll defend my use of it to the hilt*, sir! :unsure:

* 'hilt' is also a nice word
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Posted 12 March 2007 - 08:37 PM

I hope Morlock doesn't get wind of this...


Not all of us gloat like you do, Mr. Stefan I-don't-like-golden-age-scores-and-westerns-and-i'm-a-dutchman-with-a-cat-and-damn-proud-of-it-
who-was-just-convinced-by-a-lowly-numbnuts-to-buy-a-score-he-never-would-have-concidered-that-was-called-by-one-member-'balletic' Cosman. Not all of us are like that.
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Posted 12 March 2007 - 08:46 PM

I don't think that I'm like that either. :unsure:
Do you like John Williams? His early work was a little too jazzy for my taste, but when Jaws came out in '75 I really think he came into his own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and an air of consummate professionalism that really gives the pieces a big boost. He's been compared to Jerry Goldsmith but I think John has a far more leitmotif-driven style of composing. In '82 John composed this, E.T., his most accomplished album to date. I think his undisputed masterpiece is "The Magic of Halloween", a theme so catchy most people don't listen to what it means. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of childhood and the importance of friendship, it's also a personal statement about the man himself. Hey Paul!
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Posted 13 March 2007 - 05:16 AM

I hope Morlock doesn't get wind of this...


Not all of us gloat like you do, Mr. Stefan I-don't-like-golden-age-scores-and-westerns-and-i'm-a-dutchman-with-a-cat-and-damn-proud-of-it-
who-was-just-convinced-by-a-lowly-numbnuts-to-buy-a-score-he-never-would-have-concidered-that-was-called-by-one-member-'balletic' Cosman. Not all of us are like that.


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