robthehand 3 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 ClickTHE BIG COUNTRY: LIMITED EDITIONLIMITED EDITION OF 3000 UNITSSHIPPING MARCH 28, 2007Presenting 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 152 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Fantastic news! The soundclips are great, I will order this. Finally a official release!Nemesis - happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 What? No Godzilla?This is a welcome release.Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 33 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 152 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures.Why? Are you growing up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 73 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures.Why? Are you growing up? I think that Mark grew up a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 152 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 321 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 What? No Godzilla?Probably won't come out until later this year, if it ever does. I'm still skeptical about the Godzilla score... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Hmmm it's time to sell my Star Wars figures.Why? Are you growing up? Plus my Godzilla figures take up enough space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 152 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I'm still skeptical about the Godzilla score...Yes, me too, but the chances are not bad "hope" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1034 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 And the session pianist on The Big Country was a young kid named Johnny Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3182 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I thought I remembered a JW connection somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1034 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I thought I remembered a JW connection somewhereYou remembered well 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1034 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 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.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog...hp?movieid=1179 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 And the session pianist on The Big Country was a young kid named Johnny Williams All the more reason for everyone to buy it and support this release.Plus it's a damn good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 9 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Ah, finally a classic score that is really exciting, and not only exciting in principle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I don't like Golden age and Western, so PASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 9 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 That still does not say much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1034 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 9 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Better then The Good, the Bad & The Ugly or Once Upon A Time In The West? Gimme a break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Maybe.They work well in the film but away from it, ehh. Not so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Et tu, Elder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I'm not that big of a Morricone fan.His music is hit or miss with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Fuck me, I just ordered this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 No thanks, but I'm proud of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I think he's a good composer but I'm just not as excited about him as everyone else is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 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.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 33 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 It was also used on some commercial that I've seen countless times, but can't for the life of me remember what for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1125 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 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?Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Balletic?Oh my? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1125 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Balletic?It's a magnificent word and I'll defend my use of it to the hilt*, sir! * 'hilt' is also a nice word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 9 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 73 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I don't think that I'm like that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 9 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Awed to silence by my amazing display back there, huh? I have that effect on people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 It's nothing short of a travesty that this score did not win an Oscar.I disagree, Vertigo was clearly the best score that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Awed to silence by my amazing display back there, huh? I have that effect on people.Yes..... It's nothing short of a travesty that this score did not win an Oscar.I disagree, Vertigo was clearly the best score that year.And that didn't even win the Oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 It wasn't even nominated, nor were any of Herrmann's other scores for Hitchcock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 860 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I don't understand that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 9 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Hollywood was not especially fond of Hitchcock at the time, from what I can understand. The films were not regarded as instant classic. Hitchcock developed a huge following among the New Wave directors, and the 70's directors. I never got the sense that people went that gaga for his late 50's and beyond movies when they came out, except for the sensation Psycho caused. And that year, at least 4 of the five nominated scores (never heard Previn's Elmer Gantry, nor anything else Previn has written) were superb, became classics -The Alamo, The Magnificent Seven, Spartacus and Exodus, which won. So while Psycho was certainly deserving, it had pretty stiff competition for the top 5. My first theory may not be reality-based, just a sense I get. And it would explain the general cold shoulder Hitchcock 3 consecutive classics he made in the 58', 59' and 60' (and, indeed, why the last oscar a Hitchcock film received was for 'Que Sera Sera' from The man Who Knew Too Much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2067 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Herrmann had way too many enemies due to his usual outbursts. No wonder he was rarely nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dole 11 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Hollywood was not especially fond of Hitchcock at the time, from what I can understand. The films were not regarded as instant classic. Hitchcock developed a huge following among the New Wave directors, and the 70's directors. I never got the sense that people went that gaga for his late 50's and beyond movies when they came out, except for the sensation Psycho caused. My first theory may not be reality-based, just a sense I get. And it would explain the general cold shoulder Hitchcock 3 consecutive classics he made in the 58', 59' and 60' (and, indeed, why the last oscar a Hitchcock film received was for 'Que Sera Sera' from The man Who Knew Too Much).As for the films, the Academy giveth and the Academy taketh away. Rebecca won best picture in 1940 and I think there were a lot of better films that year (The Grapes of Wrath, Pinocchio, The Great Dictator, Fantasia, etc.). I think a lot of it just had to do with competition. North by Northwest came out the same year as Ben-Hur, Some Like it Hot, Anatomy of a Murder, etc. Although I do agree that Hitchcock's films weren't viewed as masterpieces until the 60's and 70's. Vertigo was practically booed out of theaters in 1958 and now it's considered one of the top 50 films ever made!As for the scores not being nominated, I agree with whoever mentioned that Herrmann was an unpleasant ass. I think that probably had something to do with it. That and the fact that the Academy's Music Branch seems completely inept at judging the quality of music. They're like the FEMA of the entertainment industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 9 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Vertigo was practically booed out of theaters in 1958 and now it's considered one of the top 50 films ever made! Most recent Sight & Sound poll (of prominant film critics and directors) placed it in the top 10 (I think it was number 6, after Kane, both Godfathers, Le Regle Du Jour and a couple of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Awed to silence by my amazing display back there, huh? I have that effect on people.You shame me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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