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Saturday Cinema - July 13, 2024

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On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel features music from great Westerns. Selections include Big Country, The Searchers, The Cowboys, How the West Was Won and Dances with Wolves. Listen now!

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Once Upon a Time in the West
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: John Williams, guitar
Sony 63000

The Cowboys: Overture
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 420178

Dances With Wolves: Themes
Composer: John Barry
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80474

Stagecoach: Narrative for Orchestra
Composer: Richard Hageman
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1037

The Big Country
Composer: Jerome Moross
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80141

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic
Silva 1057

How the West Was Won
Composer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80141

The Mask of Zorro: Main Title
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80535

The Searchers: Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1037

High Noon: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Soloists: Frankie Laine, vocals
Telarc 80141

Legends of the Fall: Alfred, Tristan, The Colonel, The Legend...
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: James Horner
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 66462

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Conductor: Burt Bacharach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: B.J. Thomas, vocals
A&M 3159

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: South American Getaway
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Conductor: Burt Bacharach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
A&M 3159

The Mask of Zorro: The Plaza of Execution
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: James Horner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 60627

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