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!
Playlist
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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