How The West Was Won: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Alfred Newman - How The West Was Won: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

How The West Was Won: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Artist: Alfred Newman
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1997-01-14
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Overture
  2. Main Title
  3. This Is the West
  4. The Erie Canal
  5. Two Hearts on a Tree
  6. First Meeting
  7. First Kiss
  8. River Pirates/Stalking and Killing
  9. Godspeed Eve/The Rapids
  10. Burial (Bereavement/Rock of Ages/Fulfillment)
  11. Wagon Train Forward (Wagon Train/War with Mexico/Banks of the Sacrament
  12. Sit Down Sister
  13. Wanderin'
  14. Cleve Van Valen (Cleve Van Valen/Wagon Train/Morgan, Lilith and Aggie/C
  15. Poor Wayfarin' Stranger
  16. Raise a Ruckus Tonight - Alfred Newman, Mercer, Johnny
  17. Come Share My Life
  18. Cheyennes
  19. Careless Love - Alfred Newman, Handy, W.C.
  20. Gold Claim
  21. What Was Your Name in the States?
  22. He's Gone Away
  23. A Home in the Meadow
  24. Marriage Proposal
Music CD 2
  1. Entr'acte
  2. Mr. Lincoln
  3. He's Linus' Boy
  4. I'm Sad and I'm Lonely
  5. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  6. Zeb's Return
  7. The Pony Express
  8. A Railroader's Bride I'll Be
  9. No Goodbye
  10. Zeb and Jethro
  11. Buffalo Stampede/Aftermath
  12. Climb a Higher Hill
  13. The Van Valen Auction
  14. Gant (Desperado)
  15. No Goodbye
  16. Celebration
  17. Finale Ultimo
  18. Exit Music
  19. Home in the Meadow - Alfred Newman, Cahn, Sammy
  20. When I Was Single
  21. Shenandoah
  22. Rock of Ages
  23. Erie Canal
  24. Wait for the Hoedown
  25. First Meeting
  26. No Goodbye
  27. Home in the Meadow

Music reviews of How The West Was Won: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Music Review: How Newman Won The West
Rating: 5 Stars

Rhino have done it again with another of their fabulous double CD releases
of a classic original soundtrack! This time it's the definitive version
of Alfred Newman's epic score for the flawed HOW THE WEST WAS WON.
Not especially known as a composer for westerns Newman, nevertheless, was
responsible for the music for YELLOW SKY (1948), and THE GUNFIGHTER(1950)but these contained only Main and End Titles but towards the end of his career he did fine scores for NEVADA SMITH (1965) and
FIRECREEK (1967). Newman was happier being musical director on such musicals as THE KING & I, SOUTH PACIFIC and CAMELOT and writing original scores for dramas and religious epics like HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY(1941)
KEYS OF THE KINGDOM(1944),THE RAZOR'S EDGE(1946), THE ROBE(1953),ANASTASIA
(1956)and the brilliant THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK(1959). The most honoured of all film composers Newman won an unprecedented 9 Acadamy Awards though
only one of these was for dramatic scoring - THE SONG OF BERNADTTE in
1943. Bernard Herrmann - never one to lavish praise on other musicians -
called Newman the best composer/conductor in Hollywood.
Newman was not first choice to score HOW THE WEST WAS WON! Dimitri Tiomkin turned it down which is something of a blessing as Newman's score is just perfect. He scored the film in commanding fashion and applied himself assiduously to the giant project. The result is one of the greatest epic scores ever! As presented here on this 58 track album all
the joys of the composer's original concept can finally be appreciated.
The album is chock-a-block with outtakes and alternate and extended takes. Newman's terrific Main Title is one of the most celebrated western
themes and is complete here at over 3 minutes instead if the truncated
version on the old LP. 'This is The West'- which was played under Spencer
Tracy's opening narration - is heard here for the first time without the
great actor's voice as is' 'Wagon Train Forward', 'Mr Lincoln' and 'The Pony
Express'. 'The River Pirates' which heretofore had a mere running time of
less than 2 minutes is expanded here to a staggering 9 minutes and the
breathtaking 'Cheyennes' is extended by an extra 2 minutes.'He's Gone Away' and 'No Goodbye' are two outtakes of Newman's beautiful love theme
heard here for the first time and featuring the lovely concertina of Carl Fortina. Other notable cues having their first outing on disc are the
lovely 'First Meeting' and 'Godspeed Eve', 'The Van Valen Auction', the
striking 'Buffalo Stampede' - a brilliant variation on Newman's robust main theme - and the wistful 'I'm Sad And I'm Lonely' conducted by Newman's associate Ken Darby which was cut from the final print of the
film. Unfortunately still with us are the irritating vocals by Debbie
Reynolds and the awful Whiskey Hill Singers but Ken Darby's choral work
is as spine tingling and as spectacular as ever.
With the prodigious and augmented MGM Studio Orchestra - I counted no less than 140 players in the booklet listing - plus The Ken Darby Singers, Newman's HOW THE WEST WAS WON must surely be the greatest and biggest score ever written for a film. His dedication and commitment to the work certainly comes through in this kingsize recording of the complete score.
Kudos to producer Didier C. Deutsch - who also supplies the fine notes -
for bringing us this exceptional album of a film music masterwork. Sound
is in excellent Stereo and the handsome booklet has full details of the
score, the composer and the making of the movie. Pity though that Rhino didn't see fit to present the music in one of their pretty book like containers instead of the usual unattractive stumpy double CD box.
But the music is all and it's all here for all to enjoy for all time.

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