Northwest Passage: Classic Western Scores From M-G-M, Vol. 2 (1940-1974)

[Bastet]

Northwest Passage: Classic Western Scores From M-G-M, Vol. 2 (1940-1974)

Limited Edition of 2,000 Copies.

Composed by: Cyril Mockridge, David Shire, Herbert Stothart, Harry Sukman

View CD Page at FSM Site (More Details) FSM continues its informal annual tradition of releasing a 3CD set of classic western film scores with a second volume of westerns from the historical M-G-M film library:

Northwest Passage (Book IRogers Rangers) is the 1940 adventure score by Herbert Stothart, M-G-Ms premier composer in the 1930s and 40s, presented in nearly complete form from the monaural optical film masters, with a few otherwise lost cues added from the films music-and-effects track.

Many Rivers to Cross (1955) is a comedy western score by Cyril J. Mockridge, conducted by no less than Miklós Rózsa, with a song (The Berry Tree) by M-G-M songwriter and executive Saul Chaplin. This score survives in glorious three-track stereo from the original 35mm magnetic film.

A Thunder of Drums (1961) is a cavalry adventure score by Harry Sukman, also presented in true stereo. Dominated by grim and martial passages, the music also features romantic strains anticipating Sukmans scores for TVs Dr. Kildare.

At the end of disc 3 is a television rarity: David Shires 1974 TV movie score for The Godchild (a John Badham-directed adaptation of Three Godfathers, a western story filmed several times earlier). It is a brief and spare work demonstrating the composers gift for simplicity and melodypresented in excellent stereo sound.

The film titles for this album were selected in large part from listener responses to our last westerns collection. So keep listening, and keep suggesting titles!

Complete liner notes for this album can be foundfor freeonline at our website.

Finally: our previous two western collections, centered respectively around The Unforgiven and The Naked Spur, promptly sold out. We have increased the manufacturing run on this volume to 2,000 copiesbut dont delay!

Oder: NORTHWEST PASSAGE: CLASSIC WESTERN SCORES FROM MGM VOL. 2 -- SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT

[peter-anselm]

Interessantes Release, aber ich werd diesmal passen. Zuviele Releases und da muß man Prioritäten setzen.

[Sebastian Schwittay]

Der Shire-Score würde mich ja sehr interessieren, aber dafür gleich eine 3-CD-Box kaufen? Ne, ich glaube nicht...

[BigMacGyver]

Der shire ist auch der einzige, der mich an dieser box interessiert. Warum hiervon 2000 produziert werden ist mir nicht ganz klar, wo doch diese "western box" viel weniger große namen zu bieten hat als die vorherigen beiden, welche aber eine um 500 einheiten niedrigere auflage hatten. Sehr schnell wird es mit dem ausverkauf diesmal jedenfalls nicht gehen.

[Bernd Junker]

"Großer Name" heißt ja nicht zwangsläufig "große Musik".

Und $34,95 für drei CDs ist durchaus ein fairer Preis ...

[Bastet]

"Großer Name" heißt ja nicht zwangsläufig "große Musik".

Und $34,95 für drei CDs ist durchaus ein fairer Preis ...

... denn Lukas Kendall kann ja nichts dafür, dass z. Zt. der uro fällt!