Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Film Score Monthly
Cat.#: FSMCD Vol. 2 No. 6
Country: United States
Format: CD
Release Date: September 1999
UPN: None
Notes:
Silver Age Classics series.
Limited edition of 3,000 copies.
The Comancheros is the first film score composed by Elmer Bernstein for a John Wayne western. Although the film was released in 1961, the soundtrack has never before been released to the general public. With this recording, we finally have the original soundtrack available. As is typical with virtually every film score composed by the great Elmer Bernstein, The Comancheros soundtrack does not fail to excite Bernstein fans, soundtrack fans, or John Wayne fans. Every track sounds fantastic. With the possible exception of tracks 21 and 22, which are unused songs vocalized by country singer Claude King. Although King may have some fans out there, after listening to his two songs for this film, it is clear that they simply do not fit the film, and probably why they were eventually not used.
Interestingly, music from The Comancheros also appears on the following compilation albums (Varese Sarabande 302 066 7262; Colosseum VSD [CVS] 6726; Varese Sarabande VCD 47236; and Varese/Elmer Bernstein Filmmusic 704.280) but with different titles, which may indicate that they are different arrangements of Comancheros film score music. These compilations are listed in the compilations section of The Complete John Wayne Discography.
Track Listing:
1. Prologue (01:12)
2. Main Title (01:40)
3. Riverboat Capture (01:17)
4. Regrets (01:48)
5. The Wide Open (01:48)
6. Eulogy (01:52)
7. McBain (01:09)
8. Digging Again (01:18)
9. Nostalgia (00:50)
10. Attack (04:43)
11. Words (03:19)
12. The Sign (01:24)
13. Comancheros (05:31)
14. Hanging Around (01:36)
15. Keep Your Distance (00:49)
16. Campfire Dance (01:59)
17. Tobe's Death (00:58)
18. Leaving (03:46)
19. Texas Rangers (03:20)
20. Finale and End Title (01:10)
21. The Comancheros (02:00) (unused title song performed by Claude King)
22. You Walked Away (02:27) (unused song performed by Claude King)
23. Main Title (01:40) (mono mix)
Total Duration: 00:47:36
Performed by Claude King
Label: Columbia
Cat.#: 4-42196
Country: United States
Format: 45rpm 7” Vinyl
Release Date: 1961
UPN: None
Notes:
The song Comancheros as sung by Claude King was originally recorded to be used in the film, but was eventually replaced by the Elmer Bernstein title piece.
Track Listing:
Side A: I Can't Get Over The Way You Got Over Me
Side B: The Comancheros