Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande
Cat.#: VSD-5378
Country: United States
Format: CD
Release Date: May 25, 1993
UPN: 30206-5378-2
Notes:
All music written by Victor Young. All songs written by Stan Jones except "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen," "Erie Canal" and "Down By The Glen Side" (Traditional), "Cattle Call" (Tex Owens), and "Aha, San Antone" (Dale Evans).
Liner notes excerpted from a conversation with western screen star Harry Carey, Jr.: The Sons of the Pioneers appeared in dozens of movies, and provided music for still more films than that, but those were all low-budget B-westerns. John Ford's Rio Grande was the only big-budget film in which they not only provided music but appeared on camera. Victor Young wrote the main body of the score, an alternately sentimental and rousing body of music, built around richly tonal themes and dark sonorities, reminiscent of Max Steiner's work, and that music does its job of underscoring the broader action of the film very well, marred only where Young almost pushes the sentimental side a little too hard, or roots his music depicting the Indians in some obvious Hollywood movie score clichés; even the cue "Laundresses Row" has some interesting embellishments over its traditional Irish source material. The distinguishing feature here, however, is the mix of traditional songs ("I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen," "Down by the Glen Side," "Erie Canal," etc.), numbers by Tex Owens ("Cattle Call"), Dale Evans ("Aha, San Antone"), and originals by Stan Jones, all of it sung by the Pioneers. This is some of the better work of the period for the group, if only because, as onscreen music, much of it is devoid of the over-produced, over-orchestrated sound that marred many of the group's post-war recordings for RCA Victor -- it's just them, with maybe a guitar accompaniment. The quality of their singing on the Stan Jones material, and the quality of Jones' songwriting ("Yellow Stripes," "My Gal Is Purple," "Footsore Cavalry," etc.) makes one especially sorry that the Pioneers never did an album of Stan Jones songs. The quality of the reissue is excellent, the tracks sounding far cleaner and crisper than their nearly 50-year-old origins would lead one to expect. The notes, by actor Harry Carey Jr., are very thorough -- he can take credit for getting Stan Jones involved in the production -- though they spend more time talking about onscreen action than the music itself. ~ Bruce Eder (Oldies.com)
Track Listing:
1.Main Title
2.Return From Patrol
3.Soldiers Fight
4.I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen [The Sons of the Pioneers featuring Ken Curtis]
5.Dispossessed
6.Cattle Call [The Sons of the Pioneers]
7.Aha, San Antone [Ben Johnson / Harry Carey Jr / Claude Jarman Jr.]
8.Reunion
9.Indian Raid / Escape
10.Erie Canal (Trad.) [The Sons of the Pioneers]
11.Laundresses' Row
12.Yellow Stripes [The Sons of the Pioneers]
13.My Gal Is Purple [The Sons of the Pioneers]
14.Down by the Glen Side (Trad.) [The Sons of the Pioneers - featuring Ken Curtis]
15.Footsore Cavalry [The Sons of the Pioneers]
16.Meeting at the Rio Grande
17.Confederate Dollars and Yankee Gold
18.Departure For Fort Bliss (The Girl I Left Behind)
19.Tyree Meets The Wagon Train / Indian Attack
20.Call Your Volunteers
21.Nighttime Approach / Rescuing The Children
22.Coming Home
23.Dixie (End Title)
The Victor Young – John Ford Collaboration
Label: Disques Cinemusique
Catalog #: DCM 142
Country: Canada
Release Date: November 15, 2012
UPC: 771028237210
Format: CD
From the Manufacturer:
Our program gathers three original soundtracks by the phenomenal Victor Young written for John Ford's movies of the early fifties. Two of them are remastered versions while the third one, The Sun Shines Bright, appears for the first time on CD.
While an earlier DCM release devoted to Young offered exotic scores (DCM 139 For Whom the Bell Tolls / Golden Earrings / Omar Khayyam), this one has an unmistakable American flavor. Hence, traditional repertoire and popular songs of the era figure prominently in Rio Grande, The Sun Shines Bright and The Quiet Man. In some cases the director himself asked Victor Young to integrate some of these melodies into his orchestral scores.
In addition to the folk tunes, one can find in the overall program Young's tendency towards sweet and catchy melodies, but he also provides the expected bold orchestral rises for the action and suspense scenes. Firmly rooted in the aesthetic of the period, this duality is the core of Victor Young's style, which has long remained a model for composers of the big screen.
Most pieces still generate excitement for today's film music buffs, even without the support of the images. Not only did Young shine as a composer and arranger but he also proved to be an outstanding conductor. This may explain why so few of his scores have been re-recorded by contemporary symphonic orchestras that specialize in the cinematic field. 12-page full color booklet.
Track Listing:
RIO GRANDE:
1. Main Title 2:15
2. Return From Patrol 1:51
3. Soldiers Fight 1:44
4. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen 2:33
5. Dispossessed 0:52
6. Cattle Call 1:09
7. Aha, San Antone 0:42
8. Reunion 2:31
9. Indian Raid / Escape 5:02
10. Eerie Canal 0:30
11. Laundresses' Row 0:54
12. Yellow Stripes 0:52
13. My Gal Is Purple 1:30
14. Down by the Glen Side 2:05
15. Footsore Cavalry 0:45
16. Meeting at the Rio Grande 1:16
17. Confederate Dollars and Yankee Gold 1:42
18. Departure for Fort Bliss (The Girl I Left Behind) 0:52
19. Tyree Meets the Wagon Train / Indian Attack 6:33
20. Call Your Volunteers 0:40
21. Nighttime Approach / Rescuing the Children 6:52
22. Coming Home 1:33
23. Dixie - End Title 1:03
THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT:
24. Suite I 4:08
25. Suite II 2:56
26. Suite III 2:52
27. Suite IV 2:43
28. Closing Music 0:27
THE QUIET MAN:
29. Danaher's House 2:21
30. My Mother 2:46
31. The Big Fight 2:41
32. Forlorn (Mary Kate's Lament) 3:05
33. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen 2:48
34. St. Patrick's Day 2:25
Total Album Time: 74:58