Label: Silva Screen
Cat.#: TVPMCD 811
Country: Great Britain
Format: 4 Disc CD Set
Release Date: July 13, 2004
UPN: 7-3857-20811-2-6
Notes:
Dimitri Tiomkin was one of the most prominent composers of Hollywood's Golden Age and beyond, his career spanning a half-century and some of America's most classic films. This sprawling, four-disc anthology (its title a marketing nod to the modern remake of one of Tiomkin's notable collaborations with John Wayne) features new digital recordings of full-bodied performances by the City of Prague Orchestra and Festival Chorus, the most ambitious and comprehensive tribute to the composer yet attempted. There's something here for film score buffs (rarities like a suite from his sci-fi genre-defining Thing From Another World and the "Main Theme" for the pilot of TV's Wild, Wild West) and novice alike; indeed one could scarcely ask for a more complete overview of Tiomkin's robust orchestral oeuvre. Divided into four chapters, disc one chronicles how the Ukrainian immigrant concocted a rich Western film heritage (including such genre landmarks as Red River, High Noon, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Rio Bravo) from largely European traditions, while the next two CD's cover his rousing work for epics and thrillers of every stripe, and collaborations with Hitchcock, Wayne, Capra, Stevens and more. The concluding disc pays homage to Tiomkin the unlikely pop tunesmith, via his hit vocal themes to Rawhide, Wild is the Wind and High Noon's "Do Not Forsake Me." --Jerry McCulley (Amazon.com)
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Night Passage (02:09)
2. Tension at Table Rock (04:44)
3. High Noon (02:34)
4. The War Wagon (05:05)
5. The Wild Wild West - Main Theme (02:08)
6. The Wild Wild West - The Ballad of Jim West (02:12)
7. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (08:47)
8. Rio Bravo (05:05)
9. Rawhide (02:15)
10. Red River (03:29)
11. The Unforgiven - Across the Texas Panhandle (02:28)
12. The Unforgiven - The Need for Love (03:08)
13. The Unforgiven - Horse Ballet (02:13)
14. The Young Land (02:38)
15. Duel in the Sun (12:51)
Disc 2:
1. The Fall of the Roman Empire - Overture (03:57)
2. The Fall of the Roman Empire – The Fall of Love (03:09)
3. The Fall of the Roman Empire – Pax Romana (05:31)
4. 55 Days at Peking (04:06)
5. Land of the Pharaohs (03:04)
6. Circus World (The Magnificent Showman) (02:20)
7. Dial M for Murder (07:08)
8. Strangers on a Train (07:47)
9. Giant – main Title (02:09)
10. Giant – Love Theme (02:45)
11. Giant – The Jett Rink Theme (02:53)
12. The High and the Mighty (01:58)
13. Wild is the Wind (02:40)
14. The Guns of Navarone (09:37)
Disc 3:
1. Cyrano De Bergerac (02:41)
2. The Well (04:19)
3. Friendly Persuasion (03:43)
4. Town Without Pity (04:06)
5. It's a Wonderful Life (02:33)
6. Tarzan and the Mermaids (05:47)
7. The Thing from Another World (07:35)
8. The Alamo – Overture / Prologue (05:07)
9. The Alamo – Davy Crockett (02:32)
10. The Alamo - Tennessee Babe (02:14)
11. The Alamo – The Battle of the Alamo (08:42)
12. The Alamo – The Green Leaves of Summer (03:29)
13. The Alamo – Finale (01:22)
Disc 4:
1. Giant – vocal: This Then is Texas (02:10)
2. Rawhide – vocal: Rawhide (02:18)
3. High Noon – vocal: Do Not Forsake Me (02:33)
4. Night Passage – vocal: Follow the River (02:08)
5. Giant – vocal: The Ballad of Jett Rink (02:52)
6. Friendly Persuasion – vocal: Thee I Love (03:44)
7. It's Wonderful Life - vocal (02:35)
8. Wild Is the Wind – vocal (02:34)
9. The High and the Mighty – vocal (01:47)
10. The War Wagon – vocal: The Ballad of the War Wagon (02:36)
11. Rio Bravo – vocal (01:46)
12. The Young Land – vocal: Strange are the Ways of Love (02:39)
13. The Wild Wild West – vocal: The Ballad of Jim West (02:13)
14. The Wild Wild West – vocal: The Wild, Wild West (02:54)
Total Duration: 03:29:49