Label: Kritzerland
Cat.#: 20028-4
Country: United States
Format: CD
Release Date: 2014
UPN: 857252002845
Notes:
From Kritzerland: Cyril J. Mockridge provided the score to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and a great score it is, filled with original themes as well as some source music that’s beautifully arranged into the fabric of the score. Ford asked for a nod to Alfred Newman’s “Ann Rutledge Theme” from Young Mr. Lincoln, because he felt it evoked lost love. It’s a short score, but one cannot imagine the film without it.
The following year, Ford was back with his new film, Donovan’s Reef, reuniting John Wayne with Lee Marvin. The movie is a colorful lark, but one with some serious undertones such as racial bigotry, conniving corporations and greed.
Once again, Ford used Cyril J. Mockridge for the film’s musical score. Mockridge mostly uses traditional Hawaiian music for his themes, but it all works perfectly in the film, giving it an authentic Hawaiian flavor and keeping the frolicsome nature of the film moving right along. There are also some very lovely themes as the score goes along, and it’s just a delightful pastiche for a delightful pastiche of a film.
Limited to 1,000 copies only.
Track Listing:
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
1. Main Title
2. Cactus Rose
3. Sad Reunion/Overland Stage
4. Sweet Genevieve/Saloon Music
5. Music of the Bars
6. A Shapely Student*/A Rose for Hallie*
7. Whiskey Bottle/Tom’s Adios
8. The Pen and the Sword**
9. After Election – Part 1 & 2/Peabody’s Shadow
10. Carmela/Jarabe Tapatio/Shinbone Saloon
11. Tears and Tenderness**
12. Longhorne Brass Band/Longhorne Bugle Band
13. Longhorne is Nominated/Stoddard is Nominated
14. Tom Shot Liberty
15. The Last of Tom
16. Cactus Rose Again*/Finale**
BONUS TRACKS
17. Mexican Celebration/Saloon Piano Sweetener
18. Utility Drum Track
*Consists of “Ann Rutledge Theme” by Alfred Newman (from Young Mr. Lincoln)
**Includes “Ann Rutledge Theme” by Alfred Newman
DONOVAN'S REEF
19. Main Title
20. Ship Ahoy/Haleakaloha/Donovan’s Departure
21. Pulchritudinous Plumbing/Governor’s Guests/Gilhooley on Shore/
22. What Andre Sees
23. Zamboanga/Yankee Doodle (Trad.)
24. Not Wanted/A Drenched Amelia
25. Vintage Bathing Suit/Beauty Incognito
26. Pax/Goddess of the Campaign/Canoe Ahoy
27. Little Half-Castes
28. Introduction to Waipio/Silent Night (F. Gruber)
29. Queen Lelani
30. Accepting the Family
31. Choo-Choo (Blow the Man Down) (Trad.)/Frere Jacques (Trad.)/
32. Gilhooley’s Reef (Blow the Man Down)/Pupu O Ewa (Trad.) and Finale
BONUS TRACKS
33. Pupu O Ewa (Trad.)
34. A Song of Old Hawaii (Johnny Noble and Gordon Beecher)