Quartet Records and MGM present a 60th anniversary remastered 2-CD edition of one of the most famous western scores ever composed.
Directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carrol Baker, Charlton Heston and Burl Ives, this epic western was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton. The Academy-Award nominated score composed and conducted by Jerome Moross (The Valley of Gwangi, The War Lord, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Proud Rebel) is undoubtedly one of the most popular soundtracks ever released. It changed the landscape of western movie scores, veering the approach away from spare folk songs to a lavish, American-flavored orchestral sound?suggestive of the open-air music of Moross’ friend Aaron Copland.
A 30-minute selection with 12 tracks from The Big Country was released on LP in 1958 by United Artist Records in two versions: stereo and mono, although the “stereo” was electronically processed from mono tapes. This album was reissued many times on LP due the popularity of the score. In 1988, Silva Screen recorded an expanded selection in terrific stereo with Tony Bremner conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra. The 76-minute original score finally appeared in 1991 on a limited release from Screen Archives Entertainment that included the whole score (with some tracks not included in the final cut of the film) sourced from the composer’s personal tapes. La-La Land Records released the same selection in 2007, although that edition sold out and is selling for exorbitant prices on the secondary market.
The 60th anniversary of this masterpiece bring us the opportunity to revisit the score, fully restored and remastered by Chris Malone (in true mono sound, without any fake stereo image), fixing some imperfections inherent on all previous releases and making it sounds better than ever! On the second CD we have included both versions of the historic LP, the processed stereo and the mono, transferred from master tapes vaulted at MGM.
The package comes with a flipper-style, 24-page, full-color booklet including the two covers of the original album and detailed liner notes by Jeff Bond. ---レーベルより
発売日：2018.12.12
トラックリスト
DISC ONE.?The Film Score 01. Main Title (3:25) 02. Julie’s House (2:14) 03. The Welcoming (3:13) 04. The Hazing (1:52) 05. Courtin’ Time (1:24) 06. The Terrill Ranch (1:38) 07. Old Thunder (1:43) 08. The Raid (Parts 1 and 2) (3:39) 09. McKay’s Decision (1:06) 10. The Capture (1:31) 11. McKay’s Triumph (0:38) 12. Major Terrill’s Party (Part 1) (1:33) 13. Major Terrill’s Party (Part 2) (1:13) 14. The Waltz (2:20) 15. Polka (0:57) 16. Night in Blanco Canyon (0:54) 17. McKay’s Ride (1:24) 18. McKay Is Missing (2:05) 19. The Old House (2:23) 20. Waiting (0:33) 21. Horror Stories (1:09) 22. Big Muddy (2:37) 23. Still Waiting (1:41) 24. McKay Alone (1:24) 25. Night at Ladder Ranch (1:13) 26. The Fight (2:59) 27. Cattle at the River (2:25) 28. Pat’s Mistake (1:24) 29. Buck Comes for Julie (1:17) 30. The Abduction (1:13) 31. The Captive (1:38) 32. The Attempted Rape (2:15) 33. The War Party Gathers (2:44) 34. McKay in Blanco Canyon (2:31) 35. Jim and Julie (0:40) 36. The Major Alone (1:56) 37. The Duel (0:55) 38. The Death of Buck Hannassey (2:49) 39. Ambush in Blanco Canyon (Part 1) (1:20) 40. Ambush in Blanco Canyon (Part 2) (1:52) 41. The Stalking (1:25) 42. End Title (2:04)
Total Disc One: 75:32
DISC TWO.?The 1958 (Processed) Stereo LP 01. The Big Country (3:25) 02. The Welcoming (3:13) 03. Old Thunder (1:46) 04. McKay’s Triumph (1:28) 05. The Waltz (2:21) 06. The Old House (2:23) 07. Big Muddy (2:38) 08. The War Party Gathers (2:45) 09. McKay in Blanco Canyon (2:31) 10. The Death of Buck Hannassey (2:51) 11. The Stalking (1:25) 12. The Big Country (2:05) The 1958 Mono LP 13. The Big Country (3:30) 14. The Welcoming (3:13) 15. Old Thunder (1:46) 16. McKay’s Triumph (1:28) 17. The Waltz (2:21) 18. The Old House (2:23) 19. Big Muddy (2:38) 20. The War Party Gathers (2:45) 21. McKay in Blanco Canyon (2:31) 22. The Death of Buck Hannassey (2:51) 23. The Stalking (1:25) 24. The Big Country (2:05)
ウィリアム・ワイラー監督の大作西部劇。ジェローム・モロスの傑作サウンドトラックがフルスコアと当時リリースされた（疑似）ステレオ版とモノラル版２種類のアルバム音源をCD2枚に収録！！限定1000枚。
トラックリスト西部の町に、東部から優男がやって来た。そこには湧き水の所有を巡って対立する二つの家があり、片方の牧童頭は都会育ちの青年に敵意を向ける。ウィリアム・ワイラー監督の大作西部劇で、二つの家の抗争を中心にしながらも詩情豊かに西部を描く。野性味たっぷりの牧童頭を演じた若き日のチャールトン・ヘストンが強烈な個性を打ち出している。
テキサスの有力者テリルの娘パットと結婚するため東部からやって来たジェームズ。そんな彼は、パットに恋していたテリルの牧場の牧童頭スティーブには敵意を向けられる。また、テリル家が地元の勢力を二分している大地主ハナシー家と水源地の所有をめぐって対立関係にあることも知るのだった。しかし、この水源地の現所有者で女性教師のジュリーは、騒動を避けようとどちらにも売らない姿勢をとっていた。ところが徐々に両家の対立は激化。そこでジェームズは、平等に水供給したいと自ら土地を買い取ることに。だが、その後、ジュリーがハナシー側に監禁される事態が起きてしまう…。1958年米。
Quartet Records and MGM present a 60th anniversary remastered 2-CD edition of one of the most famous western scores ever composed.
Directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carrol Baker, Charlton Heston and Burl Ives, this epic western was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton. The Academy-Award nominated score composed and conducted by Jerome Moross (The Valley of Gwangi, The War Lord, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Proud Rebel) is undoubtedly one of the most popular soundtracks ever released. It changed the landscape of western movie scores, veering the approach away from spare folk songs to a lavish, American-flavored orchestral sound?suggestive of the open-air music of Moross’ friend Aaron Copland.
A 30-minute selection with 12 tracks from The Big Country was released on LP in 1958 by United Artist Records in two versions: stereo and mono, although the “stereo” was electronically processed from mono tapes. This album was reissued many times on LP due the popularity of the score. In 1988, Silva Screen recorded an expanded selection in terrific stereo with Tony Bremner conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra. The 76-minute original score finally appeared in 1991 on a limited release from Screen Archives Entertainment that included the whole score (with some tracks not included in the final cut of the film) sourced from the composer’s personal tapes. La-La Land Records released the same selection in 2007, although that edition sold out and is selling for exorbitant prices on the secondary market.
The 60th anniversary of this masterpiece bring us the opportunity to revisit the score, fully restored and remastered by Chris Malone (in true mono sound, without any fake stereo image), fixing some imperfections inherent on all previous releases and making it sounds better than ever! On the second CD we have included both versions of the historic LP, the processed stereo and the mono, transferred from master tapes vaulted at MGM.
The package comes with a flipper-style, 24-page, full-color booklet including the two covers of the original album and detailed liner notes by Jeff Bond. ---レーベルより
発売日：2018.12.12
DISC ONE.?The Film Score
01. Main Title (3:25)
02. Julie’s House (2:14)
03. The Welcoming (3:13)
04. The Hazing (1:52)
05. Courtin’ Time (1:24)
06. The Terrill Ranch (1:38)
07. Old Thunder (1:43)
08. The Raid (Parts 1 and 2) (3:39)
09. McKay’s Decision (1:06)
10. The Capture (1:31)
11. McKay’s Triumph (0:38)
12. Major Terrill’s Party (Part 1) (1:33)
13. Major Terrill’s Party (Part 2) (1:13)
14. The Waltz (2:20)
15. Polka (0:57)
16. Night in Blanco Canyon (0:54)
17. McKay’s Ride (1:24)
18. McKay Is Missing (2:05)
19. The Old House (2:23)
20. Waiting (0:33)
21. Horror Stories (1:09)
22. Big Muddy (2:37)
23. Still Waiting (1:41)
24. McKay Alone (1:24)
25. Night at Ladder Ranch (1:13)
26. The Fight (2:59)
27. Cattle at the River (2:25)
28. Pat’s Mistake (1:24)
29. Buck Comes for Julie (1:17)
30. The Abduction (1:13)
31. The Captive (1:38)
32. The Attempted Rape (2:15)
33. The War Party Gathers (2:44)
34. McKay in Blanco Canyon (2:31)
35. Jim and Julie (0:40)
36. The Major Alone (1:56)
37. The Duel (0:55)
38. The Death of Buck Hannassey (2:49)
39. Ambush in Blanco Canyon (Part 1) (1:20)
40. Ambush in Blanco Canyon (Part 2) (1:52)
41. The Stalking (1:25)
42. End Title (2:04)
Total Disc One: 75:32
DISC TWO.?The 1958 (Processed) Stereo LP
01. The Big Country (3:25)
02. The Welcoming (3:13)
03. Old Thunder (1:46)
04. McKay’s Triumph (1:28)
05. The Waltz (2:21)
06. The Old House (2:23)
07. Big Muddy (2:38)
08. The War Party Gathers (2:45)
09. McKay in Blanco Canyon (2:31)
10. The Death of Buck Hannassey (2:51)
11. The Stalking (1:25)
12. The Big Country (2:05)
The 1958 Mono LP
13. The Big Country (3:30)
14. The Welcoming (3:13)
15. Old Thunder (1:46)
16. McKay’s Triumph (1:28)
17. The Waltz (2:21)
18. The Old House (2:23)
19. Big Muddy (2:38)
20. The War Party Gathers (2:45)
21. McKay in Blanco Canyon (2:31)
22. The Death of Buck Hannassey (2:51)
23. The Stalking (1:25)
24. The Big Country (2:05)
Total Disc Two: 58:01
Total 2CD Time: 133:33