Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2 [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [SOUNDTRACK]

Jason Howard (Performer), Burt Bacharach (Composer), Elmer Bernstein (Composer), George Duning (Composer), Ray / Livingston, Jay Evans (Composer), Percy Faith (Composer), Hugo W. Friedhofer (Composer), Dominic Frontiere (Composer), Lee Holdridge (Composer), Jerome Moross (Composer), Ennio Morricone (Composer), John [composer] Morris (Composer), Alfred Newman (Composer), Alex North (Composer), Basil Poledouris (Composer), David Rose (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Alan Silvestri (Composer), Max Steiner (Composer), Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: Jason Howard
• Composer: Burt Bacharach, Elmer Bernstein, George Duning, Ray / Livingston, Jay Evans, Percy Faith, et al.
• Audio CD (March 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B000060PBU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,021 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great follow-up, August 28, 2003

By	Chrijeff (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This is the second collection by SilvaScreen, who are also responsible for The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection (see my review). And it's just as good as the first. There are themes in here that everyone will recognize ("Bonanza," "A Fistful of Dollars"), themes that may not be so familiar ("Duel in the Sun," "The Hanging Tree," the lively "Blazing Saddles"), and even themes you may not associate with Westerns at all ("The Friendly Persuasion"). And no duplication either: when this disc includes a piece from one of the same sources covered in its predecessor, it's a different piece. One great treat: the full lyrics to "Gunfight at OK Corral," which I've never heard outside the soundtrack of the movie itself. The arrangement from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" includes not only the familiar song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" but an overview of the music--seguing almost seamlessly into Bernstein's magnificent "The Comancheros," a rare find indeed. An expensive item, but if you love Western film music, well worth it.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Silva celebrates the settling of the American Frontier", March 26, 2002

By	J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Believe I'll stroll down to the corral, rope a bronc, saddle up, ride into town and meet the
latest two CD's released from Silva Screen Records Ltd ~ "Way Out West:The Essential
Film Music Collection 2", featuring some of the best (as they say on trail drives) "burning
daylight" scores ever composed...faithful to the original soundtracks, under the watchful eye of
conductor Nic Raine...performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (world
reowned)...no surprise on the arrangements, chuck full of orchestrations...tapped for beautiful
voices is David Temple (Choir Master) and his always dynamically sounding ~ Crouch End
Festival Chorus...with added enjoyment from soloist Charlotte Kinder (soprano), Jason
Howard (baritone), Keith Ferreira (baritone) with vocals...Steve Lockwood (harmonica),
Nick Watson (guitar/banjo) and Gareth Williams (keyboard/percussion/sound
effects)...musically inclusive sprinkled with lingering familiarity of excellence...performances
are over-the-top.

Silva Screen brings together legendary composers of film music ~ Burt Bacharach (BUTCH
CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID)...Elmer Bernstein (THE HALLELUJAH
TRAIL/THE COMANCHEROS/THE SCALPHUNTERS/THE SHOOTIST)...George
Duning (THE BIG VALLEY-TV SERIES)...Ray Evans/Jay Livingston (BONANZA-TV
SERIES)...Percy Faith (THE VIRGINIAN-TV SERIES)...Hugo Friedhofer (ONE-EYED
JACKS)...Dominic Frontiere (HANG 'EM HIGH)...Lee Holdridge (OLD
GRINGO)...Jerome Moross (THE BIG COUNTRY/THE JAYHAWKERS/THE PROUD
REBEL)...Ennio Morricone (FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE/A FISTFUL OF
DYNAMITE/THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY/ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE
WEST)...Alfred Newman (HOW THE WEST WAS WON/NEVADA SMITH)...Alex
North (VIVA ZAPATA)...Basil Poledouris (QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER)...David Rose
(THE HIGH CHAPARRAL-TV SERIES)...Gioacchino Rossini (THE LONE RANGER-TV
SERIES-WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE)...Alan Silvestri (THE QUICK & THE
DEAD)...Max Steiner (THE HANGING TREE)...Dimitri Tiomkin (THE ALAMO/DUEL IN
THE SUN/FRIENDLY PERSUASION/GIANT/GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K.
CORRAL/HIGH NOON/RIO BRAVO/THE UNFORGIVEN)...Victor Young
(SHANE)...flawless impeccable award winning scores journey down dusty trails over
snow-capped mountains...traveling through homesteads, land barons, hired guns, Indian
villages, railroad workers, cavalrymen, sodbusters, broncbusters and Mexican
revolutionaries...each an epic recounting real events of the "Early American West" and the
fight for freedom on the side of right.

Mr. James Fitzpatrick (producer), along with other Silva Screen staff ~ Reynold da Silva
(executive producer), Rickie Clark (associate producer), single-handedly revived "Essential
Western Film Music" with the avid "film-score-buff" collector in mind, each selection manages
to be respectful of their cinematic roots and the soundtracks we've come to love and
cherish...as we remember the first release ~ "The Wild West:The Essential Western Film
Music Collection Vol. 1" (SSD-1099/2CD Set), rousing triumphant success for the
listener...it's no wonder the second installment is right up there with the first...absolutely
first-rate!

Total Time: Disc One 72:16 on 19 Tracks & Disc Two 67:52 on 19 Tracks ~ Silva Screen
Records SSD-1136 ~ (2002)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to Find Great Western Themes , March 15, 2006

By	Kenneth Morris (Topeka, KS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CD has a number of great western themes that are not in some of the standard lists. For example it includes "The Hallejuah Trail", "Blazing Saddles", and "Giant". This CD also has what I consider the true theme of "The Comancheros". I have been disappointed with some other CDs I have purchased listing "The Comancheros" which had a song rather than this theme. Many of the tracks on this two disk CD go beyond the main theme music and are actually suites. The "Big Country" and "How the West Was Won" are just a couple of examples. It may be a little more expense than some CDs, but not bad for a two disk set. I am really happy with my purchase.