Tombstone [SOUNDTRACK]

Sinfonia of London (Artist, Orchestra), Bruce Broughton (Composer, Conductor)

Product Details

• Orchestra: Sinfonia of London
• Conductor: Bruce Broughton
• Composer: Bruce Broughton
• Audio CD (March 16, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Intrada
• ASIN: B000F50L4A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #97,669 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The story of TOMBSTONE (1993) is a famous one: Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), after cleaning up the wild Dodge City, decides to move to Tombstone to get rich and live in obscurity. There he meets his brothers and old friend Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer). But there's no rest to be had in the old west, as a band of outlaws, "The Cowboys," are maliciously performing random acts of violence. The confrontation between The Cowboys and Holliday and the Earps is inevitable, leading to the famous shoot-out at the OK Corral. Composer Bruce Broughton describes his approach: "The music to Tombstone is not particularly western in that the orchestration depends not at all on the typical western instruments such as the guitar and harmonica. It relies, in fact, on instruments of ethnic color like the Hungarian cimbalom, the Irish tin whistle and bhodran, and the French contrabass sarrusophone. The brass section includes, along with tenor and bass trombones, the more massive contrabass trombone. Much of this score reminds me of what I once heard Bernard Herrmann tell a studio orchestra 'The highest note here is the middle C.'" This powerful, dramatic work is performed in stunning detail by the Sinfonia of London. For this special 2-CD release of TOMBSTONE, INTRADA presents the complete score on disc one, digitally remastered and including Jerry Goldsmith's music for the Cinergi logo. This logo was composed to debut with TOMBSTONE's theatrical release and was conducted by Broughton at the TOMBSTONE sessions. Disc 2 -- included as a bonus -- includes alternate cues and extended source cues heard in the film.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A soundtrack that is more than OK., December 30, 2007

By	Daniel Diaz "Command Sergeant Major Daniel Diaz" (CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the very best soundtracks based upon one of the best Westerns made. It captures the essence of the movie as well as the emotions therein. I suggest anyone who loved TOMBSTONE the Movie to buy this score. Music makes the movie and I have well over 200 scores in my library.
Command Sergeant Major Daniel L. Diaz

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tombstone soundtrack, December 26, 2007

By	Malcolm Allison (Warilla, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For those of you who like country western movies or music,then you'll probably like this soundtrack too.If you can it'd be a good idea to get the 2 disc edition of it.The second disc has music that's not on the single disc edition.And if you liked the movie then you should like the soundtrack as well.

5.0 out of 5 stars Tombstone CD review, April 24, 2009

By	Keith J. Nesbitt - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I think Broughton did a wonderful job on the soundtrack. The Gunfight at Ok Corral, and Finishing it tracks were beautiful and memorable. You get a bonus disk too. I highly recommend this CD