Morricone’s Westerns

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Morricone’s Westerns Music by one of the most acclaimed film composers of all time, Ennio Morricone. We'll listen to some of the scores for which he's best-known to US audiences, scores to westerns including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , A Fistful of Dollars, and Once Upon a Time in the West.

Title Artist Album Label Year Buy Now
Main Title from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Ennio Morricone Original soundtrack recording Capitol 98621 1966
Theme from The Alamo Dimitri Tiomkin City of Prague Philharmonic / Nic Raine, cond. Silva 12022 1960
Theme from The Cowboys John Williams City of Prague Philharmonic / Nic Raine, cond. Silva 12022 1972
Theme from The Shootist Elmer Bernstein City of Prague Philharmonic / Nic Raine, cond. Silva 12022 1972
Theme from True Grit Elmer Bernstein City of Prague Philharmonic / Nic Raine, cond. Silva 12022 1959
Main Title from The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Elmer Bernstein, cond. Sony 77086 1960 Not available for purchase on Amazon
Theme from High Noon Dimitri Tiomkin Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra/ Dimitri Tiomkin, cond. Sony 77086 1952 Not available for purchase on Amazon
Main Title from The Big Country Jerome Moross Original soundtrack conducted by Jerome Moross. RCD 10721 1958
Theme from Wagon Train Jerome Moross City of Prague Philharmonic / Paul Bateman, cond. Silva 1202 1957
Prelude to How The West Was Won Alfred Newman City of Prague Philharmonic / Nic Raine, cond. Silva 1058 1962
Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West Ennio Morricone City of Philharmonic / Paul Bateman, cond. Silva 1057 1968
Main Theme from Tombstone Bruce Broughton Original Soundtrack Intrada 7098 1993
The Silverado Waltz from Silverado Bruce Broughton Original Soundtrack Intrada 7096 1985
Main Title to Silverado Bruce Broughton Original Soundtrack Intrada 7096 1985
Overture to The Cowboys John Williams City of Prague Philharmonic / Paul Bateman, cond. Silva 1098 1972
Claudia’s Theme from The Unforgiven Clint Eastwood City of Prague Philharmonic / Nic Raine, cond. Silva 1202 1992
The John Dunbar Theme from Dances with Wolves John Barry original soundtrack / John Barry, conductor Sony 60991 1990
The 3:10 To Yuma from 3:10 To Yuma Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders Original soundtrack recording Lionsgate 0010 2007
Main Title from The Last of the Mohicans Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Erich Kunzel, cond. Telarc 80437 1992
The Trio from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Ennio Morricone original soundtrack recording Capitol 98621 1966
Conclusion to the Star Wars main theme John Williams Original Soundtrack Sony 50133 1977