V/A - The Greatest Western Themes (Red Vinyl)

The music on this album is not only memorable - these tracks are part of folklore. It is difficult to listen to the opening bars of any of the twelve tracks and not instantly think of Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Lorne Greene, Henry Fonda et al. - each of whom seemed to have played their part in cleaning up the west. The themes to films such as The Magnificent Seven, Rawhide, and A Fistful Of Dollars were originally written with full orchestra in mind, and the superb reinterpretations offered here by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra fit only to add to the ambience.

Tracklist:

1. The Big Country 
2. High Noon 
3. Bonanza 
4. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 
5. The Magnificent Seven
6. Once Upon A Time In The West 
7. Blazing Saddles 
8. For A Few Dollars More 
9. A Fistful Of Dollars 
10. Rawhide 
11. The Green Leaves Of Summer 
12. Gunfight At The OK Corral