The big country soundtrack from the motion picture. The big country soundtrack suite jerome moross youtube. The big country is a 1958 american technicolor epic western film directed by william wyler and starring gregory peck, jean simmons, carroll baker, charlton heston and burl ives filmed in technirama. Released september 20th, 2002, the big country stars gregory peck, jean simmons, carroll baker, charlton heston the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 45 min, and received a score of out of 100. The big country 1958 the greatest western movie scores. This is powerful movie score, by a relatively neglected composer, jerome moross. Jerome moross oscarnominated score helped the big country stand the test of time and made it one of the biggest movie music hits ever. The camera has captured a vast section of the southwest with such fidelity that the long stretches of dry country, in juxtaposition to tiny western. One of the great movie waltz tunes is in it, too, and youll be carried away by the track labeled big muddy. Released by harkit entertainment in 20 hrkcd 8424 containing music from. The big country 1958 passed 2h 46min romance, western october 1958 usa a new englander arrives in the old west, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land. In the big country gregory peck plays a seafaring man who heads west to marry carroll baker, the daughter of rancher charles bickford. Print and download the big country sheet music composed by jerome moross arranged for piano. The big country william wylers original motion picture soundtrack, an album by jerome moross on spotify.
For the expanded 42track original soundtrack, see jerome moross the big country. The supporting cast features charles bickford and chuck connors. Wyler showcases our own big country by demonstrating just how very small we are in comparison, the violent struggles of a few mere blips on the face of the sprawling landscape. The big country 1958 jerome moross soundtrack score. The big country is a 1958 american technicolor epic western film directed by william wyler. Jerome moross soundtrack from the big country 1958 was one of the earlier albums in the output of united artists records, but it has never had an official rerelease on cd, evidently because the master tapes for the album are longmissing as a unit of a movie distributor which is what united artists was, rather than an actual studio. The force, originality, and epic scope of morosss score is just too. Jerome moross the big country sheet music piano solo.
Opening title sequence of the 1958 william wyler film, the big country, featuring the iconic musical score by jerome moross. Composed and conducted by jerome moross, performed by the hollywood studio symphony. The big country original soundtrack jerome moross, hollywood. The big country 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. He creates so many moods, that, not having seen the film for many years, the music enables me to recall the images vividly. Gregory peck, charlton heston, jean simmons, burl ives. The big country soundtrack from the motion picture by jerome. One of the most popular western films of the late 1950s president eisenhower liked. Big country the big country original soundtrack music. For the 1988 rerecording of the score by the philharmonia orchestra, see. Sometimes always never triple word score the grizzlies. The film was a big hit, being the second most popular movie in britain in 1959.
Jerome morosss the big country is the western score to end all western. Bruce watson guitar, mandolin mark brzezicki drumsbacking vocals. One of the most popular western films of the late 1950s president eisenhower liked it so much he had it shown on four successive evenings at the white house. The big country 1958 this soundtrack conjured up the vast american plains and launched jerome morosss movie career. The film was also nominated for an academy award for the musical score by jerome moross. William wylers the big country, which opened at the astor last night, is a twohourandfortysixminute western designed to demonstrate that men should live in peace. The opening bars that accompany a spinning wagon wheel in the film are part of our countrys cultural memory now.
It was also nominated for the musical score by jerome moross but lost out to dimitri tiomkins. The big country 1958 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The big country soundtrack from 1958, composed by jerome moross. Bickford is currently embroiled in a waterrights feud with covetous burl ives, so both he and his daughter are hoping that peck can take care of himself. The big country is a classic 1958 dramatic western from united artists, directed by legendary filmmaker william wyler benhur, roman holiday, the best years of our lives, funny girl. Released by mgm records in 2008 containing music from the big country 1958. The big country, original music from the motion picture sound track, jerome moross, on united artists records, 1958, stereo. The big country william wylers original motion picture soundtrack. Find recording details and track inforamtion for the big country, film score jerome moross on allmusic. The big country, original music from the motion picture sound track. The big country original music from the motion picture sound. Big country perform the title track from the seer album at the stables, milton keynes. From its famous main theme to the dancing music, the score alone is a suite of colorful themes and orchestrations.
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