Alfred Newman - How the West Was Won (Original Motion Picture Soundtra

2-CD SETTHE COMPLETE SOUNDTRACK + 1 BONUS TRACK4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDEThis set presents the complete original Alfred Newman soundtrack music to the 1962 epic-western film How the West Was Won, one of the last “old-fashioned” epic movies made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to enjoy great success. Set between 1839 and 1889, it follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts) as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean. The film is divided into sections directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall.The picture was filmed in the curved-screen three-projector Cinerama process and starred Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, and Richard Widmark, with narration by Spencer Tracy.The score was listed at #25 on AFI’s 100 Years of Film Scores. In 1997, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The film won three Academy Awards for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (James R. Webb), Best Film Editing, and Best Sound (Franklin Milton).Music composed and conducted by ALFRED NEWMANThe MGM Studio Orchestra / Vocals by Debbie Reynolds, The Whiskeyhill Quartet & The Ken Darby Singers.Recorded in Hollywood, April 30, 1961-July 20, 1962.(*) BONUS TRACKS:Joe Pass (12 string-g), John Pisano (rhythm-g), Charlie Haden (b), Larry Bunker (d).INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLETCD1: TOTAL TIME 70:4101 OVERTURE: HOW THE WEST WAS WON/ I’M BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND/SHENANDOAH/ ENDLESS PRAIRIE/ THE OX DRIVER/ I ’M BOUND FOR THE PROMISEDLAND/ HOW THE WEST WAS WON02 MAIN TITLE03 THIS IS THE WEST04 THE ERIE CANAL05 TWO HEARTS ON A TREE06 SHENANDOAH07 FIRST MEETING08 FIRST KISS09 THE MORNING AFTER10 RIVER PIRATES/STALKING AND KILLING11 GODSPEED EVE/ THE RAPIDS12 THE BURIAL (BEREAVEMENT/ ROCK OF AGES/ FULFILLMENT)13 WAGON TRAIN FORWARD (WAGON TRAIN/ WAR WITH MEXICO/ BANKS OF THESACRAMENTO/ WAIT FOR THE WAGON)14 SIT DOWN SISTER15 WANDERIN’16 THE JUMP-OFF POINT17 CLEVE VAN VALEN (CLEVE VAN VALEN/ WAGON TRAIN/ MORGAN, LILITH ANDAGGIE/ CLEVE AND THE MULE)18 POOR WAYFARIN’ STRANGER19 RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT20 COME SHARE MY LIFE21 CHEYENNES/ INDIAN FIGHT22 CARELESS LOVE23 GOLD CLAIM24 WHAT WAS YOUR NAME IN THE STATES?25 HE’S GONE AWAY26 A HOME IN THE MEADOW27 MARRIAGE PROPOSALCD 2: TOTAL TIME 71:1701 ENTR’ACTE (HOW THE WEST WAS WON/ A HOME IN THE MEADOW/ NINE HUNDREDMILES/ BANKS OF THE SACRAMENTO/ I’M BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND/ WHENJOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME/ THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC)02 MR. LINCOLN03 HE’S LINUS’ BOY04 I’M SAD AND I’M LONELY05 WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME06 ZEB’S RETURN07 THE PONY EXPRESS08 A RAILROADER’S BRIDE I’LL BE09 WORKIN’10 THE JUGGLERS11 NO GOODBYE12 ZEB AND JETHRO13 BUFFALO STAMPEDE/ AFTERMATH14 CLIMB A HIGHER HILL15 THE VAN VALEN AUCTION16 GANT (DESPERADO)17 NO GOODBYE #218 CELEBRATION19 FINALE20 FINALE ULTIMO21 EXIT MUSIC22 MISS BAILEY’S GHOST23 A HOME IN THE MEADOW24 WHEN I WAS SINGLE25 SHENANDOAH26 ROCK OF AGES27 THE ERIE CANAL28 WAIT FOR THE HOEDOWN [long]29 FIRST MEETING #2