| The "Western" has pretty much died out these days, at one time there were plenty of films at the cinema and t.v.series and they all had magnificent music themes too. Last night (20.8.22), the 1958 film "The Big Country" starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston and Burl Ives was shown with my number 1 favourite film music of ALL time, composed by Jerome Moross, a magnificent sweep of music which really conjures up the wide open spaces of 19th Century America. The similarly titled 1960s t.v. series "The Big Valley" starring Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors and Linda Evans also had a great theme tune by George Duning and who can forget Elmer Bernstein's awesome theme to the original 1960 version of "The Magnificent Seven"? TCM Movies is currently showing all the old late 1950s/early 1960s series "Sugarfoot" starring the very sexy Will Hutchins who is still alive, now aged 92. What are your favourite "westerns" and your favourite "westerns" music too? |
So many great tv shows in the 60s
Unfortunately, it was cancelled before they could finish the story and the wrap-up movie that was done several years later was a big disappointment...
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Timothy Oliphant (spelled wrong) was in Justified, that was also terrific
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I also remember "Laramie" with John Smith, Robert Fuller and Spring Byington from the early 1960s. That had nice theme music too.
I have watched 100s of western movies and so many classics to choose form. How about The Searchers and Red River?
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I'm old enough to remember "Gunsmoke" when Dennis Weaver was in it playing the limping "Chester".
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"The Virginian" was indeed another one with great theme music
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The tv series Rawhide was terrific and every once in a while ‘Wishbone’ or ‘Mushy’ would sport a tight jeans crotch bulge
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