How The West Was Won | Soundtrack Suite (Alfred Newman)
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- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1963). Composed and Conducted by Alfred Newman, Vocals Supervised by Ken Darby. Performed by the MGM Studio Orchestra, the Ken Darby Singers and the Whiskey Hills Singers.
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Music Awards:
- None
Nominations:
- Academy Award - Best Original Score
Playlist:
00:00 Main Title
01:25 Shenandoah
01:36 Overture (just the 'Shenandoah' excerpt)
02:03 This Is The West
02:29 Cleve Van Valen
04:13 River Pirates / Stalking And Killing
05:23 Raise A Ruckus Tonight (Debbie Reynolds)
06:50 Cheyennes
08:42 Entr'acte
10:41 The Pony Express
11:47 Zeb And Jethro
12:23 Celebration
13:25 Finale Ultimo
Music Source:
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This movie - and particularly its score- literally changed my life. When I saw it at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome at age 11, it was the first time I ever actually noticed movie music. And how could I not? Those first three notes of the main theme- so grand, so stirring, so fraught with import- you just knew something monumental was about to happen. And does it ever! I walked away from that all-enveloping experience determined to do many things: to read history, to write music, to explore and climb and hike the American West, and maybe someday, make my own movie. I ended up doing all these things, except making my own movie, and to this day I have not given up that dream. When I turned 17, I embarked upon my first backpacking trip, solo, on the John Muir Trail, from Mt. Whitney to Yosemite.. As I topped Trail Crest Pass, just south of Mt. Whitney, the full, jaw-dropping sweep of the Upper Kern Basin unfolded before and below me, and from my memory rolled the open bars of this film- fittingly enough, since one of the opening scenes of the movie was filmed from an airplane soaring over the the Palisade glaciers on Sierra Crest just a few miles north of Whitney. It was the beginning of an adult lifetime of mountain exploring, book reading, music loving, and advocating for the preservation of our sacred western wilderness areas, which continues to this day. Most of us are familiar with the epic opening theme, but keep listening- musical magic oozes from every scene of this film. And to think it was all written by a man named Alfred Newman! In my considered opinion, and with due homage to the great John Williams, this is the greatest movie score of all time, and I have heard them all..
Yes, I saw it in Cinerama in '63 and it changed my life; still watch it at Widescreen Weekend in Bradford UK on the curved screen. Began my enduring love of movies and soundtracks; built a serious home cinema, and have simply been ecstatic to visit and walk the West. Still my favourite movie.
What a beautiful tribute! Alfred Newman was wonderful... I loved him ever since I saw the old 1939 "Wuthering Heights." He could create an atmosphere as no one else could. But really, what you wrote... beautiful. "I walked away from that all-enveloping experience determined to do many things: to read history, to write music, to explore and climb and hike the American West, and maybe someday, make my own movie. I ended up doing all these things, except making my own movie, and to this day I have not given up that dream." I love it.
I had very similar feelings. Detroit 1964
Have been on the trail to the top of Whitney and back in beautiful clear august weather, with surprisingly light trail traffic , and yes if ever there was music to go with what you see and feel on that trek, this is it !
I saw this masterpiece when I was 13 in 1969. It was the first cinematography and surround sound that we ever experienced. I thought those buffalo we're going to jump in my lap and I hung onto every note of The Promised Land and Home in the Meadow. As a Colorado native, I didn't have far to go to find my home in the meadow and piece of the promised land. I know my ancestors were among the Pioneers that came across the Prairie. My llamas are not near as strong as those oxen and horses were but I love them dearly and we hike everywhere together. I wouldn't be where I am without that movie to put the dream in my heart and let me know how to find my destiny. Thanks to everyone who made it and made my life the miracle I am living today. God bless all of you!
This movie in Cinerama opened when I was a junior in high school. I saw it 12 times in Cinerama. To this day (I'm 73) it remains my favorite movie.
A great movie that needs to be remastered for high quality soundtrack
Iam about 50 years younger and from different part of world, but main themes are great to me too :)
One of my favorites as well. Saw it 5 times in Cinerama but was hooked on Cinerama way before this movie came out. Love the score and have the Smileboxed version of this and all the Cinerama movies.
The South never smiled after Shiloh.
I think this is the greatest classic Western theme. Masterpiece!!
big country is just as good if not better
This was the movie to see at the Cinarama Dome back in the day. If you have a chance to see a movie at this theatre, definately see it there!! It makes any movie heart pounding. This music was unforgetable.
Saw it in Cinerama in 1963 blows IMax away.
I was 10 when I saw this movie. Awesome cast and thrilling beautiful music.
This soundtrack always fascinated me. Always excited to listen to that music and watch this movie although I know it by heart.
Almost 60 years later I remember the hauntingly beautiful Shenandoah. When it showed again in The Good Shepherd it brought back the memories of How The West Was Won. It was a magnificent spectacle with a soundtrack, and notes that enhanced every scene.
I still remember the voice over by Spencer Tracy whenever I hear this beautiful music....
The west we once knew has long gone now............
First time hearing the opening score I was in junior high. Magnificent score.
I love this soundtrack - it symbolizes for me the great expansion and potential of America at this time period- we have lost so much.
As a western lover of almost 60 years in my humble opinion this is the FINEST musical score ever written for the genre.
Peter, you've hit the nail on the head!
Try out this....ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxIW8P5SLiGM_n42V9PvhOa0gqTsCd8baG
Agreed.
Loved the old American Folk songs.
Alfred Newman composed some of the most magnificent movie scores. This is one of his finest.
Mind-blowing visuals and mesmerizing music!
Truly first-class film music full of beautiful and unforgettable melodies.
Listening to this fabulous cinema score that was put to the filming 60 years ago (as of this year date as I am writing this: 2022) while reading an "American Heritage - Illustrated History of the United States: Volume 6" (1965/1971 published)...I noted the scoring a little different from my original record album that was released in 1963. That's okay, though. It's fine background music for the many illustrations of the book. Gives it that " patriotic flavor " as one might say.
As ti the movie -I saw its released in the summer of '63 in Indianapolis at the Indiana Theater in downtown Indianapolis on the Cinerma style screen. Very impressive movie with a great cast of actors and actresses. Good timing in the release of the film during our nation's 100 year anniversary of the great Civil War ("War Between the States", as the native Southerners have called it).
The film score (original) is great music when traveling in some sections of the States. Makes me kind of teary eyed while looking at the scenery.
Saw this movie in Cinerama as a kid.The visual at the time was magic ( even with the creased edges of the the three screens ). The music was even more so. Epic themes and well done periodic pieces that flowed in and out of the movie to create a Disneyesque / historic type of element. Alfred Newman was an incredible composer.
I wonder what parts he and Ken Darby played in the composition of the main theme- the music and the lyrics-?
Debbie Reynolds was so
fabulous! Listening to her
sing in How the West WasWon
it’s hard to believe she is gone.
But her spirit lives on!!!
Yes she was great and had a daughter who was princess Leia carrie Fisher like mother like daughter
Fabulous soundtrack !
Alfred Newman sure could pen a movie score😍❣️💥
Totally captures the tone of the times, just a brilliant piece of music with incredible depth.
This score and Nevada Smith are my two favorite western scores by Alfred Newman. I wish he had done more like Tiomkin. Thank you Fred for the upload. Out.
Love Nevada Smith!
One of my absolute favorite movies! Such epic reflexive cinema showing the founding of a great nation.
WOW to the max. I’ve heard all the shorter clips of HTWWW before, but this Suite is simply spectacular!!!
Most beautiful music gives me chills I imagine galloping along a beautiful country side on a beautiful horse 🐎
We saw this in Los Angles theatre downtown1968 unbelievable wraparound screen 3 projectors the robbery on train was epic timber broke loose from hold down chains!
this was the first big screen movie i ever saw . i still love soundtrac king
My high school band director loved the score and we played it a lot!
This and the Poldark soundtrack are my all-time fave music to listen to. I watch the movie over and over again... thank you! 🤗❤️
I love epic westerns. This one has an amazing all-star cast.
I have a notion to second that emotion ! Has more big names in the cast then any other movie I've ever seen ! Saw it at the drive in when I was a kid (it was shown originally in Cinerama in walk in theaters that had the equipment but alas they couldn't do that at the drive in).
Masterpiece!
One of my favorite movies...music is outstanding
THE great western score that set the style for many others. Magnificent, iconic and definitive. You made an excellent choice of cues and I'm especially glad to get "The Pony Express" (10:41) without the Spencer Tracy voice-over in the way- something that peppered my CD and which always annoyed me.
I remember being in a record store [I was 12 years old] and I saw a sign which read : 'how the west was won' --MUSIC AS BIG AS ALL OUT DOORS!. it is true, the music is epic, all American- big and strong. a delight to hear.
Saw what may have been the last Cinerama presentation in LA in 2008. Russ Tamblyn and his daughter Amber, Gregory Peck's family and the stuntman who hit the cactus during the train sequence were in attendance. It coincided with the Blu Ray release of the movie and I had mine signed by Russ! Russ spoke a few words before the show. Unforgettable cinematic experience I will always treasure!
Lo Stuntman si chiamava Bob Morgan, è stato gravemente ferito ed è quasi morto, mentre eseguiva un'acrobazia. Verso la fine del film, c'è uno scontro a fuoco su un treno in corsa tra lo sceriffo e una banda di rapinatori di treni. Morgan era uno degli stuntman che interpretava un ladro ed era accovacciato accanto a una pila di tronchi su un vagone. Le catene che tenevano insieme i tronchi si spezzarono e Morgan fu schiacciato dai tronchi che cadevano. Era così gravemente ferito che gli ci vollero cinque anni per riprendersi al punto da riuscire a muoversi da solo e camminare senza aiuto.
Oh yes, I'm the 'saw it in Cinerama in '63' generation too!
Another wonderfull soundtrack I thank you to share. A mix of talented music men, Newman of course, but Darby too with the Ken Darby Singers, Dave Guard and the Whyskey Hills singers, Richard Armbruster, Robert Emmet Dolan, and Debbie Reynolds to name but few, and all those less known musicians having writen the theme songs used in this soundtrack. Not forgetting of course the great MGM Studio Orchestra condected by Alfred himself.
I first discovered this sounrack in the 70's when my cousin Colette, having seen the rare french release on Cinerama 3 strips projection of the movie, owned the de luxe LP box of the then available sountrack music.
Many years later other versions of the OST where availables on LP then on CD each time whith more "forgotten reels" music. I missed the 2 CD box here "digested" but thanks to YT and you I'm aware of all the reels recorded for the movie. What a magnum opus, isn't it ?
Regards
Berny
Great movie, magnificently cast, and a music score that complemented each of its parts. They don't make 'em like this any more!
I was a teenage boy when I went to this Movie. I saw it 70mm. At that time it was showen from 3 projection screens. That was the newest thing at that time. My mouth was wide open through the whole movie. One of my favorite movies of all time.
Saw it the same way as a child...intermission to the lobby and all... was/is an amazing memory.
@@stevenvestey9613 It was shot in Cinerama....3 cameras with 3 synchronized projectors...had special movie theaters for them at the time. Went to see this in Oklahoma City....
Saw it in Cinerama in Atlanta, Fall 1963. Absolutely unforgettable.
Three projectors at once was high tech of the day. You could see the vertical seams between the frames without looking too hard. The system didn't last too long. It ate film like crazy and the super wide shots had to be carefully planned out. Still, it was fun to watch.
@@stephenpowstinger733 Thanks for the comment! I was the beginning of the wave of electronics in movies.
The movie How the West was won was always one of my favorite movies that I have seen it on Monday night, July 6,1964 at the Atco DriveIn movie on U.S.30(White Horse Pike). The movie & soundtrack were great. Great cast, great narration by the late Spencer Tracy. The late Debbie Reynolds not only stared in How the West was won, but also the Unsinkable Molly Brown, Tammy, Mary,Mary, Divorce American Style, Singing in the rain, It was just a great movie.
Epic music at its sublimest heights and most moving action. Awesome stuff!
Echt erstklassige Filmmusik voller wunderschönen und unvergesslichen Melodien.
What a super American music.
Wonderful masterpiece!!!!!
Exactly!
@@paulmiller6647 Yes! I agree!! Amazing masterpiece
Saw this in full 3 projectors Cinerama easily beats IMAX. It was so freaking visceral, hope some form of this wide screen technology is able to return someday.
One of the finest
Great stuff. Iconic main theme.
Wunderbar ! THANK YOU, as always Fred, for sharing only the BEST movie music with us ! Greetings from America, mein Fruend ! :-)
If I need inspiration…I listen to this wonderful medley
Actually released by MGM/Cinerama in 1962; Newman's main theme remains a favorite, and he and Darby did seamlessly mix themes from the era into their music throughout this two-and-a-half hour-plus epic. MGM thought their future lay in these massive roadshow productions; instead they led to the studio's demise. Most of the major players are gone now, Debbie Reynolds being the latest. One of the last of its kind.
Do you happen to know which- Darby or Newman- wrote the lyrics, and which the music? Thanks
@@RalphPhilbrook Newman wrote the music, and Darby the lyrics on most of the original songs. Many of the folk songs are traditional, adapted by Newman and Darby. Sammy Cahn adapted the lyrics for "Home in the Meadow" to the traditional "Greensleeves". "Raise a Ruckus" is traditional, with added lyrics from Johnny Mercer and music from Robert Emmett Dolan. Those two also wrote "What Was Your Name in the States?". Newman was given full license to make the music big; a nearly 100-piece orchestra was assembled, with Darby's between 50-and-60-member chorus.
37 years ago the world lost one of the greatest.. Alfred Newman.
To remember him and the great Debbie Reynolds (I tried to gave her a nice part) we have here one of my all time favorite scores of the composer, for a gigantic picture.
I hope you forgive me some of the not quiet perfect edits, but as the album has almost only "run-flawless-into-another" tracks, it quiet became a task!
P.S.
Don't like to talk about sad anniversaries of composers, but maybe you can guess the great composer for next weeks video? The 24th of February marks 40 years since his passing.
Many thanks for enabling us to rediscover his amazing compositions. Do you own the soundtracks from "Grapes of Wrath" and "How Was Green My Valley" ?
Hello Norrington and thank you very much!
"Grapes of Wrath" has never seen a release, unfortunately, but "How Green Was My Valley" and I have it and wanted to do this one for long, indeed. In some weeks we will have it here. :-)
Fred
Soundtrack Fred "WE HAVE HERE ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SCORES OF THE COMPOSER, FOR A GIGANTIC PICTURE" !!! MR.FRED, YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS EXPRESSES EXACTLY WHAT I FEEL ABOUT THIS MAGNIFICENT AND SUBLIME SCORE. I SAW THE PICTURE IN 1963, IN SÃO PAULO, BRASIL, IN A "CINERAMA" THEATER. SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN LURED BY THE ENCHANTMENTS OF THE FILM AND ITS SUPERB SCORE !!! THE SCORE IN CD AND DVD VÍDEO ARE HOLY TREASURES IN MY COLECTION. SOUNDTRACK AND IMAGE ARE OF HIGHEST QUALITY WE MAY WISH !!! THE WAY ALFRED NEUMAN USES TRADITIONAL TUNES AS THE DIVINE "GREENSLEAVES " ALONG THE SCORE, IS OVER ANYTHING WE CAN SAY !!!
ALFRED NEWMAN AND KEN DARBY HAVE THEIR NAMES INSCRIBED IN THE "PANTHEON" OF MOTION PICTURE'S HISTORY !!!
Bernard Hermann?
You did a superb job of downloading this, Friend Frederic ! :-)
Thanks for doing this one, one of the greatest, and from a composer not known for Westerns. I had the old soundtrack CD but got this multi-disc set last year. Thanks for your film score suites. They really helped me last year when I expanded my soundtrack collection. I ended up getting over 100 and never would have without sampling on your channel. Those 30 second samples on Amazon don't do much for soundtracks.
Was in the Badlands when filming was being done. Got to see the "tons" of wagons.
Saw this at the Old Cinerama theatre in Honolulu
Massive Curved screen
film music at its best!!! Music makes the movies.
Epic!
A great (maybe the greatest) western fanfare!! :-D
How do you pack a magnificent score such as this seamlessly into 15 minutes? I don't know, but Soundtrack Fred has done it! Thank you.
Epic Music.
Not my favorite Cinerama film, I saw it in 1962, but 60 years later, the orchestral themes are a constant ear worm, which is why I'm listening yet again. Great score. It is really a historic story, based on a Life Magazine series of stories.
I was wondering when - or if - you'd get around to this superb score, Fred! Between the final print, the playback versions, and the out-takes, you certainly had a treasure trove to mine, and I don't envy you having to compress it down to 15.00 minutes. Alfred Newman and Ken Darby did a superb job in matching their music to the storyline, and I'd love to be able to see the film as it was originally presented, in real Cinerama, stereophonic sound: the works. One of the last of the true great blockbuster epics (God, look at that cast!) with a score to match. Thanks so much for posting this.
William Lindesmith BEAUTIFUL, EMOTIVE AND INTELIGENT WORDS ABOUT ALFRED NEWMAN !!!!!! "HOW THE WEST WAS WON" AND ITS WONDERFUL MUSICAL SCORE ARE SUPREME MASTERPIECES !!! THE WAY HE ADAPTED TRADITIONAL TUNES AS "GREENSLEAVES" TROUGHOUT THE FILM, IS SOMETHING THAT TRANSCENDS OUR MATERIAL WORLD !!! ALFRED NEWMAN AND KEN DARBY HAVE THEIR NAMES INSCRIBED IN THE "PANTHEON" OF FILM MUSICAL SCORES !!!!!!!!
Do you happen to know which of these gentlemen wrote the music and which wrote the lyrics? Thanks
Fascinating that not only did Old Crow Medicine Show do a cover of 'Raise a Ruckus" but Alfred Newman is Randy Newman's uncle (Toy Story, Short People)
One of my all time favorite s,,,
Omg the transitions here, eeech
The song “Home in the Meadow “ is the same tune as the traditional English song “Greensleeves”.
Con 10 años vi esta película en Cinerama en Madrid en un cine cerca de la Puerta del Sol. Todavía se me erizan los pelos por la emoción, cuando recuerdo esta película. En España se llamaba "La conquista del Oeste". Han pasado 60 años, pero la banda sonora sigue siendo excepcional. Fantastica.
Era el cine-teatro Albéniz. Fue el primer Cinerama en España. Al igual que usted, también me emociono al escuchar esta música y al recordar aquella gran película proyectada en la gigantesca pantalla de Cinerama.
The editing here is AWKWARD in the extreme!
The word is only 2 cast members are still living: Caroll Baker and Russ Tamblyn.
The boys who played George Peppard and Carolyn Jones's kids are still around.
It was exciting as a boy of 14 to hear the name of my birth city in a Hollywood Blockbuster. Born in Sacramento and living there until I was 26 I moved to Nevada to escape what I saw as overcrowding. Now we have a reverse Gold Rush. Everyone who can escape are coming to Nevada. Eastward Ho the wagons!
"Eastward Ho" haha! Too bad that California turned itself into Crowdifornia. I left L.A. thinking "this is a dump" in 1990 and it's only gotten nastier since then.
Grandiosa esta película su musica también grande, todas las cansiones muy bien escritas por un buen compositor.
The promised land - the promised land - the promised land!
The promised land, the land of plenty rich with gold
Here came dreamers with Bible, fist and gun
Bound for land, across the plains their wagons rolled
Hell bent for leather - that's how the West was won
Side by side they tamed the savage prairie land (note: the songbook says "stride by stride")
Nothing stopped them - no wind nor rain nor sun
Side by side these pioneers from ev'ry land
All pulled together - that's how the West was won
And they sang of the day when they would rest their boots
In a land where the still waters flow
Where the dreams of a man and wife could put down roots
And their love and the seeds of love would grow
And grow and grow!
Dream by dream they built a nation on this land
Forged in freedom for ev'ry mother's son
Here it is, the beautiful the promised land
We won't forget them and how the West was won!
Yes the great ending music. Unfortunately most of the 70mm releases never had this only the original 3 strip versions. It on the Bluray version.
Thank you for these lyrics!!
I believe Carol Baker and Russ Tamblyn are the only remaining stars from this magnificent epic.
Luz Benedict, Jett Rink's girl friend.
Stanley Livingston, James Stewart's youngest son in the picture, not a big star maybe, but he's alive too!
MGM Studios was really lucky to get Alfred Newman on loan from 20th Century Fox to score this truly epic film because Fox had to totally shut down their lot due to bankruptcy stemming from the way-over-budget film “Cleopatra”! Fox’s loss was MGM’s BIG gain- what a wonderful piece of music!!
Wagner PD You’re welcome! Glad I was able to share a bit of backstory on this classic 1960’s-era film blockbuster!!!
What took you so long?! Outstanding job, Fred! I first saw this movie, in Cinerama, on it's release back in 1963. I had not heard any of the score until then, that first viewing, and I was totally blown away. That same feeling has stayed with me for over half a century. Thanks again, Fred, for a job well done.
Thank you Larry,
to be honest, this was indeed one of my first tries of a soundtrackvideo. But some years ago the rights-situation was different and the video got deleted immediately. I thought, the time has come for a deserved re-do!
Thank you!
Fred
Maravillosa banda sonora
Dee & CJ headed south in So Cal in that Subaru, trailer in tow. Yippee Kayiah!!....
Too bad the sample omitted one of my favorites, the sweet nostalgic music for two of George Peppard's scenes. The first one he Zeb is with his brother on the porch at night. I first noticed it on Disneyland Paris Frontierland music.
“Okay, I need a score for an epic family saga spanning several generations, with the conquest of a continent and creation of a new country as the backdrop.”
Alfred Newman: “I got you, fam.”
Excellent!!
Alcuni di questi brani arrangiati in modo diverso Alfred Newman li ha riutilizzati in "Nevada Smith"
E una bellissima e spumeggiante Carroll Baker la più bella bionda
Amen
I consider Morricone's TGTBATU as the best followed by Jerome Moross's The Big Country...this would be #3 on my list. Just beautifully done.
Bellissima spettacolare musica con un grandissimo cast di attori leggendari con Gregory Peck George Leopard John Wayne kar malden
He was in Mad magazine.
Tell me the song: There are still words like "I wonna need you good bay, because some good guy, E one cheeeee ......" I just do not know English well, she still played in vogue for warband. Old America 1860 ..
The name of the song is, "Endless Prairie".
fANTASTICO ESTE COMPOSITOR ALFRED NEWMAN CON LA MUSICA DE LA PELICULA LA CONQUISTA DEL OESTE. INCLUYO LOS TEMAS DE SHENANDOAH Y DE GREENSLEVES.SENSACIONAL.
LO QUE NO ME GUSTA ES QUE NO HAYAN INCLUIDO LOS TEMAS DE SHENANDOAH Y GREENSLEVES QUE EN LA PELICULA SALIAN.
Inoubliable saga de la conquête de l'ouest images a180degres son quadri phonique projeté au Gaumont palace de l'époque petit résumé des sensations vertigineuses décors naturels j'en passe pour ceux qui on vécu cette expérience ou le cinéma surpasse tout les projections numérique de notre époque font pâles figure
Does anyone know where to find the lyrics to the main theme? (as sang by the Ken Darby Singers)
I googled "Lyrics to HTWWW' and they came up on a site, along with the lyrics to all, or many of, the big songs in the movie.
Spielberg usa questo tema, come citazione, nel suo The Fabelmans. Mi sono quasi commosso.
Vince de rosa is beyond good here
Always love to see his name in the orchestra-member-lists!
Sometimes you dont even have to read who is just playing. ;-)
Fred
Is Alfred any relation to Thomas Newman?
His father :) This makes so much sense, I love his scores too
Yes, Thomas is his son. Remarkable family of talented musicians... Lionel Newman, also a composer, was head of music for Fox studios, Randy Newman is a cousin, David Newman is a brother of Thomas. Maria, their sister, is a talented musician/violinist and also composes.
الله.اشغلك.كامل.واحردك.قدره.الثانيه.
Too bad the movie didn't live up to the score.