ArtistInfo

Elmer Bernstein / Lionel Newman / Hugo Montenegro
John Wayne At Fox: The Westerns

Compil. US 2013 on Kritzerland label
Soundtrack (Score, Soundtrack)

From kritzerland.com: "John Wayne at Fox – not a lot of films, but some extraordinarily entertaining ones. The Comancheros (1961), based on the 1952 novel by Paul I. Wellman, was directed by Michael Curtiz, the great director who’d done any number of classics, including some of the most beloved films of all time – Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, Angels With Dirty Faces, The Sea Hawk, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mildred Pierce, White Christmas, to name just a handful. Starring were Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff and Bruce Cabot. It’s a wonderful film with colorful performances, gorgeous photography, and a rousing musical score by Elmer Bernstein. At the time, Bernstein had just written what would become one of the most iconic western scores ever, The Magnificent Seven. The Comancheros was his follow up western score, and it, like the film it graces, is colorful, bigger than life, and filled with action and adventure. You know what you’re in for as soon as the first chords of the main title music begin, one of Bernstein’s all-time classic themes. But the score is rife with melody and invention and Bernstein’s music is as iconic and big as the Duke himself. A year earlier, the John Wayne Fox western was North to Alaska, a big, sprawling comedy western starring the Duke, Stewart Granger, enticing Capucine, Ernie Kovacs and teen heartthrob Fabian. The score, credited solely to Lionel Newman, but containing music by several others, fits the film like a glove. It’s got a tuneful title song by Mike Phillips, a nice song for Fabian called “If You Knew” and some fun original orchestral cues by Newman. Next we jump to the third of the Fox Wayne westerns, the 1969 film The Undefeated, starring Wayne and Rock Hudson, along with Roman Gabriel, Lee Meriwether, Bruce Cabot, Ben Johnson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Harry Carey, Jr., Paul Fix, Richard Mulligan, John Agar and Dub Taylor. Hugo Montenegro’s music for The Undefeated is big as all outdoors, with strong themes and a real sense of storytelling. As with many Western scores, there’s a lot of Copland “Americana” as well as a stirring main theme, some great dramatic scoring, some Mexican-flavored cues and even a hoedown Both The Comancheros and The Undefeated were previously released on CD by FSM, and North to Alaska was released on CD by Intrada – all are out of print – in the case of The Comancheros, for many years. But we’re pleased to bring them all together in one great 2-CD set – they’ve all been newly remastered for this release. John Wayne at Fox – The Westerns is limited to 1000 copies only" THE COMANCHEROS Previously released on Film Score Monthly ‎– FSM Vol. 2 No. 6 Published by TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) ℗© 1961, 2013 Motion Picture Artwork, Photos and Fox Trademarks and Logos TM, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation NORTH TO ALASKA Previously released on Intrada ‎– Special Collection Volume 168 Recorded September 23, 26, 28, 29, 30 and October 3, 5, 8, 13 1960 at Twentieth Century Fox Scoring Stage Published by TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) ℗© 1960, 2013 Motion Picture Artwork, Photos and Fox Trademarks and Logos TM, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation THE UNDEFEATED Previously released on Film Score Monthly ‎– FSM Vol. 3 No. 6 Published by TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) ℗© 1969, 2013 Motion Picture Artwork, Photos and Fox Trademarks and Logos TM, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Poster Art and Stills Courtesy of the Fox Photo Archive Printed in the U.S.A. by Kritzerland

Musicians

	Elmer Bernstein key, p, 1922-2004 US composed by, conductor, album by
	Lionel Newman p, 1916-1989 US composed by, conductor, album by
	Hugo Montenegro syn, 1925-1981 US composed by, conductor, album by
	Harry Sukman p, 1912-1984 US conductor
	Douglass Fake , edited by, original sequencing and assembly
	Tom Cavanaugh , management, soundtrack executive for twentieth century fox
	Bernard Mayers sax, orchestrated by
	Herbert W. Spencer , 1905-1992 US orchestrated by
	Jack Hayes , orchestrated by
	Leo Shuken , 1906-1976 US orchestrated by
	Urban Thielmann orchestrated by
	Michael Matessino , research, score restoration
	Ron Fuglsby transferred by, 35mm film assembly
	John Davis , US transferred by, audio transfers
	Claude King voc, 1923-2013 US performer
	Johnny Horton voc, g, 1925-1960 US performer
	Fabian voc, *1943 US performer
	Joe Hayden , written by, "a hot time in the old town tonight"
	Theodore Metz , DE written by, "a hot time in the old town tonight"

Producers

Composers

ArtistInfo App

Acknowledgements

ArtistInfo for Mac, iPad, and iPhone