Post by Allen Wiener on Aug 12, 2010 14:56:38 GMT -5
Scott,
Here is an excerpt on the Tiomkin score from "Music of the Alamo," which I co-authored (the new multi-disc recording of the soundtrack was not out at the time that the book was published). By the way, that Beneke LP is one of my most prized Alamo possessions; I've always loved that cover photo of the Waynamo.
Allen
(1960) LP The Alamo (Columbia mono CL 1558; stereo CS
8358; reel-to-reel 4-track stereo tape edition: Columbia
CQ393; Japan: CBS LSS-5 24-C). Film soundtrack score composed
by Dimitri Tiomkin with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
Includes “Ballad of the Alamo” by Marty Robbins and “The
Green Leaves of Summer” by the Brothers Four. Those tracks
also were released as singles, the former b/w “A Time and a
Place For Everything” (Columbia 41809); the latter b/w
“Beautiful Brown Eyes” in both 45 and 33 1/3 rpm editions
(Columbia: 45 rpm 4- 41808; 33 1/3 rpm 3-41808). The two
songs were coupled on a 45 rpm single as well (Columbia LL-
266). Robbins’ recording also appears on the 1993 CD My
Rifle, My Pony and Me (Bear Family Records BCD 15625 AH).
Two CD editions of the soundtrack album were released, the
first in 1989 (Varese Sarabande VSD-5224), with identical contents
and original liner notes by Patterson Greene, plus a few
additional notes by Richard Kraft. An expanded 1995 CD
edition (Columbia Legacy CK 66138) changed some of the
track titles and added new notes, some voice tracks and previously
unreleased music cues from the film including “Love
Scene,” a music cue leading into the LP track “David
Crockett,” which had been released in 1988 on the CD Film
Music of Dimitri Tiomkin (Columbia/Sony CK 44370).
Previously unreleased music on the expanded CD included
“Cantina Music,” which is actually from an early balcony
scene between Crockett and Flaca originally titled “Old
Mexico”; the Intermission, Entr’acte, and the erroneously
mistitled “Finale,” which is actually a choral reprise of
“Tennessee Babe,” and “Exit Music,” which is actually the
movie’s finale, a choral verse of “The Ballad of the Alamo,”
with orchestra, as it appeared in the film; the original LP omitted
the orchestra. The film’s real “Exit Music” was a reprise
of the choral version of “The Green Leaves of Summer.”
Parts of Tiomkin’s score have been recorded by various
orchestras. “The President’s Country Suite,” running nearly
eleven minutes, includes music from Tiomkin’s scores for
Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, Giant, Rawhide, and
The Alamo. It was arranged for a small orchestra for the 1966 documentary film The President’s Country, a salute to President Lyndon Johnson, narrated by Gregory Peck. A
recording of the suite was released in 1985 on the LP The Film
Music of Dimitri Tiomkin, recorded by the Royal College of
Music Orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks
(Netherlands: Unicorn Kanchanna DKP 9047). A half-hour
suite from Tiomkin’s Alamo score was arranged by Chistopher
Palmer and released in 1995 on the CD High Noon: Original
Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin - Various orchestras (RCA BMG
Classics 09026-62658-2). This recording places “The Green
Leaves of Summer” before the battle music. A different
recording of the suite was released in 2004 on the 4 CD set
The Alamo: The Essential Dimitri Tiomkin Film Music
Collection by the City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by
Nic Raine, and the Crouch End Festival Chorus (Prime Time
TVPMCD 811), but with “The Green Leaves of Summer”
placed after the battle music. The CD set was also released as
Alamo: Dimitri Tiomkin - The Essential Film Music Collection
(Silva America 811). The LP The Epic - Phase 4 Stereo
Spectacular - Stanley Black (London SP 4473) contains a
shorter suite of Tiomkin’s music running less than 6 minutes.
Music from the Film The Alamo, a 1960 LP by Tex Beneke
and His Orchestra (RCA Camden CAL/CAS 655) is a tribute
to Tiomkin’s score and features some music from the film that
was not included on the soundtrack album. These tracks
include “Old Mexico” and “Reverie,” a love theme from the
morning scene between Crockett and Flaca. Beneke was a
veteran big band musician who had once sung with Glenn
Miller’s band and he performs all four vocals on this album.
John Wayne “The Last American Hero”, an LP released in
Japan in 1979 (CBS 25AP 1583), features several cuts from
The Alamo soundtrack, one misspelled “Davit (sic) Crockett.”
Here is an excerpt on the Tiomkin score from "Music of the Alamo," which I co-authored (the new multi-disc recording of the soundtrack was not out at the time that the book was published). By the way, that Beneke LP is one of my most prized Alamo possessions; I've always loved that cover photo of the Waynamo.
Allen
(1960) LP The Alamo (Columbia mono CL 1558; stereo CS
8358; reel-to-reel 4-track stereo tape edition: Columbia
CQ393; Japan: CBS LSS-5 24-C). Film soundtrack score composed
by Dimitri Tiomkin with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
Includes “Ballad of the Alamo” by Marty Robbins and “The
Green Leaves of Summer” by the Brothers Four. Those tracks
also were released as singles, the former b/w “A Time and a
Place For Everything” (Columbia 41809); the latter b/w
“Beautiful Brown Eyes” in both 45 and 33 1/3 rpm editions
(Columbia: 45 rpm 4- 41808; 33 1/3 rpm 3-41808). The two
songs were coupled on a 45 rpm single as well (Columbia LL-
266). Robbins’ recording also appears on the 1993 CD My
Rifle, My Pony and Me (Bear Family Records BCD 15625 AH).
Two CD editions of the soundtrack album were released, the
first in 1989 (Varese Sarabande VSD-5224), with identical contents
and original liner notes by Patterson Greene, plus a few
additional notes by Richard Kraft. An expanded 1995 CD
edition (Columbia Legacy CK 66138) changed some of the
track titles and added new notes, some voice tracks and previously
unreleased music cues from the film including “Love
Scene,” a music cue leading into the LP track “David
Crockett,” which had been released in 1988 on the CD Film
Music of Dimitri Tiomkin (Columbia/Sony CK 44370).
Previously unreleased music on the expanded CD included
“Cantina Music,” which is actually from an early balcony
scene between Crockett and Flaca originally titled “Old
Mexico”; the Intermission, Entr’acte, and the erroneously
mistitled “Finale,” which is actually a choral reprise of
“Tennessee Babe,” and “Exit Music,” which is actually the
movie’s finale, a choral verse of “The Ballad of the Alamo,”
with orchestra, as it appeared in the film; the original LP omitted
the orchestra. The film’s real “Exit Music” was a reprise
of the choral version of “The Green Leaves of Summer.”
Parts of Tiomkin’s score have been recorded by various
orchestras. “The President’s Country Suite,” running nearly
eleven minutes, includes music from Tiomkin’s scores for
Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, Giant, Rawhide, and
The Alamo. It was arranged for a small orchestra for the 1966 documentary film The President’s Country, a salute to President Lyndon Johnson, narrated by Gregory Peck. A
recording of the suite was released in 1985 on the LP The Film
Music of Dimitri Tiomkin, recorded by the Royal College of
Music Orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks
(Netherlands: Unicorn Kanchanna DKP 9047). A half-hour
suite from Tiomkin’s Alamo score was arranged by Chistopher
Palmer and released in 1995 on the CD High Noon: Original
Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin - Various orchestras (RCA BMG
Classics 09026-62658-2). This recording places “The Green
Leaves of Summer” before the battle music. A different
recording of the suite was released in 2004 on the 4 CD set
The Alamo: The Essential Dimitri Tiomkin Film Music
Collection by the City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by
Nic Raine, and the Crouch End Festival Chorus (Prime Time
TVPMCD 811), but with “The Green Leaves of Summer”
placed after the battle music. The CD set was also released as
Alamo: Dimitri Tiomkin - The Essential Film Music Collection
(Silva America 811). The LP The Epic - Phase 4 Stereo
Spectacular - Stanley Black (London SP 4473) contains a
shorter suite of Tiomkin’s music running less than 6 minutes.
Music from the Film The Alamo, a 1960 LP by Tex Beneke
and His Orchestra (RCA Camden CAL/CAS 655) is a tribute
to Tiomkin’s score and features some music from the film that
was not included on the soundtrack album. These tracks
include “Old Mexico” and “Reverie,” a love theme from the
morning scene between Crockett and Flaca. Beneke was a
veteran big band musician who had once sung with Glenn
Miller’s band and he performs all four vocals on this album.
John Wayne “The Last American Hero”, an LP released in
Japan in 1979 (CBS 25AP 1583), features several cuts from
The Alamo soundtrack, one misspelled “Davit (sic) Crockett.”
