Music From The Westerns Of John Wayne & John Ford Music From The Westerns Of John Wayne & John Ford CD

A unique presentation. A mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic music from the westerns John Wayne and his mentor, the great film director John Ford made together - from Stagecoach in 1939 through to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance in 1962, where songs and music from the original scores are blended with recordings made by popular artists (mostly of 1950s vintage, or older) of songs heard in the films. In all, music from eight eternal westerns, a genre which Ford and Wayne both defined and long-dominated. So Victor Young's poignant and exhilarating themes for Rio Grande are complemented by American folk songs and traditional Mexican song, hymnody, songs of the Civil War and such period music as the parlour ballads of Stephen Foster, performances of cultural, historical and aesthetic significance given by the choirs of Norman Luboff, Roger Wagner and Robert Shaw and the vocal harmony group the Sons of the Pioneers and supplemented by recordings made by such legends from the first half of the twentieth century as the Irish tenor John McCormack and the "Empress of the Blues", Bessie Smith. The Country music icons Johnny Cash, Dale Evans and Eddy Arnold. The writer and poet Carl Sandburg. Folk singers and political activists Odetta and Pete Seeger. The light classical music composer Leroy Anderson, with selections from his Irish Suite performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fielder. Chart-toppers Johnnie Ray, the "Nabob of Sob" (whose hearing-aid was appropriated in homage by Morrissey), the maestro of the singalong, the musical impresario, Mitch Miller, and Gene Pitney, whose version of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (a number also performed here with distinction by the University of Oregon folk group, the Fairmount Singers) was a hit for the nascent songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. A diversity of talents who together evoke the Fordian atmosphere.

1. Stagecoach - Main Title - Richard Hageman 2. Stagecoach Theme - Starlight Orchestra 3. Bury Me Out on the Lone Prairie - Norman Luboff Choir 4. Ten Thousand Cattle - Norman Luboff Choir 5. I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair - John McCormack 6. Gentle Annie - Roger Wagner Chorale 7. Little Joe, the Wrangler - Roger Wagner Chorale 8. The Trail to Mexico - Roger Wagner Chorale 9. Joe Bowers - Pete Seeger 10. Careless Love - Pete Seeger 11. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny - Norman Luboff Choir 12. The Battle Cry of Freedom - Robert Shaw Chorale 13. Fort Apache - Main Title - Richard Hageman 14. Sweet Genevieve - Dick Foran 15. Oh, Dem Golden Slippers - Roger Wagner Chorale 16. Beautiful Dreamer - Robert Shaw Chorale 17. Home Sweet Home - Robert Shaw Chorale 18. Good Night, Ladies - Robert Shaw Chorale 19. The Girl I Left Behind Me (From the Irish Suite) - Leroy Anderson / Boston Pops Orchestra (Arthur Fielder) 20. Battle Hymn of the Republic - Odetta 21. St Patrick's Day - Victor Young ; His Orchestra 22. 3 Godfathers - Main Title - Richard Hageman 23. The Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River) - Harry Carey JNR 24. The Last Round-Up - Norman Luboff Choir 25. Whoopie Ti Yi Yo - Norman Luboff Choir 26. The Streets of Laredo (A Cowboy's Lament) - Norman Luboff Choir 27. O, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Roger Wagner Chorale 28. Goodbye, Old Paint - Roger Wagner Chorale 29. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing - Norman Luboff Choir 30. Silent Night - Norman Luboff Choir 31. (Round Her Neck) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - Main Title / the Girl I Left Behind Me - Richard Hageman 32. (Round Her Neck) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - Mitch Miller 33. The Girl I Left Behind Me - Pete Seeger 34. The Son of a Gambolier - Carl Sandburg 35. Bury Me Out on the Lone Prairie - Johnnie Ray 36. The Battle Hymn of the Republic - Robert Shaw Chorale 37. Rio Grande - Main Title 38. Return from Patrol 39. Soldiers Fight 40. Yellow Stripes - the Sons of Pioneers 41. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen - the Sons of Pioneers 42. Dispossessed 43. Cattle Call - the Sons of Pioneers 44. Reunion 45. Aha, San Antone - Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr. And Claude Jarman, JR 46. Indian Raid / Escape 47. The Erie Canal - the Sons of Pioneers 48. Laundresses' Row 49. Meeting at the Rio Grande 50. My Gal Is Purple - the Sons of Pioneers 51. Down By the Glen Side - the Sons of Pioneers 52. Footsore Cavalry - the Sons of Pioneers 53. Confederate Dollars and Yankee Gold 54. Departure for Fort Bliss (The Girl I Left Behind Me) 55. Tyree Meets Wagon Train / Indian Attack 56. Call Your Volunteers 57. Nighttime Approach / Rescuing the Children 58. Coming Home 59. Dixie (End Title) 60. Dixie - Norman Luboff Choir 61. Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold 62. Aha, San Antone - Dale Evans 63. The Irish Washerwoman (From the Irish Suite) - Leroy Anderson / Boston Pops Orchestra (Arthur Fielder) 64. Oh, the Days of Kerry Dancing - John McCormack 65. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen - Victor Young ; His Orchestra 66. Ride Away - Danny Knight 67. Sweet Lorena - Norman Luboff Choir 68. Lorena - Johnny Cash 69. Skip to My Lou - Pete Seeger 70. The Yellow Rose of Texas - Sons of the Pioneers 71. Ride Away - the Sons of the Pioneers 72. Horse Soldiers (1959) O/S/T 73. Dixie 74. I Left My Love (Vocal) 75. Lorena 76. Bonnie Blue Flag (Vocal) 77. I Left My Love (Instrumental) 78. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Instrumental) 79. Bonnie Blue Flag (Instrumental) 80. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Vocal) 81. Deep River / Lorena 82. Kingdom Coming 83. Tenting Tonight 84. By the Campfire 85. Deep River - Norman Luboff Choir 86. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Main Title - Cyril Mockridge 87. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - the Fairmount Singers 88. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney 89. Home on the Range - Johnnie Ray 90. Home on the Range - Norman Luboff Choir 91. Carmen, Carmela - Norman Luboff Choir 92. Marianina - Norman Luboff Choir 93. Ring, Ring de Banjo - Robert Shaw Chorale 94. De Camptown Races - Roger Wagner Chorale 95. My Darling Clementine - Pete Seeger 96. There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight - Bessie Smith 97. Sweet Genevieve - John McCormack