The Greatest Western Themes [Soundtrack]

1. Magnificent Seven

2. For a Few Dollars More

3. Bonanza

4. High Noon

5. Good, The Bad and the Ugly

6. Shenandoah

7. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky

8. Streets of Laredo

9. High Chaparral

10. Once Upon a Time in the West (L'Umo Dell Armonica)

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Average customer rating: Terrific I like it:) Terrible poor recording Western Music at it's best

The Greatest Western Movie Themes Ned Nash Orchestra Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Songs Of The West, Vol. 4: Movie & Television Themes Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2 True Grit: Music From The Classic Films Of John Wayne (Film Score Anthology) From Alamo to El Dorado, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000001VL5 Release Date: 1990-08-23

Tracks:

1. Rio Bravo
2. Hang 'M High
3. The Man With The Harmonica
4. A Fistful Of Dollars
5. The Magnificent Seven
6. Once Upon A Time In The West
7. My Name Is Nobody
8. High Noon
9. Ballad Of The Alamo
10. How The West Was Won
11. Johnny Guitar
12. Wand'rin Star
13. The Comancheros
14. Good Luck Jack
15. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
16. For A Few Dollars More

Customer Reviews:

Terrific.......2007-05-17

Friends gave us one of these CD's years ago. We thought it made for great listening pleasure then and still do. I like it so much, I needed to get one to exercise to, and be able to keep the original gift in my car. I just love what the Ned Nash Orchestra does to these famous tunes. My favorite is Johnny Guitar. It is so hauntingly beautiful.

I like it:).......2007-01-26

This CD sounds great to me. I love the old spaghetti Western themes and I play this one in my CD player while I'm on the internet. It's great for the price. It has most of my favorites on one CD.

The people ragging on this CD must be opera snobs or something. Music is music, and the tunes on the CD are well done. Of course I have the most eclectic taste in music of anyone I know. I'll probably be listening to Irish drinking songs next or Buddhist Chants:D

Terrible.......2007-01-21

This CD is terrible. The songs sound like they are from Disney's Electrical Light Parade.

poor recording.......2006-03-18

The orchestra was small and the instrumention poor. Most of the pieces were short in comparison to the original movie scores, and tempos of some of the pieces were so different from the original movie scores that it made listening frustrating.

Western Music at it's best.......2005-07-30

We ordered the cd for background music for a saloon party we were having. It was a huge hit with everyone. I would recommend it for Western Movie buffs.

Average customer rating: The Greatest Western Themes Great Stuff...Just, Not Enough

The Greatest Western Themes Manufacturer: K-Tel Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Morricone, Ennio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cowboy Songs Songs Of The West, Vol. 4: Movie & Television Themes Ghost Rider The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000254WQ6 Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

1. Magnificent Seven
2. For a Few Dollars More
3. Bonanza
4. High Noon
5. Good, The Bad and the Ugly
6. Shenandoah
7. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
8. Streets of Laredo
9. High Chaparral
10. Once Upon a Time in the West (L'Umo Dell Armonica)

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest Western Themes.......2007-04-01

Great songs, I always loved cowboys shows and this just makes you remember them.

Great Stuff...Just, Not Enough.......2006-03-17

Well, I not only love films from the Western genre, but I also love the music that goes along with it. Morricone,Tiomkin, Bernstein,Rose...if you are also a lover of the themes and songs from the great Westerns, you know you could hardly go wrong when all those names turn up on the same album. "The Greatest Western Themes" performed by The Ghost Rider Orchestra includes all those guys mentioned above on this album. And not only that, but the renditions and performance is terrific. The sound quality of this little album is also very good. The only problem is there's just not enough!

There are 10 tracks of mostly instrumental great stuff.(okay, 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is not entirely instrumental, but who has ever understood the words anyway?).
Opening with the Theme from "The Magnificent 7"(Bernstein), right away it gets you in that Western mood. Three great from Morricone include, "For A Few Dollars More",G,B&U, and a real treat for spaghetti Western lovers, "Once Upon A Time In The West". A rousing rendition of "Bonanza" will make you want to saddle up with 'Pa' and the boys, and a sweet sounding "Shenandoah", may bring a good nostalgic feeling. Also included is "Ghost Riders In The Sky", "Streets of Laredo", "High Chaparral" and the beautiful theme from "High Noon"(Do not forsake me...)

These are a pretty good selection and representation of the Western themes from films(and TV) we loved, but at only 25 minutes, it's just not enough. This album was originally produced in 1986(most recently 2004), so let's just stick with some that could have been added from before the original production. A few that come to mind are the sentimental Green Leaves of Summer" from John Wayne's "The Alamo",theme from "Red River", "Oh My Darling" from "My Darling Clementine" for Ford fans, and even along more recent lines, anything of Bob Dylan"s from Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid", would have been a nice addition as well.

So a short but sweet album for Western lovers. Might get the mood right for a Western style party or Bar-b-que, or nice to take you away for a little bit while stuck in traffic(those who live in So. Cal will know what I mean when I say..stuck on the 405 Freeway!)

Saddle Up and "Happy Trails To You"(Oh - That would have been another good one!)...Laurie

Average customer rating: Not Original, Not Art, and Certainly No Bargain Not the Original themes

The Greatest Western Themes Various Artists Manufacturer: K-Tel ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Ballroom Dance | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Vintage Dance Bands | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000000RKZ Release Date: 1993-11-09

Tracks:

1. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
2. Ghost Riders In The Sky
3. A Fist Full Of Dollars (Theme)
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
5. The Hanging Tree
6. Streets Of Laredo
7. Hang 'Em High
8. High Noon
9. High Chaparral
10. Bonanza
11. For A Few Dollars More
12. The Big Country
13. The Magnificent Seven
14. Shenandoah
15. Red River Valley
16. Once Upon A Time In The West

Customer Reviews:

Not Original, Not Art, and Certainly No Bargain.......1998-11-08

This compilation of "cover" movie themes -- they are not the original recordings -- provides the basic melody for each title and might serve some listeners well as background noise. That's the best one can say, leaving me to wonder why "The Greatest Western Themes" was recorded at all; it certainly wasn't for the sake of art.

Generally, the tracks on this CD are so bad they don't even work as parodies of the original motion picture scores. But if they compare poorly to the originals, do they at least stand well on their own?

Not to my ears. These arrangements seem to be an exercise of going through the motions, motions so thoroughly anemic, so emotionally lifeless as to remind us -- though unwittingly -- why we listen to music in the first place. For instance, the "spaghetti western" tracks on this CD ("A Fistful of Dollars," "For a Few Dollars More," and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly") are about on a par with those recorded decades ago by Hugo Montenegro -- except Montenegro at least infused Ennio Morricone's legendary original scores with his own style, even as he sucked the life right out of them.

No such originality adorns "The Greatest Western Themes," but that's the least of its problems.

Not the Original themes.......1998-06-29

This would have been a lot better had the artist tried to more closely to equal the original takes. Bonanza was the worst selection and the Good, The Bad, & the Ugly was just as bad. Had the artist halfway tried to match Hugo Montenegro original artist selection of the good the bad & the ugly, it would have made it a better disc.

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