Hollywood Western

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

After the war the Hollywood Western acquired a musical identity of its own. In High Noon (1952), Dimitri Tiomkin, a Russian émigré, had a ballad return again and again, sung by Tex Ritter. The song became a hit and won an Oscar, and after that many Westerns got a title song. For The Big Country (1958), Jerome Moross wrote a broad theme with bouncing rhythms and the open sound of Copland. In The Magnificent Seven (1960), Elmer Bernstein set down a syncopated main theme with a Mexican flavour, which later became familiar from cigarette commercials. Typical features are galloping rhythms, brass fanfares, guitar and melodies that recall folk songs.

Listening

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  High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') · Tex Ritter, 1952
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  Main Title · Jerome Moross, 1958
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  Main Title and Calvera · Elmer Bernstein, 1960

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3^NL Reader

See also

• Max Steiner
• Victor Young
• Ry Cooder
• Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• Golden Age: symphonic Hollywood and leitmotif
• Americana
• Spaghetti Western