The Magnificent Seven

Artist: Elmer Bernstein
Label: Varese Sarabande
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 030206655926
EAN: 0030206655926
ASIN: B0001MZ81S

Release Date: 2004-03-30

The Magnificent Seven

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Tracks:

Main Title And Calvera
Council
Quest
Strange Funeral/After The Brawl
Vin's Luck
And Then There Were Two
Fiesta
Stalking
Worst Shot
The Journey
Toro
Training
Calvera's Return
Calvera Routed
Ambush
Petra's Declaration
Bernardo
Surprise
Defeat
Crossroads
Harry's Mistake
Calvera Killed
Finale

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The robust main theme from Elmer Bernstein's orchestral Western masterpiece quickly outgrew its source material to become one of the most memorable musical advertising hooks of all time, and then an international pops concert staple. But despite its status as American cultural icon and the stuff of film scoring legend, Bernstein's original soundtrack to John Sturges' landmark Western remake of <I>The Seven Samurai</I> ironically didn't see an official release for nearly 40 years (and then only briefly). Now back in print with new notes, Elmer's epochal soundtrack retains its place as one of the all-time greats, a tribute to both Bernstein's sly scoring genius (watch the film without sound and one will quickly see how Elmer drives its otherwise lackadaisical pacing relentlessly forward) and his accomplished, ever inquisitive training as a classical composer. The touchstone here is early Bernstein mentor Aaron Copland, but Elmer also wisely turns to the Mexican folk motifs that inspired much of the former's own landmark concert and ballet pieces. Though Bernstein has often wryly credited Copland with an assist, it's indeed pure Elmer -- and a dazzling example of how the student can sometimes gratifyingly outclass the master. <I>--Jerry McCulley</I>

Customer Reviews:

The Magnificent Seven Movie Soundtrack.......2007-04-20

Having seen this film hundreds of times it seems since it's release in 1960, it's on my personal top ten list. Having just purchased the soundtrack it might well be the best movie score of all time! I find myself listening to it continuously. It's impossible to appreciate the greatness of this score until you hear it while not watching the film. Elmer Bernstein was truely one of the best and this in my opinion is his best work.

One of the finest film scores ever.......2007-03-18

For years I had been looking for this soundtrack and when Amazon listed it I jumped at the chance. I was not disappointed. Everyone knows the opening theme of the Magnificent Seven, even my wife who is new to the United States.

This is probably the finest work of Elmer Bernstein and I strongly recommen buy this CD.

As Good Version of the Move Classic Sound Track........2007-02-11

Movie Music doesn't get any better than this. And this version of the original sound track does not disappoint.

The Magnificent Seven.......2006-03-03

Great soundtrack from the movie. You can remember scenes from the motion picture as you listen to the C.D. Great sound quality makes it a pleasure to hear.

One of Hollywood's last great scores.......2004-12-05

Some film scores are simply better than their films. It's been a while since I've seen "The Magnificent Seven" -- on television -- and I can only recall a big, lumbering, pale imitation of its source, the great "Seven Samurai," one of the most exciting movies ever. But in a key respect the Americans bettered the Japanese, with breathtakingly evocative music. If Elmer Bernstein pays homage to Copland -- quite a bit of it (and to Prokofiev, de Falla and Ravel too) he nonetheless weaves it into dramatically effective work identifiably his own. As one would expect with the author of "The Man with the Golden Arm" he is especially inventive in his use of guitar and percussion. Of course the main attraction is that leitmotif, the main-title theme (repeated six or seven times -- no problem when you get the goose bumps each time). The Philip Morris folks dumbed it down to sell Marlboros, and too many people surely think the score a mere excuse for a jingle. Removed from considerations of lung cancer and heart disease that theme is still one of the best. In its own odd way it suggests the pop music of the time -- one can hear Gene Pitney singing it (as he did the Bacharach-David tune "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance," a brazen but enjoyable copy), or Herb Alpert appropriating it several years later for his pop-mariachi sound -- and that only heightens the interest. No, this score is far more than ad music. This is a masterpiece.

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