The Magnificent Seven is an Americanization of the film ‘Shichinin no samurai’ or ‘The Seven Samurai’. Year after year, a bandit terrorizes a small Mexican farming village. The village elders send three of the farmers into the United States to search for gunmen to defend them. They end up with 7, each of whom comes for a different reason. They must prepare the town to repulse an army of over 100 bandits who will arrive wanting food.
Ennio Morricone wrote the score for the movie Once Upon a Time in the West. This frontier epic is the story of a mysterious stranger with his harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. The simple but haunting melody Do not Forsake Me Oh My Darling was written by Dimitri Tiomkin for the movie High Noon starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The movie tells the story of a retired lawman about to leave town with his new bride when an outlaw he put in prison returns with his gang to take revenge. Two bounty hunters search for an outlaw named ‘Indio’. The Yield of the Accounts refers to the scene that takes place in an old Spanish church where Indio takes on the man who sent him to jail. When the music, seemingly coming from the pocket watch ends, the duel starts. Ennio Morricone composed the music for the movie For a Few Dollars More. In my eyes, ‘Johnny,’ who goes to war as a young boy, fighting for the country he loves, is a true hero. And When Johnny Comes Marching Home, gratitude and joy are immense, an emotion still evoked by many who listen to this composition today. Morton Gould originally wrote the arrangement of this timeless piece, entitled American Salute. The CD concludes with a short, yet poignant and significant reprisal from the movie Tombstone.
After proposing marriage, legendary Wyatt Earp gently asks Josephine: ”May I have this dance? …And then, we’ll order room service…”
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