The
Big Country was a 1958 American Western film starring Gregory Peck.
It was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon
by Donald Hamilton. The opening title sequence was created by Saul
Bass. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for the
musical score by Jerome Moross.The film was a big hit, being the
second most popular movie in Britain in 1959. US President Dwight D.
Eisenhower liked the movie very much and showed it on four successive
evenings in the White House during his second administration.
This
week we have the title theme from this film, one of the finest
opening pieces created for a film. This theme was even performed
later by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
Here
is the performed version.
Enjoy
If you
can not see the embedded video on your android devices, here is the
link. http://youtu.be/u6vREiRNMFc
You can
also copy and paste the link
in your
You Tube App. If that also does not work, search You tube, Big
country theme song
27th
April 2014
The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly. Music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.
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