The Big Country

Quartet Records and MGM present a 60th anniversary remastered 2-CD edition of one of the most famous western scores ever composed. Directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carrol Baker, Charlton Heston and Burl Ives, this epic western was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton. The Academy-Award nominated score composed and conducted by Jerome Moross (The Valley of Gwangi, The War Lord, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Proud Rebel) is undoubtedly one of the most popular soundtracks ever released. It changed the landscape of western movie scores, veering the approach away from spare folk songs to a lavish, Americanflavored orchestral soundsuggestive of the open-air music of Moross' friend Aaron Copland. A 30-minute selection with 12 tracks from The Big Country was released on LP in 1958 by United Artist Records in two versions: stereo and mono, although the "stereo" was electronically processed from mono tapes. This album was reissued many times on LP due the popularity of the score. In 1988, Silva Screen recorded an expanded selection in terrific stereo with Tony Bremner conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra. The 76-minute original score finally appeared in 1991 on a limited release from Screen Archives Entertainment that included the whole score (with some tracks not included in the final cut of the film) sourced from the composer's personal tapes. La-La Land Records released a remastered CD with the same selection in 2007, although that edition sold out and is selling for exorbitant prices on the secondary market. The 60th anniversary of this masterpiece bring us the opportunity to revisit the score, fully restored and remastered by Chris Malone (in true mono sound, without any fake stereo image), fixing some imperfections inherent on all previous releases and making it sounds better than ever! On the second CD we have included both versions of the historic LP, the processed stereo and the mono, transferred from master tapes vaulted at MGM. The package comes with a flipper-style, 24-page, full-color booklet including the two covers of the original album and detailed liner notes by Jeff Bond.

Disc 1
1: Main Title
2: Julie's House
3: The Welcoming
4: The Hazing
5: Courtin' Time
6: The Terrill Ranch
7: Old Thunder
8: The Raid (Parts 1 & 2)
9: McKay's Decision
10: The Capture
11: McKay's Triumph
12: Major Terrill's Party (Part 1)
13: Major Terrill's Party (Part 2)
14: The Waltz
15: Polka
16: Night in Blanco Canyon
17: McKay's Ride
18: McKay Is Missing
19: The Old House
20: Waiting
21: Horror Stories
22: Big Muddy
23: Still Waiting
24: McKay Alone
25: Night at Ladder Ranch
26: The Fight
27: Cattle at the River
28: Pat's Mistake
29: Buck Comes for Julie
30: The Abduction
31: The Captive
32: The Attempted Rape
33: The War Party Gathers
34: McKay in Blanco Canyon
35: Jim and Julie
36: The Major Alone
37: The Duel
38: The Death of Buck Hannassey
39: Ambush in Blanco Canyon (Part 1)
40: Ambush in Blanco Canyon (Part 2)
41: The Stalking
42: End Title

Disc 2
1: The Big Country
2: The Welcoming
3: Old Thunder
4: McKay's Triumph
5: The Waltz
6: The Old House
7: Big Muddy
8: The War Party Gathers
9: McKay in Blanco Canyon
10: The Death of Buck Hannassey
11: The Stalking
12: The Big Country
13: The Big Country
14: The Welcoming
15: Old Thunder
16: McKay's Triumph
17: The Waltz
18: The Old House
19: Big Muddy
20: Ther's a New World
21: McKay in Blanco Canyon
22: The Death of Buck Hannassey
23: The Stalking
24: The Big Country

Composer: Jerome Moss

Number of Discs: 2

UK Delivery:

• Free delivery on all orders of £10 or more.
• £1.49 delivery fee on orders below £10.
• UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class.

International Delivery:

• Flat rate delivery charges vary by country.

Dispatch and Delivery Times:

• All orders are shipped from our warehouse in Northampton, UK within 48 hours of receipt during working hours.
• UK mainland orders typically arrive within 3-5 working days via Royal Mail 2nd Class.
• International estimated delivery times:
• Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
• USA: 7 to 15 working days
• Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

View our full delivery infomation here.