By Dr. Bruce Smith —— Bio and Archives--February 21, 2024
Few composers possessed better skill at combining music with cinematic images than Alfred Newman (1900-1970). He scored more than 250 films. Nominated 45 times for an Academy Award, he won nine times.
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By Barbi on 2024 02 19
I loved that movie and the theme music was wonderful. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen this. I used to have a tape of the great Western Theme songs. I would leave Portland on a Sunday, my only day off, and drive my old clunker up to Sisters near Bend, OR. It is on the east slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range. I had enough money for gas to get there and back, and then just coffee at a restaurant in Sisters. There was an alpaca ranch at the foot of the mountain. I would park my car there and look at the pine trees and the snowcapped mountain. The acres of fenced mountain meadow for the animals.
On the way there, I would start climbing the west slopes and put in my tape of Western themes. With pine forests on each side of the road and the clear blue skies as a canopy, I half expected the Marlboro Man to come riding out from the trees. It was music that touched your soul. Grand and touching your heart.
I was working 2 1/2 jobs, but had this whole day to escape. Ah, the fresh air, the beauty, and the music. I was able to go back to town and keep my sanity. What an escape. How priceless!
By Deborah Phillips on 2024 02 20
"How the West Was Won" is my all-time favorite movie. I was barely a teenager when this movie was the 1963 opener of the new Cinerama Theater in Seattle Washington. My girl scout troop went there to see it. I will never forget the thrilling and beautiful music score. Besides, Gregory Peck was already my favorite movie actor. The movie is a remembrance for me of my beloved country America. Thank you, Mr. Newman.
By Barbi on 2024 02 20
When we saw this at the theatre, wasn't it in Panoramic in the theatres that were capable and you could see the lines where the movie screen showed 3 sections? Such a big deal to go to that kind of theatre. I believe we went to the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, a block from Hollywood and Vine. It was a special occasion, not just the normal movie night out.
By Deborah Phillips on 2024 02 20
Yes. Cinerama Theater was the first and only one of its kind in Seattle. It was not merely 'cinema'; It was panoramic cinema (thus the word cinerama). It was wide with three split screens so that for its time, it was a likeness of today's surround sound and screen. This all added to the thrill of the music and movie scenes. After previously living in Colorado and moving to the Pacific northwest, I could better envision the movie scenes. In my mind, the memories of those images further enhanced the movie's production. I am so glad you also got to experience "How the West Was Won". I just loved this statement you said: It was music that touched your soul. Grand and touching your heart. And it still that way.
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