Pops Roundup

by Boston Pops / Fiedler

Overview

Pops Roundup presents a Walt Disney view of the west in which soaring strings and horns evoke images from western movies rather than the actual west. The dynamic music features all-new arrangements of classic western songs as well as themes from television, films, and Broadway shows. Woodblocks create the clippity-clop of horses' hooves, and other uncommon (for an orchestra) instruments such as harmonica and accordion crop up in places. An array of odd sounds, from whistles to gunshots, add to the strong visual quality of the music. Two long medleys of western television themes and fiddle reels bookend the album, with the latter receiving a positively whimsical interpretation. Pops Roundup is a soundtrack in search of a motion picture, and will give western film enthusiasts a serious case of deja vu. The CD reissue adds six bonus tracks. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	05/11/1993
Label:	SONY MASTERWORKS
UPC:	0090266166626

Tracks

1. Pops Roundup: Bonanza/Maverick/Rebel/Bat Masterson/Gunsmoke/Wagon Tra
2. O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
3. Red River Valley
4. Home on the Range
5. Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
6. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
7. The Yellow Rose of Texas
8. Wagon Wheels
9. Riders in the Sky
10. Cool Water
11. The Last Roundup
12. Pops Hoe-Down
13. Shenandoah
14. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
15. Mexicali Rose
16. The Streets of Loredo
17. Don't Fence Me In
18. Deep in the Heart of Texas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Arthur Fiedler   Primary Artist,Conductor
Richard Hayman   Primary Artist
Boston Pops Orchestra   Primary Artist
John Williams   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ned Washington   Composer
Nate Johnson   Remastering
Anthony Salvatore   Engineer
Bob Nolan   Composer
Billy Hill   Composer
Don Swander   Composer
John Pfeiffer   Reissue Producer
Jon Samuels   Remastering
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
Peter DeRose   Composer
Peter Dellheim   Producer,Liner Notes
Helen Stone   Composer
Robert Fletcher   Composer
Jack Mason   Arranger
June Hershey   Composer
Stan Jones   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Bernard Keville   Assistant Engineer
Cole Porter   Composer
Jack Tenney   Composer
Richard Hayman   Arranger,Performer
Marian Conaty   Remastering