Round-Up

by Erich Kunzel, Frankie Laine, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel & the Cincinnati Pops

Overview

This rootin'-tootin' salute to Westerns on TV and movie screens was the most popular demonstration disc at the 1987 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas -- and it's easy to hear why. Before you can say Hopalong Cassidy, the disc opens with the stunningly-reproduced stereophonic hooting of horses on the range, followed of course by a leisurely trot through the "Hi -O-Silver" section of Rossini's "William Tell Overture." Excerpts from Elmer Bernstein's score for The Magnificent Seven -- which contains probably his most memorable theme, along with a Copland pastiche -- are given a spectacular arrangement by Christopher Palmer. The usual big-time Hollywood composers of the past, Alfred Newman ("How the West Was Won"), Dimitri Tiomkin ("Gunfight at the OK Corral," "High Noon"), Franz Waxman ("The Furies") and Jerome Moross ("Big Country") show up -- and collectively they prove that Westerns invariably brought out the best in their craft. A Palmer Boston Pops-style medley of TV themes with gunfire punctuation turns up, as does a taste of the genuine article, Richard Hayman's "Pops Hoedown" -- complete with whoops from some hired hands on the recording stage. Why, even Frankie Laine, then 73, was lassoed out of semi-retirement in order to authentically resurrect "OK Corral," "Rawhide" and his big hit "High Noon." Laine sounds pretty good, hamming it up in "Rawhide" and delivering "High Noon" in clipped phrases. The weight of Kunzel's Cincinnati Pops enhances the stature of this music to no end -- and Telarc's pickup of the sound is as broad as a big screen and deep as a desert canyon. This is one of the best of Erich Kunzel's many discs, and it sounds as if he and the Pops are having a ball recording it. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Telarc Distribution
UPC:	0089408014123

Tracks

1. Sound Effects~Sounds of the West
2. Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)~[Excerpt]
3. The Magnificent Seven, film score~Theme
4. The Furies, film score~Suite
5. Round-Up: Anthology of TV Western Themes~Bonanza
6. Round-Up: Anthology of TV Western Themes~Rawhide
7. Round-Up: Anthology of TV Western Themes~Wagon Train
8. Round-Up: Anthology of TV Western Themes~The Rifleman
9. How the West Was Won, film score~Theme
10. Gunfight At the O. K. Corral, film score~[Excerpt]
11. Pops Hoedown, for pops orchestra
12. The Big Country, film score~Theme
13. High Noon, film score~Theme
14. Sound Effects~Coyote and Crackling Campfire
15. Western Medley~Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Ay
16. Western Medley~Shenandoah
17. Western Medley~Red River Valley
18. Western Medley~Home on the Range
19. Western Medley~Streets of Laredo
20. Silverado~Themes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frankie Laine   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Erich Kunzel   Primary Artist,Conductor
Erich Kunzel & the Cincinnati Pops   Primary Artist
Ron McCroby   Whistle (Human)
Ron McCrosby   Whistle (Human)
John Leman   Director,Choir Director
Men of The May Festival Chorus   Choir/Chorus
Michael Bishop   Sound Effects

Technical Credits

Alfred Newman   Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
Franz Waxman   Composer
Elmer Bernstein   Composer
Richard Hayman   Composer
Christopher Palmer   Arranger,Arranger,Composer
Gioachino Rossini   Composer
Bruce Broughton   Composer
Jerome Moross   Composer
Michael Bishop   Technical Assistance,Mixing Engineer,Surround Sound,Photography,Liner Notes,Engineer
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra   Performer
Elaine Martone   Editing
Robert Woods   Engineer,Producer
Anilda Carrasquillo   Art Direction
Rosalind Ilett   Editing
Allen Cohen   Liner Notes
Tony Faulkner   Technician
Alan Cohen   Liner Notes
Various Composers   Composer
Recorded Sound   Composer
Ray Kirschensteiner   Art Direction
Mick Jones   Composer
Erica Brenner   Production Supervisor
Joe Strummer   Composer
Frankie Laine   Performer
Topper Headon   Composer
Paul Simonon   Composer