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Topic: My favorite Tiomkin cues of all time

John C Winfrey

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I have many cues I really like by him, but here are some of all time favs:from the Alamo-I really like this score to the historically inaccurate John Wayne version, that I like anyway for its epic vision and comic scenes with Quinn Big Boy williams and Chill Wills. I like the cue for Santa Anna, which is heard in many variations in the second half of the film. The first time it is heard is the most spectacular version in this great score. It appears about one-third the way through the film when we see the Mewican forces first approaching the Alamo. At first the music is quiet and is covered by the wagon wheels and the horse hoofs, then it buiids and gets a little louder and we see more troops and equipment and then the rousing conclusion of the piece we see thousands of troops marching and the cue ends with a brief reprise of the Texans' theme. The full orchestral part at the end is quite good. Very rousing. This cue is heard in many different variations later in the film including Santa Anna Arrives with a fanfare and great intro that builds to a lower note version in the horns and slower tempo than heard earlier. FAntastic stuff.
Horse Ballet from Unforgiven. This score is always playing at Six Flags, etc around the country and this cue is always heard there.
Great piece, a ballet for bronc-riding.Fall of Roman Empire-that opening cue with the organ is tremendous.
Main title from 36 HOurs. The lower piano work on this is great.
Some of the action music in Its a Wonderful Life is very driving and powerful.
Tarzan and the Mermaids-the chase down the river cue.
Jazz version of Town Without Pity in that film.
Red River-Move the Herd NOrth, great cue and the cue earlier in film where you hear both themes
Westerner-both themes very good.
and many more. J.
posted 04-20-2008 04:35 PM PT (US) 
Al

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I like his procession music in Land of the Pharaohs. Bold, tuneful and never lets up.
posted 04-20-2008 05:57 PM PT (US) 
joan hue

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I'm partial to many Tiomkin themes. One of my favorites is the main theme from Duel In The Sun.
posted 04-21-2008 08:51 PM PT (US) 
John C Winfrey

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I like both of those also. J.
posted 04-23-2008 06:06 PM PT (US) 
Marc Flake

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I like the Cues for the Mexican Army (Santa Ana?) in "The Alamo," and the Boxer Army in "55 Days a Peking." I think it's interesting that he composed much more dynamic music for the bad guys in these two movies than he did for the good guys. That Russian love-song thing in "55 Days" is almost cloying.
posted 04-24-2008 07:59 AM PT (US) 
Erik
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Tiomkin for me is real hit or miss for me. This new FSM Land of the Pharaohs is AWESOME. The building of the Pyramids is one of the best cuts ever in a film score. In fact the whole thing is amazing. Its rare that I'll sit and listen to a soundtrack twice in one siting.The best thing FSM did this year, Heavy Metals pretty good to.
posted 05-03-2008 01:41 AM PT (US) 
John C Winfrey

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Erik, I was just listening to some of the Heavy Metal CD. Really great score. All the extra music is super. I had the LP for many years and always loved it. I found that in I think about 1985 in a store in St Louis. Great find.J.
posted 05-03-2008 04:25 PM PT (US) 
Howard L
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The Thing when they decided to figure out the size and shape of the thing under the ice...not to mention It's A Wonderful Life in the opening credits, just after "Buffalo Gals." Gorgeous, 'humble' theme that also underscored the tumultuous scene, in a far less humble arrangement, when George confronted the old maid librarian.[Message edited by Howard L on 06-09-2008]
posted 06-09-2008 09:49 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB
