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Bernard Herrmann: The CBS Years Vol. 1: “The Westerns”

1 September 2003

PROMETHEUS will shortly be releasing a new CD of Bernard Herrmann music composed for CBS.

Bernard Herrmann: The CBS Years Vol. 1: “The Westerns”.

PROMETHEUS will shortly be releasing a new CD of Bernard Herrmann music composed for CBS.

This disc includes music that was released on CERBERUS RECORDS some 20 years ago as well as the premiere release of Herrmann’s score for the GUNSMOKE episode THE TALL TRAPPER.

The CD will feature notes by Jon Burlingame.

Here is a breakdown of what will appear on this disc:

THE WESTERNS-BERNARD HERRMANN: THE CBS YEARS Vol #1

Music Composed and Orchestrated by Bernard Herrmann

HAVE GUN,WILL TRAVEL pilot: “Three Bells to Perdido”
1.) Suite (10:19)

WESTERN SUITE
2.) Prelude (1:26)
3.) The Ambush (2:55)
4.) Tranquil Landscape (3:28)
5.) Dark Valley (2:15)
6.) The Meadows (3:21)
7.) Bad Man (1:53)
8.) Gunfight (1:34)
9.) Rain Clouds (2:58)
10.) Sun Clouds (1:24)

GUNSMOKE: THE TALL TRAPPER
11.) Suite (9:24)

THE INDIAN SUITE
12.) Indian Ambush (3:28)
13.) Indian Echo (1:11)
14.) Indian Signals (2:18)
15.) Indian Fight (2:10)

WESTERN SAGA
16.) Prelude (:55)
17.) Street Music (1:44)
18.) Open Spaces (3:29)
19.) The Hunt (2:08)
20.) The Watching (3:09)
21.) The Canyons (2:23)
22.) Gunsmoke (1:55)
23.) Gunfight (1:15)
24.) Victory! (:44)

Source: Ford A. Thaxton