STAGECOACH film soundtrack OST LP 1966 JERRY GOLDSMITH Mainstream Ann-Margret US

	£		25
	$		33

Here I have for sale the LP of the soundtrack to Stagecoach by Jerry Goldsmith.

Jerry Goldsmith ?– Stagecoach (Original Motion Picture Score)

Label: Mainstream Records ?– 56077
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: NeoClassical, Stage & Screen, Instrumental, Theme
Style: Soundtrack, Contemporary, Score, Easy Listening

Vinyl: NEAR MINT. Clean on visual inspection. Plays superbly.
Cover and sleeve: NEAR MINT. Colours are fantastically bright, with no fading. No tears on the sleeve. A superb example of this early Goldsmith score.


Tracklist:
A1. Main Title   2:27
A2. The First Born And Escape Route   2:48
A3. Stagecoach Theme (I Will Follow)   2:52
(Lyrics By – Ruth Batchelor; Orchestrated By – Harry Betts; Vocals – The Bill Brown Singers)
A4. The Aftermath   1:50
A5. A New Passenger And The Reward   3:30

B1. All Is Forgiven   2:34
B2. Family History   4:25
B3. Stagecoach To Cheyenne   2:35
(Orchestrated By – Shorty Rogers; Vocals – The Bill Brown Singers)
B4. No More Indians   0:59
B5. Get Out Of Town (Finale)   2:43

Manufactured By – Globe Albums, Inc.

Composed By – Jerry Goldsmith
Conductor – Alexander Courage
Coordinator [Album] – Elena Picone
Coordinator [Production], Film Producer – Mavis Barton
Design [Cover Design] – Jack Lonshein
Engineer – Hal "Lanky" Linstrot*
Film Director – Gordon Douglas
Liner Notes – Martin Rackin
Mastered By – Hal Diepold
Orchestrated By – David Tiamkin


Review:
Not many people have many bad things to say about John Ford’s iconic 1939 western Stagecoach.  Generally considered to be one of his best, the film won a couple of Oscars (including one for its folk-based score) and was nominated for five more.  

It was somewhat bold of producer Martin Rackin therefore to publicise his 1966 remake by sending Ford a telegram saying “If you’d made it right the first time, I wouldn’t have to do it again.”  Talk about setting yourself up for a fall.  

As it happens, most consider the new film to be reasonable enough; but inevitably, not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as its illustrious predecessor.

Director Gordon Douglas had made the excellent Rio Conchos in 1964, marking the start of a collaboration with composer Jerry Goldsmith that would last four films over five years.  Goldsmith was so good at every type of film, his music for westerns is probably not given the credit it deserves; they vary wildly in terms of style but when he was writing his own brand of bucolic Americana there’s a warmth there which is pretty hard to resist (that particular style of Goldsmith western reached its zenith with the outstanding Wild Rovers).  

Stagecoach is one of those scores – extremely pleasant from start to finish, channelling Copland (of course) but always sounding like 100% Goldsmith.

The delightful main theme is introduced in the main title – Jew’s harp, banjo, harmonica, guitar and accordion feature alongside the orchestra.  The melody is vintage Americana, conjuring images of the wide open plains, broad-smiled guys and gals having a whale of a time.  

Goldsmith is rightly lauded for his complex action music, but in truth he was the cinematic master of getting inside the human psyche – all aspects of it – and this gentle, good-natured music shows that he got the lighter side just as well as he did the darker strands of life.  

He left much of the action unscored in the film – the score’s perkiest moment comes in the rambunctious “A New Passenger” – and while it’s a short score (just over 20 minutes), it’s one that can be listened to repeatedly thanks to its consistently pleasant demeanour and gorgeous main theme.  

There is one way that the 1966 Stagecoach beat the 1939 one – its score.


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