GERALD FRIED: THE WESTERNS VOLUME 1
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Dragon’s Domain Records, to be distributed through buysoundtrax.com, presents GERALD FRIED: THE WESTERNS, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Gerald Fried (THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., STAR TREK, ROOTS) for several projects in the Western genre from his extensive filmography appearing for the first time on compact disc.
STORY OF A RODEO COWBOY was a 1963 two-reel television documentary produced by the David L. Wolper Production Company. The 24-minute black and white documentary was directed by Kent MacKenzie, filmed in Salinas, California, and narrated by John Willis. The short film follows the life and travels of a group of professional rodeo cowboys.
WAGON TRAIN was a popular TV series that aired 284 episodes over eight seasons, first on NBC (1957–1962) and finally on ABC (1962–1965). Fried scored the second season episode, 'The Steve Campden Story,' directed by Christian Nyby (THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, HELL ON DEVIL’S ISLAND). In this episode, Flint (Robert Horton) must find a way to get the wagon train around a snow-covered pass. On a scouting trek, he meets a father and son who are willing to help him, but they want to hike up the mountain… and the adventure ahead surprises them all. This episode was for Fried’s first Western film series and his only score for the show.
TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN was a 1958 Western film written by Dalton Trumbo and directed by Joseph Lewis, who had helmed 40 primarily action-oriented films from 1938 to 1958. TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN is about a Swedish whaler (Sterling Hayden) who is out for revenge when he learns that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land. It was Lewis’ last feature, after which he found a place in television work like many other Hollywood directors. Like other feature films by Lewis, such as GUN CRAZY, it has, over the years, acquired a cult following for Lewis’s stylistic flourishes, leading some to describe it as a Western film noir.
STORY OF A RODEO COWBOY
01. Pick Up Man (4:56)
02. Bronco Busting (5:20)
03. Barrell Man (5:24)
WAGON TRAIN: THE STEVE CAMPDEN STORY
04. The Mountain (3:18)
05. Meet The Campdens (3:00)
06. Climbing The Mountain (6:29)
07. The Cave (7:02)
08. Top Of The World / Finale (5:41)
TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN
09. Prologue And Main Title (3:14)
10. The Saloon (2:27)
11. The Black Hat / A Father’s Death (2:02)
12. Hansen And The Boy (2:59)
13. End of Pepe (2:28)
14. Back To The Saloon (3:04)
15. Shootout And Finale (3:10)
Total Time: 61:14
