The Magnificent Seven: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD]

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Free Music Review: One of the greats
Hit: 5 Stars

Rhino has put together a great CD. It has all the cues from the score. We finally get to hear the music in the original sequence which I have always felt made a difference. The album notes are not as wonderful and devote too much space to the film and not enough to the music.

I think that people who are not familiar with the score will find themselves caught up with the energy of the score. Bernstein also managed the trick of writing an exciting score, well fitted for the film, while maintaining absolute musical integrity all the way from the consistently high inspiration to the superb execution.

New listeners may feel that this score sounds like a lot of other Western scores. It is really the other way around: the others all sound like this one. It was the first of its kind (Jerome Moross's "The Big Country" not withstanding). Even Bernstein began to rewrite this score and produce soundalikes (such as the "Sons of Katie Elder" and "The Scalphunters").

At his best, Elmer Bernstein is one of the greats and produced a large number of terrific soundtracks that are still amazing for their high level of musicality and consistent inspiration. This CD displays a prime example.

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