Comments on: Top 5: Western Themes

By: Mud_Duck

Mud_Duck — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:58:53 +0000

*sigh* what about Bud Spencer and Terrance Hill in the Trinity movies? Oh, and if Open Range and Unforgiven aren't in your top five…….that's just sad.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:50:05 +0000

Sam Peckinpaw, The Wild Bunch

By: James Anderson

James Anderson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:01:59 +0000

The other truly under-rated western in my opinion was "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence". It was a who's who of great character actors from Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Andy Devine and Strother Martin not to mention great acting by John Wayne, James Stewart and Vera Miles. and the underappreciated Edmund O'Brien who played the alcholic newspaper writer. O'Brien was probably one of the most under appreciated actors of his generation. See O'Briens tobacco chewing old codger character in "The Dirty Dozen" and compare that to his character as the undercover cop in "White Heat" with James Cagney.

"Tombstone was another great western and to this day in this movie, I still believe Powers Booth was trying to mimick Lee Marvin's character from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence".

By: James Anderson

James Anderson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:00:31 +0000

I just discovered this site and I was intrigued by the subject matter. Before the internet was ever thought of I used to watch Red River just to listen to Dimitri Tiomkins grat musical score. I thought I might be the only one who appreciated his genius. Tiomkin could barely speak english yet he is probably singularly responsible for creating the western genre musical score.

Others I list include some that have already been listed among those the great score for "The Big Country". It is a tremendous score for a truly great and under-appreciated movie. Who could ever forget Burl Ives chararcter and his "Now ain't this a frosty friday!" comment.

By: d money

d money — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:14:20 +0000

liberty valance in the top 5 for sure

By: Carl Lindquist

Carl Lindquist — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:35:57 +0000

The tope 3 imo:
1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly–tremendous themes and music. The most popular album of any kind at the Kadena AFB taping facility in Okinawa in the 70's.
2. How the West Was Won–beautiful melodic inspiring music.
3. High Noon–the only movie besides The Spiral Staircase I've watched dozens of times and never tire of it. Opening theme is superb–best of any movie made, likewise the Clock buildup to High Noon.

By: TheHollywoodExit

TheHollywoodExit — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:36:57 +0000

No…."Hang 'em High" was basically a good-but-not-great retread theme musically speaking…and as for the abomination known around MY house as "Old Turkey Buzzard" (from the truly AWFUL and grating themesong sung, alas, by Jose Feliciano) well…never has such an all-star cast been put to such AWFUL use in the history of the cinema. AWFUl acting, CHEESY effects, TERRIBLE plodding direction…and wow, any "epic Western" that has to use a skinnydip scene with Julie Newmar as the world's tallest and most nordic indian maiden featured in Playboy to sell itself must have known it had nothing else going for it. Beyond that, Ms. Newmar gave up playing "Catwoman" to the diminutive Eartha Kitt (right name, wrong actress stature-wise) to do this turkeybuzzard of a movie, thus causing "peripheral damage" to that series, too. WOW has this lousy, lousy movie got a LOT to answer for….but its music is really, really cheesy beyond belief.

By: premnath

premnath — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:53:22 +0000

I think you forgot 2 "goldies"— Hang them high and mackenas gold

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:00:17 +0000

"True Grit" = best Western theme ever.

By: Jesme

Jesme — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:01:03 +0000

Yes! Ever since I first saw this movie, I wanted to be Douglas Mortimer! I love that guy. In a manly sort of way, of course.