Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

interesting with the operation scene. The music there is rather Herrmannesque with the
harp arpeggios and slow moving strings. Seeing a very young Roger Moore (later of
James Bond fame) as the doctor whose plane crashes in the village is rather interesting.
I discussed the score briefly in Blog # 40:
http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/blogs/40.pdf
-Springfield Rifle (1952) *** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Springfield-Rifle-Authentic-Brothersstarring/dp/B000KE5WL8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1292892120&sr=1-1
I delineated several cues from this score in my Max Steiner Potpourri paper:
http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/steiner/potpourri.pdf
You can read the rundowns there but I can here offer the dvd timings because
only the vhs was available when I had originally wrote the paper. First I want to eagerly
say that this is a gorgeous-looking movie to look at and enjoy! The colors are vivid, and
the location shots around Lone Pine are awe-inspiring. Two stars later on in The High &
the Mighty—David Brian & Paul Lelly—are in this movie. Lon Chaney plays an angry,
somewhat dim-witted tough guy to good effect. Alan Hale Jr. is great to see, as well as
Fess Parker. I like Philip Carey too (I remember him in Calamity Jane). Even Martin
Milner is here (a plus for me since I am a Milner fan). About the only casting I did not
care for was the leading lady, Phyllis Thaxter. There’s no real chemistry between her and
Lex (Gary Cooper). Paula Raymond would’ve been better!
“Main Title” Cue # 31728. Dvd location 00:00:08.
[Grey Rock Pass] Reel 1/3. Dvd location 00:05:03.
[Run For it/Retreat] Reel �-2/1 Dvd location 00:07:08.
[The Court Martial] Reel 2/2, Ominous in C time. Dvd location 00:10:21. I
did not do this cue in the Potpourri paper so I’ll briefly go over it now—this Friday, April
08, 2011 at 6:03 pm when there might be the 18 th government shutdown in less than three
hours because of the Tea Party’s insistence to cut funding to Planned
Parenthood/women’s health services!
Violins sound ff small octave B rinforzando 16 th to same B rinforzando dotted 8 th
tied to dotted half note tied to (Bar 2) dotted half note and tied to 8 th note. Then they play
middle C# 8 th tied to (Bar 3) quarter note to D to E quarter notes to F quarter note tied to
a note next bar. Violas top staff play small octave G# rinforzando 16 th to G# rinforzando
dotted 8 th tied to dotted half note and tied to whole note next bar to (Bar 3) A whole note
mp. Bottom staff violas play small octave E 16 th to E dotted 8 th tied to dotted half note
and tied to whole note next bar to (Bar 3) F whole note. VC top staff play small octave
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