Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

This is a curious movie, rather enjoyable because of Errol Flynn’s star power,
although there are loads of inaccuracies in the movie, historically speaking. It’s not a
classic Flynn movie (such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sea Hawk) or as thoroughly
enjoyable to watch with abandon as Desperate Journey, but it’s a decent one. It just
would not be one I would instinctively pick if I were in a Flynn fix one weekend. I’d
rather pick (besides the ones mentioned above) San Antonio (better Steiner music too),
Objective, Burma (terrific score by Waxman), and maybe Essex and Elizabeth (great to
have Bette Davis there). I wouldn’t pick Captain Blood (although I enjoyed the Korngold
music).
I can delineate some of the cue sheets information:
Reel 1
1 (a) Crazy Horse (Steiner) 0:51 [Main Title] :51
(b) Gary Owen (unknown; Public Domain) :13 [Steiner incorporated this music into
the character of George Custer because Custer apparently liked that tune—although I
haven’t substantiated that as a historical fact or not.]
(c) Drill (Steiner) 1:07 duration [dvd location is 00:01:05]. The music seques from
the Main Title. Scene: West Point, 1857]
2 (a) Fanfare # 1 (Steiner) :31 duration [dvd 00:02:31. Custer appears in his fancy
outfit. It appears the trumpet has a special mute attached. While I worked on the score
very briefly, I do not know if I have this music. I’ll check later….]
(b) Custer (Steiner) :24 duration. [dvd 00:03:06]
3 (a) Sharpe (Steiner) :10 duration [dvd 00:05:50] Sharpe (as written on the cue
sheets) or “Sharp” (Arthur Kennedy) dupes Custer into thinking his grand quarters was
meant for him—actually it belongs to his superior officer!
(b) Custer :24 duration [dvd 00:06:00]
(c) Officer
(d) Fanfare # 1 [ends of “Sorry”]
4 Bugle Call :09 duration
5 (a) Agitato # 1 :14 duration Reel 1/6 (Custer pushes Sharpe to the ground).
(b) Custer :26 duration
Reel 2
6 (a) Custer :35 duration
(b) Sharpe :13 duration
7 Custer :46 duration
8 (a) “Where Hudson Pours His Silver Flood” (Public Domain) :08 duration.
[dvd location 00:12:18 during the graduation ceremony]
(b) Yankee Doodle (Public Domain) :04 duration [dvd 00:12:26]
(c) Dixie (Emmet) :18 duration [dvd 00:12:30]
9 (a) Dixie (Emmet) :35 duration [dvd 00:14:53. West Point band plays this
onscreen]
(b) Battle Hymn :14 duration
(c) Bugle Call :05 duration
10 (a) Punishment Guard (Steiner) 1:24 duration [dvd 00:17:16] Custer meets
“Libby” (Elizabeth Bacon)
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