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Original score composed by Elmer Bernstein. Personnel: James Sedares (conductor); The Phoenix Symphony. Composer: Elmer Bernstein . Personnel: Magda Silva, Dal Albertsen, Sherrie Grieve, Dana Winn, Maria Couch, Michelle Wynne, Karen Wiest-Parthun, Yuriko Suzuki, Katherine Nowak, Trina A. Bulych, Bonnie Ellsworth, Sherrie Llewell, Alison Kyle, Victoria Tralongo, Christina Fulop, Kathy Stewart (soprano); George Killian, Erik Sparks, Kenneth Johnson, Douglas Durant, Raymond Ortiz, Christopher Wyatt, Charles Neufeld, Timothy E. Leffler (tenor); Patrick O'Shea, Thomas Bookhout, Elliot Jones, Johathan Brier, Brian Miller , Darrell Partin, Joshua Ian Elder, Bill Hicks , Robert Reid Lafrance, Kerwin Blau, Don Patrick Pender II, Jeffrey Tucker, Alan Murray (bass voice); Maryann Cramer-Ames (guitar); Xiao-Jie Zhang (harp); Mei-Mei Wei, Chi-Shin Pu, Deborah Upton, Cheryl Bintz, Cindy Rosin Bergnic, Dumitru Lazarescu, Carter Pendell, Robert Strava, Lenore Wilinson, Helen Przypek-Brush, Bruce Wilkinson , Levon Zarasian, Diane Sullivan, Borivoj Martinic-Jercic, Ioana Dumitriu, Dana Pasley, Nancy Livingston, Magdelina Martinic-Jercic, Ron Whaley, Dian Folland (violin); Jonathan Hoxie, Susan Ung, Susan Wilson, Pete Rosato (viola); Frederick Chao, Blythe Tretick, Milissa Baum, Laurie Steams Selby, Michael d'Avanzo, Jan Simiz, Richard Bock (cello); Melanie Winans, Brian Gordon , Joe Carroll (flute); Steve Hanusofski, Jack Ratterree (clarinet); Martin Schuring, Marian Pendell (oboe); Marlene Mazzuca, Erik Ludwig, Bonnie Wolfgang (bassoon); Charles Berginc, Alan Briggs (trumpet); James "Jimmy" Blake, Barbara Bingham, Gregory Umber, Nancy Hanson (French horn); John Lofton, Kim Chiemeyer, A. Michael Brown (trombone); David Pack (tuba); Michelle Roueche (piano); Barry Olson, Wilbur Edwards, Jonathan Imsande, Dick Barber, Stephen Koscica, Glenn Stellcop (double bass); Bruce Pulk (timpani); Gene Cervantes, Bill Wanser, J.B. Smith (percussion). Liner Note Authors: Al Cohen; Christopher Palmer. Recording information: Symphony Hall, Phoenix, AZ (1960). Editors: Elmer Bernstein ; Christopher Palmer. While Elmer Bernstein's jazzy score for Otto Preminger's junkie drama, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955), put him on the map, his compositions for THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) cemented his sterling reputation. To give John Sturges's epic Western--an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece THE SEVEN SAMURAI--a sense of sweeping musical majesty, Bernstein drew inspiration from his legendary mentor Aaron Copland, creating a score of lushly orchestral pieces that packed a serious punch. The soundtrack's most notable piece is "Main Theme and Calvera," a bold, propulsive tune featuring an undeniably catchy melody that perfectly captures the expanse of the American West and has become woven into the fabric of pop culture, recognized by many who aren't even aware of its origins. (Remarkably, this album went unreleased for decades.) The rest of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN lives up to its well-known opener, and includes such dynamic tracks as the lumbering, percussive "Fiesta" and the delicate, folk-tinged "Petra's Declaration." A stellar example of a classic Hollywood score, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is absolutely essential for fans of American film music.