#jerome moross

[randomvarious]

Don't mistake this for me actually liking this song, because it's overcrowdedly not good at all, but man, do I *really* love the sample that was used here. UK teen pop trio Atomic Kitten pulled a piece of a score from a classic 1950s western called The Big Country that was done by composer Jerome Moross*, and the only other song I've ever heard use this sample is 808 State and MC Tunes' terrific Manchester rap track, "The Only Rhyme That Bites," from 1990. Apparently this epic, swirling, soaring orchestral sample has only been used one other time, in a song that was produced by Japanese techno guy Takkyu Ishino in '96, and I can't believe that this Atomic Kitten song from 2000 is the third and final one, because it feels like such an especially absurd pull; like, what on earth is this pretty obscure sample doing on a song like this whose target audience was essentially 9 year olds?? The producers really didn't have to try this hard.

*It's actually a sample of the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra performing the Jerome Moross composition, which no one else has ever sampled either...

[oskarlevant]

The brilliant opening of The Big Country, thanks to composer Jerome Moross and title designer Saul Bass. Incredibly, William Wyler hated the score and had planned to replace it, but a preview audience reaction and star Gregory Peck persuaded him to keep it. 

[thekingsofitall]

This is seriously one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard. 

The treasures you find in those old soundtracks are unbelievable, really. 

[onewordshy]

In 1954, a musical The Golden Apple flopped on Broadway. It was a retelling of the story of Illiad and the Odyssey, reset in middle America during the Spanish War. In the show Helen is a small town girl who gets whisked off to the big city by a traveling salesman named Paris, and the men of the town set off to get her back. It’s a brilliant retelling of the story, with a lush score that was tragically not recorded in full until 2015.

However in 1977, CBS aired an abridged version of the show. It’s a quite good production, and definitely worth a watch. If you’re a fan of the original cast recording, this production features most of those songs plus quite a bit that was never recorded, so it’s a nice glimpse. It also features the original ending of the show, “We’ve Just Begun,” used in the original off-Broadway production but dropped when the show transferred to Broadway, and was never recorded.

[thesobsister]

The Golden Apple--a melding of elements of the Iliad and the Odyssey transported to post-Spanish-American War Washington state--in its first full-length recording. Its lyricist, John Latouche, is profiled in this NYT story. An interesting story. There’s a Spotify playlist of music by Latouche there too.

[blissedasanewt]

Opening title sequence of the 1958 William Wyler film, "The Big Country", featuring the iconic musical score by Jerome Moross.

[rhythmislifeandlifeisrhythm]

[hnwearlybird]

The Big Country - Opening Titles composed by Jerome Moross

Opening title sequence of the 1958 William Wyler film, "The Big Country".

One of the most spectacular opening title sequences created by Saul Bass.

アカデミー賞史上最多の監督賞３度受賞（作品賞も同時受賞）を誇るウィリアム・ワイラー監督による西部劇大作「大いなる西部」のオープニング・タイトル。歴史上最も成功したグラフィック・デザイナーとも称される、ソール・バスが担当している。彼はこれ以外にもスパルタカス、栄光への脱出、ウェストサイド物語、枢機卿なども手がけている。簡素で抽象性を追求した彼の企業ロゴタイトルは長寿命で、コーセー（1959年）や紀文食品（1964年）のロゴタイトルは今でも使われている。