The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre / Stromberg, Moscow Symphony
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The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre / Stromberg, Moscow Symphony

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Composer
STEINER, MAX
Artist
William Stromberg
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Naxos
Released
Sep 25, 2007
Catalog #
8570185
UPC
747313018574

About

Consistently enjoyable and exciting, glistens with personal touches.

This is another escapee from Marco Polo [8.225149] newly revivified by Naxos in their Film Music Classics series. There’s an hour’s worth of music here with short cues run together for reasons of continuity in the proper sequence. Steiner’s music is consistently enjoyable and exciting. It glistens with personal touches and little orchestral feats that captivate and evoke in the shortest possible time.

The Train Attack scene sets the pulse racing – all one hundred seconds of it – and Steiner cleverly uses percussion voicings to summon up thoughts of finding gold. There are opportunities for nostalgia and reflection as well – Steiner uses Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms as such a device in the sixth track here, Campfire, and it reappears later. The cave-in scene is excitingly but tersely done – for all Steiner’s symphonic depth and range he maintained a "go for the jugular" precision when necessary.

These are qualities strongly in evidence in the banditry and violence of the score as when, for instance, the remorseless gaining of the bandits is so trenchantly evoked by the slash of the strings and the throb of the rhythm. Steiner builds up tension with inexorable but concise precision. And there are of course plenty of moments for the unleashing of his lyric affiliations; the romantic string curve of the tenth track, Cody’s Letter, leads on to a reprise of Texas Memories and its evocation of the sentiment of Believe Me.

The more horrifying elements of the score are also targeted with his accustomed finesse and compact perception. The cue The Ruins for instance has an abundance of high string and harp writing that has a satisfyingly high spine-tingle quotient. The Chorus is used very sparingly, here to sing the Funeral Chant [track twelve] and it’s done in the usual accomplished way.

Talking of accomplishment the orchestral and vocal forces of the Moscow Symphony sound notably well drilled and on the ball in this performance. John Morgan’s restorations are part of the backbone of the whole series and his written notes are always worth reading. Production values are high, as always.

Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Main Title 01:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    Main Title
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  2. 2 A. Sanchez: El Desayuno 01:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    A. Sanchez: El Desayuno
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  3. 3 Attack on the Train 01:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    Attack on the Train
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  4. 4 The Journey Commences 03:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Journey Commences
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  5. 5 Windstorm 01:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    Windstorm
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  6. 6 Campfire - Up There - Water Trough - Gold-Digging - Cave-in - Rescue 05:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Campfire - Up There - Water Trough - Gold-Digging - Cave-in - Rescue
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Performer
    Dino Soldo
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  7. 7 Texas Memories 01:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Texas Memories
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  8. 8 Night - Distrust - Gila Monster 04:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    Night - Distrust - Gila Monster
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  9. 9 Bandits - Outnumbered - Federales 07:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    Bandits - Outnumbered - Federales
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  10. 10 Cody's Letter - Texas Memories (Reprise) 03:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    Cody's Letter - Texas Memories (Reprise)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  11. 11 Packing Up - Indian Visitors 02:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Packing Up - Indian Visitors
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Performer
    Dino Soldo
    Ensemble
    Moscow Symphony Chorus
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  12. 12 Funeral Chant 03:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    Funeral Chant
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Symphony Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  13. 13 Unwilling Caretakers 02:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    Unwilling Caretakers
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  14. 14 Madness 03:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    Madness
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  15. 15 Narange Dolce 01:26
    Track
    15
    Title
    Narange Dolce
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  16. 16 After Dobbs - The Man in the Hole! - Arrested 05:43
    Track
    16
    Title
    After Dobbs - The Man in the Hole! - Arrested
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  17. 17 The Ruins 02:04
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Ruins
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  18. 18 Texas Memories - Finale 01:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    Texas Memories - Finale
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  19. 19 End Cast 00:22
    Track
    19
    Title
    End Cast
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  20. 20 Theatrical trailer 02:38
    Track
    20
    Title
    Theatrical trailer
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  21. 21 Alternate Main Title 01:48
    Track
    21
    Title
    Alternate Main Title
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg
  22. 22 Alternate Finale 01:22
    Track
    22
    Title
    Alternate Finale
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Max Steiner
    Ensemble
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Stromberg