How the West Was Won (film score)
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How the West Was Won is a sweeping orchestral film score for the 1962 epic Western, renowned for its grand, Americana-infused themes and expansive musical storytelling.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film score
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orchestral work → soundtrack → |
| associatedGenre |
epic film
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| associatedPerformer |
Hollywood studio musicians
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MGM Studio Orchestra → |
| associatedWork |
How the West Was Won (soundtrack album)
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| award |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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| awardFor |
Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
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| awardYear |
1963
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| basedOn |
American folk music traditions
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| composer |
Alfred Newman
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Dimitri Tiomkin → Elmer Bernstein → Hugo Friedhofer → Ken Darby → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
widely acclaimed
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| genre |
Americana
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Western film score → film score → orchestral music → |
| hasTheme |
Civil War sequence music
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How the West Was Won main theme → pioneer journey motif → railroad-building sequence music → |
| includes |
end title music
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main title theme → overture → |
| influencedBy |
American frontier mythology
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traditional American hymns and folk tunes → |
| instrumentation |
symphony orchestra
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| language |
English
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| narrativeFunction |
musically unifies multiple story episodes
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| notableFeature |
Americana-infused melodies
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expansive musical storytelling → sweeping orchestral themes → |
| orchestrationBy |
Alfred Newman
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| originalReleaseYear |
1962
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| partOf |
How the West Was Won (1962 film)
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| periodDepicted |
19th-century United States
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| primaryComposer |
Alfred Newman
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| productionCompany |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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| publisher |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer music department
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| recordLabel |
MGM Records
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| settingDepicted |
American West
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| style |
late-Romantic Hollywood orchestral style
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| usedFor |
underscoring the epic Western narrative
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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How the West Was Won (film score)
("How the West Was Won (soundtrack album)")
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associatedWork |
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How the West Was Won (film score)
("How the West Was Won main theme")
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hasTheme |
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Alfred Newman
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notableWork |