Various Artists - Duke!: The Films of John Wayne - Music & Performance - CD

UK collection. An Academy Award-winner and the veteran of 200-odd movies, well over half of which were Westerns, John Wayne - AKA Duke - was America's most loved, treasured, admired and respected star. This unique compilation features the main themes, title themes and signature music from thirty-five of his biggest movies, kicking off with Stagecoach (1939), the film which first made him a household name. Also included are the theme tunes from epic movies like She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), Rio Bravo (1959), The Horse Soldiers (1959), The Alamo (1960), The Comancheros (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Longest Day (1962), How The West Was Won (1962), and many more. Many of these film scores were written by celebrated composers like Henry Mancini, Dimitri Tiomkin, Elmer Bernstein, Max Steiner, Richard Hageman, Victor Young, etc. A truly unique compilation, this is a must-have for fans of the golden cinematic era.