Spend a strange night on the plains with Play Morricone For Me's musical deep dive into the Weird West subgenre - in which the traditional western is infused with horror, science-fiction, the uncanny and the fantastic.
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The Ecstasy of Goldsmith: Jerry Goldsmith's West /
Jerry Goldsmith's name doesn't come to mind as readily when thinking of the great composers of western film scores, but it should. As evidenced by this program, bookended by selections from Intrada Records' world premiere release of FACE OF A FUGITIVE and Varèse Sarabande's expanded re-release of LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, Goldsmith proved to be exactly the right man for the job, musically speaking, as the western genre grew up and became alternately dark, gritty, referential and self-reflexive. Special thanks to Yavar Moradi of the Goldsmith Odyssey podcast for his assistance curating this playlist.