Film Review by Kam Williams Big Sky Adventure Features P.C. Variation on
Classic Western Theme I suppose the good old days are gone forever when you could make a Western without worrying about being political correct.
A Million Ways to Die in the West is no Blazing Saddles but it is a decent homage to many
classic Western themed movies.
The stirring score, left unfinished by the late James Horner and completed by Simon Franglen, pays homage to
classic western themes while giving them more edge.
Not exact matches
If the film failed to live up to expectations (though personally I thought it was OK) then surely the score could not be accused of such a thing; delightfully recalling Bernstein's
classic western scores, it features several great
themes, some rollicking action music and one chance after another to just have a smile on your face.
Hostiles is evocative of
classic Westerns like The Searchers, exploring
themes of violence, prejudice, and redemption.
zip offering you more than two dozen tracks with four different
themes (
Classic Western, Bayou, Samurai
Western and Day of the Dead) representing the different stages of the game.
The film's stunningly beautiful locations are also reminiscent of many a John Ford
classic, and the
themes of survival and vengeance will certainly be familiar if you're a fan of the
classic Westerns.
The highlight is undoubtedly the lilting main
theme, heard sometimes on guitar, sometimes piano, sometimes clarinet, sometimes violin, sometimes wordless soprano; warm and nostalgic, it's a
classic piece of
western Americana and the variations it goes through are interesting.
However, along came more enlightened times, and the
classic Western gave way to comedies like Blazing Saddles (1974), as well as iconoclastic variations on the
theme a la Little Big Man (1970) and Dances with Wolves (1990).
Denver's also a magnet for summer festival fans: come for the Chalk Art Festival, the Underground Music Showcase, and the
classic,
western -
themed Buffalo Bill Days.
Appointed with custom - made furniture, woven textiles, frontier antiques and lavish linens, our Granite Lodge rooms find design inspiration in iconic
western themes, such as the great turn of the century railroad hotels and the
classic guns that helped win the West.