Intrada Soundtrack Forum

Though a name known in the concert hall and academia, I believe this was his only movie score. It's a while since I've seen this discomforting (for some) 1959 western. The score was absolutely stunning and reeally deserves a release. Since the Columbia music vaults are so problematic, I suspect that the only elements may be with the composer's estate (or nominated archives). A new recording would be a dream come true, but it probably wouldn't be feasible by any of the specialist soundtrack labels. Maybe something for Naxos to consider?

There is an evidently now out of print CD of Siegmeister classical pieces that contained a suite with four movements called "Theatre Set" which was based on his score for THEY CAME FOR CORDURA. It's quite faithful to the sound of the film score and, you're in luck, it's available at eBay at the moment:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CD-Elie-Siegmei ... 462f3977c2

Wonderful news! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Having just seen the movie on DVD again, I was intrigued by the music "card" for Elie Siegmeister, which was also shared by the orchestration credit for Arthur Morton. For that time the orchestration credit generally got buried among a whole lot of "technical" credits, and it was just about unprecedented that the orchestration credit was displayed so prominently. It makes me think Arthur Morton had a much greater role in the creation of the score than his credit infers. Considering the composer's lack of craft in this field, I wonder if Morton actually "developed" the composer's ideas? (I'm not saying it was as extensive as the way Bronislau Kaper "developed" Villa-Lobos music for GREEN MANSIONS, but it makes one think...)