Personally, I'm gratified none of the labels used the "John Wayne Centenary" as a reason to release music to his films. I'd have held them with the same contempt as I hold for such marketing ploys as "Music from the Films of Ron Howard" or "Music from the Films of Tom Cruise" or "Robert Redford." That's fodder for the masses and not for the film music fans, IMO.
The reason to release such music is (1) for the music itself and (2) for the composers of same.
I'd much rather something be issued in honor of Tiomkin or Bernstein -- who actually had something to do with the scores -- than in honor of Wayne, whose contribution to the scores was ZERO.
Of course, if we were to get the complete "Spartacus" under the umbrella of "Music from the Films of Stanley Kubrick" I'd be sickened, but I'd buy it.
