Theme from the classic (1953) motion picture by which many westerns past and present are often measured by. Composed by Victor Young and Mack David and performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
First western to go on real location, outside of Ca. hills or Az. Stevens's masterpiecegoing to Grand Tetons, and having absolutely masterful cast......last Jean Arthur movie great performance.......
I first heard this music on an old 78 record that my aunt and uncle had when I was a kid in the 50s. I didn't see the film till it came on tv many years later when I was a teenager and I fell in love with Alan Ladd on the spot! I think Shane and High Noon are the two best western movies ever made - and both have absolutely beautiful music.
When will they ever learn......this is the way to make a great film......a good director, a credible story, great acting, wonderful background music and last but not least great photography. Today all is flashy tricks, computer animated, deafening sound, etc... no acting, no music,no nothing, just crap.........oh, how I miss the good old days ......I thank God I was born in the golden age of cinema....
You know, you got a good point there. From the very start, music gives you an ineffable hint of how good the movie is going to be. You just don't see Alan,......... you observe....and that's a quality seldom seen these days. Rara avis.
Simply the greatest western of all time !! There I said it ! and one of the greatest films ever made of all genres. Shane had it all , amazing cast , beautiful scenery , great storyline Ranchers vs Homesteaders and of course Victor Young with that brilliant musical score.
*@user-hy2xf8ke8w* Well stated and wholeheartedly agreed! Seventy years and counting has not diminished nor changed the status of this timeless motion picture!
Both picture and music should have been an academy award! What an injustice. It may have saved Alan Ladd from ending his life the way he did. Colin John Aussie.
Yes, a truly memorable motion picture indeed! It did win an Oscar during the 1954 ceremonies. The film scored six Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar for its gorgeous Technicolor cinematography.
take note, The Beatles All you need is Love, begins with a rather long British Herald, followed by a non stop repeated used of verbal polytotom. Nothing wrong with that. It's a nice song. However,in Call of the Faraway Hills; we see an impossibly 4 note long Herald, followed by a single motif played with subtle variations, from cowboy to ballad to romantic waltz and a few other that defy description. That is the hallmark of a virtuoso composer. Victor young was a much better composer and arranger than Lennon and McCartney, and there's nothing wrong with saying that either. Call of the Faraway Hills takes the listener into many different directions, and all of them as beautiful as the last. Truly an original, beautiful composition, with such a memorable, uplifting melody. . ...and while we are on the subject... Today's movies VS yesteryear movies. Today's movies exclusively use psychological tricks to get the theaters pack, while yesteryear movies, the truly good ones, used originality, artistic talent and gifted production crew to put together a product that was greater than the sum of its parts. Today's movie aims at the lowest common denominator, while great yesteryear movies aimed at the greatest noblest part within us all. Since the very time music was set to moving pictures, people instinctively knew, music would be an important factor. Music is the language of emotions, and defines the mood. And there is no finer example of a piece of music that compliments the entire movie than this one.
os melhores filmes que eu a sistiam em tela de cinema que tinha a quei em Paulo Afonso era no cine coleseu no cine são Francisco nossa quanto tempo e bom relembra os velhos tempos queria eu pode reabri um cinema em Paulo Afonso na Bahia
Shane is one of the greatest western movies ever. On a closer look I can see some of Clint Eastwood's are taken from this movie, especially in Pale Rider.
Also the style of shooting the revolver by Clint Eastwood, the original way of this typeof shooting the gun was first introduced by Alan Ladd in "Shane".
