The Big Country - Jerome Moross (1958)

[@jessesands4099]

Absolutely brilliant Western one of the very best ever! Should have with on Best Picture at Least Burl Ives won a best Supporting actor for his Unforgettable role as Rufus Hannessy! That Wonderful Theme was a work of genius by Jerome Morrose!😀🤠🤠🔫🔫🐴🐎🐎🏜️🎬🎞️📽️🎼🎵🎶🇺🇸

[@gwynethpound3841]

Great movie score? Great film, loved Gregory peck. So sad that all the great actors are no longer with us.

[@Beagle3561]

Great Pics of Jean Simmons! What a classic beauty! She will be missed.

[@rohansrider]

Gregory Peck wonderful actor. Awesome sound track and Big Country has to be one of the best westerns EVER!.

[@rpmmoundangui7328]

good song

[@AuntieMamie]

After reading comments I get pleasure knowing other people love the film and score as much as I do. There aren’t enough words to express how many hours of joy I have had from watching the dvd and listening to the cd. My kids humor me as I describe the film when on a cat ride. The music is so demonstrative. Thank you so much for posting this. I also like Silverado and the original Burt Lancaster/Audrey Hepburn Unforgiven. It was not politically correct but it’s still great. Just an opinion.

[@TerryDowne]

I can't say how much I love this score. Peck gave what I think is his finest performance in this picture, and Simmons was truly magnificent. She was a beautiful woman and a fine, subtle actress. I don't think Hollywood ever fully appreciated her or used her to best advantage.

[@1863year]

Love Jean Simmons - what a beauty...and the score- awesome.....thanks...

[@BurgundyPatches]

I LOVE this movie! My family and I are big-time Western fans, but I have to say this one tops them all for me. Thanks for posting the theme!

[@RANDALLBAUER]

great music , great actors , great western , i love this film

[@jessesands4099]

RANDALL BAUER One of the finest Westerns ever made Gregory Peck Charlton Heston Burl Ives Jean Simmons all brilliant and that Unforgettable Theme fantastic film got the Film on DVD and The Soundtrack CD!🤗🤠🤠🔫🔫🐴🐎🎼🎵🎶🎬🎞️📽️🏜️🇺🇸

[@lbroderick783]

One of the best westerns ever! Love the soundtrack. All great actors and loved Jean Simmons (a beautiful and great actress and always loved her voice) and Gregory Peck especially. Also, Burl Ives was great in this and very much deserved his Best Supporting Actor Oscar that he won. Watch this every chance I get.

[@georgcorfu]

L Broderick Is there any way we see the end of this great movie?

[@lbroderick783]

georgcorfu Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the ending on KZbin. I eventually bought the DVD on Amazon, but I do still watch it whenever TCM shows it.

[@scottmiller6495]

The greatest Western Motion picture of all time Period and should have won best picture of the year for 1958 instead of that overrated Gigi!!!!!

[@scottmiller6495]

The Big Country was a great film and should have won best picture of 1958 !!!!!

[@MystMoonstruck]

Hooray for the mention of Burl Ives' Oscar-winning performance! He was from Hunt aka Hunt City, Illinois, just a short ways from here as the crow flies. We're so proud of all of his accomplishments!

[@Pequinito]

I agree with you 100%. Nearly 60 years on, and it still moves me.

[@RICHIEPR63]

a masterpiece !

[@lancelot1953]

Thank you for posting this great musical score that gives the viewer the feeling of endless spaces. Jerome Moross' musical composition reminds me of John Barry's powerful, rousing, & emotional score for "Dance with wolves". You also made excellent comments about the movie, the production, the script, the actors... Thank you for educating the community on this masterpiece of Hollywood cinema. L

[@elchoya100]

this and the magnifent seven 1960 are probably two of the most recognized western themes of all

[@DSVOP]

I was very lucky, and to get the fully restored version with Dolby Stereo soundtrack was cream on the cake, especially as it was being sold at a discount. Normally, discount movies are old prints, so, I'm very pleased. Just posted it to my Facebook to share with others

[@oldmoviemusic]

Indeed! She was underrated in her time....one of my favorites, now gone like so many greats of old hollywood!

[@Shabannie]

Great music. I do not recall that I have seen this movie, so I will have to see it later. -----Ellen

[@peterwilson5528]

Man that is a beautiful piece of music :)

[@aNumber1NorCal]

great mpovie, awesome music and the best in acitng.. Jean Simmons---WOW!!

[@michaelgould6842]

Beautifully written introduction.

[@rintra]

MASTERPIECE.

[@svebska]

The movie and theme are awesome. I think the photography is superb it has such a grand sweep. Agree that Jean Simmons was a beautiful and skilful actress - she and Gregory Peck made a very handsome couple - I wish they were cast together again - alas it was not to be...........

[@lbroderick783]

I also liked Jean Simmons and Gregory Peck as a couple in this movie. They both were great actors and had lots of chemistry together! Sadly, not too many really great actors are left anymore. Loved the music in this movie.

[@ichimonjiguy]

L Broderick I like Jean Simmons with Sky Masterson! How about that? :)

[@lbroderick783]

ichimonjiguy Who is Sky Masterson?

[@ichimonjiguy]

L Broderick You didn't know? Surprise Surprise! :) He's the "Guys and Dolls" character played by Marlon Brando. Also, Brando and Simmons were together in the movie On the Waterfront (1954).

[@lbroderick783]

ichimonjiguy For some reason I never really liked that movie! I could not get used to Marlon Brando in that role! Jean Simmons wasn't in the movie On the Waterfront. It was Eva Marie Saint. Jean Simmons did star in the movie with Marlon Brando when he played Napoleon. That's probably what you're thinking of. Can't remember the name of the movie at the moment.

[@alanklayner1]

burl ives is terrific in this movie!

[@scottmiller6495]

The best performance and intro by any actor of all time hands down !!!!!

[@MrKaewkwan]

A wonderful composer, and wonderful song. One of really great western movie. thank you for uploading. (Bring back a good old day for western movies).... Looking for western movie now..., really suck...,

[@DSVOP]

Just bought this great movie as part of a three movie boxset that included Magnificent 7 and The Long Riders. It was £5 from a Sainsbury store in West London and the quality is excellent.

[@Gorgotheking]

Powerful!

[@aNumber1NorCal]

where's the music these days?? this is a real arrangement and a fantastic melody.

[@seanofafrica]

Other classic intros: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, and High Noon spring to mind, and while they aren't movies, who can forget the intros to things such as Bonanza, High Chaparral and Champion The Wonder Horse?

[@PacRimJim]

Jerome also wrote the similar-sounding theme to the TV series Wagon Train.

[@Shabannie]

That is very nice of you. I am sure that I can watch it on cable or find the movie on the internet. Thank you! -----Ellen

[@peteralainszpiriev4750]

A cowboy between strangers. Gregory Peck is my favorite.

[@lauriej.5706]

A great film....thank you! Not only is this an all around wonderful film, but a visual treat for heterosexual women; two of the handsomest actors who ever lived are in it. Thank goodness Wyler doesn't allow them to take their shirts off in the same scene; women in the audience would be having heart attacks. I believe that is why they kept their shirts on in the fist fight scene.

[@scottmiller6495]

One of the greatest films of all time!!!! Should have won Best Picture of 1958. Gigi is ok but The Big Country is much much better!!!!!

[@KENZOWAL]

I understand oldmoviemusic's viewpoint. The film has enough talent in it to move mountains, especially this stirring, breathtaking theme song, my pick for the finest western theme of all time. The film itself disappointed me (e.g., it doesn't live up to Moross's music!). An associated clip here on You Tube (w/Gregory Peck) explains why. Burl Ives deserved his Oscar. Jean Simmons was great, though she's better in Elmer Gantry. Wonderful actress! Charles Bickford - another great, underrated actor!

[@dhpbear2]

Shazam brought me here! I always thought this was an Aaron Copland piece!

[@oldmoviemusic]

@thesir27 The Sons of Katie Elder by Elmer Bernstein comes immediately to mind..

[@epiyiyo]

this is my music all the time, and the same with the music from film :the magnificent seven (Elmer Bersntein)

[@oldmoviemusic]

Please read the side-bar review if you have never seen the movie!

[@Aesop059]

@thesir27 And Silverado. Also check out Dvorak New world Symphony, where it all began maybe. Sons of Katie Elder though definately. There are others but am too tired to think just now. Hope this helps.

[@thesir27]

this is exactly the type of sound i imagine of of when i think "classic western film score"... but im having a hard time finding other ones just like this, does anyone know any (besides Magnificent Seven)?

[@lauriej.5706]

There is no greater Western movie score than this. This is the best.

[@oldmoviemusic]

@lancelot1953 Thanks very much, and you're welcome!

[@aNumber1NorCal]

also--the most realistic fist fight scene ever..

[@cshargeit]

the most real fist fight was in shane.. imo. the next movie sound track will be tom jones.

[@MrKaewkwan]

A wonderful composer, and wonderful song. One of really great western movie. thank you for uploading. (Bring back a good old day for western movies).... Looking for western movie now..., really suck...,