The Hallelujah Trail | Soundtrack Suite (Elmer Bernstein)

[@SoundtrackFred]

About a week ago, on April the 4th the legendary Elmer Bernstein would have turned 100 years old. To celebrate that anniversary, we will take a listen to one of his best-known scores and one of the finest achievements of his collaboration with director John Sturges: "The Hallelujah Trail", from its release in 1965 to this day remains a fun western comedy with a great cast, such as the splendid leads by Burt Lancaster and Lee Remik and funny figures like Donald Pleasance as Oracle Jones. The movie is sheer fun, yet made with great love to detail. Same can be said about Bernstein's score. While it is comedic at parts and never too serious, we get themes and motifs for the great plains that are as honest as can be. While the original recordings (as heard in the movie) got irreparably damaged during the Northridge earthquake in 1994, the only cue that could be rescued was “The Bath”. The rest of the music you are hearing is Bernstein’s material as recorded for the commercial release at the time. While those recordings capture everything important, the film recordings had a lot more to offer (you would confirm watching the movie with an ear on the score), but that’s how it is, right? Thank you for everything, Elmer!

[@mytobytobster]

Thank you Fred!! What a remembrance

[@sebastiaoleite639]

ETERNAL GLORY TO ELMER BERNSTEIN!!!

[@neaklaus52]

One of my favorite movies! The Score is wonderful!

[@sebastiaoleite639]

HOLYWOOD GOLDEN AGE !!! ELMER BERNSTEIN GLORIOUS ANDAR IMORTAL !!! 😍👍😂

[@queenzelda1221]

Hallelujah, it's the Hallelujah Trail

[@danielagallo]

Nice,like all soundtrack by Bernstein!

[@dlfendel2844]

So remember seeing this when my family was on vacation in San Diego at a cinerama theater in Mission Valley!

[@mytobytobster]

It took me yrs to track (no pun) down this music score! Thank you thank you.

[@rdm925]

Thanks, love this score and one of my favorite movies! Appreciate your work on this and other suites!

[@sebastiaoleite639]

WONDERFULL, WONDERFULL !!! GLORY TO HOLLYWOOD !!!

[@schaffermatt]

Thanks for this one, Fred!👍🏼

[@raystebbins547]

This is pure gold! Thank you!

[@amandawhiteley6737]

Bernstein, such a great name in musical arts, we had Elmer......then Leonard......fab.

[@falloutpropguy]

One of the best movies ever made the soundtrack to oh my god

[@ericacat4565]

A favorite Western...Lee Remick is a "fine figure of a woman", and most memorable to me in this pic...As for whisky, I like the smokey, peaty Scottish kind

[@chicolofi]

A lot of Aaron Copland here. I like it.

[@luisalbertonietoduarte6589]

V15042022. Maestro Elmer Bernstein. Mejor Compositor de Estados Unidos.

[@EchoUnready]

Hallo Fred. Ich mag diesen Film. Normalerweise kommt der Track mit Chor erst nach der Overture im Opening des Films, oder irre ich mich da. Aber dieser Chor ist einfach fantastisch. Bei der Aufnahme wäre ich gerne dabei gewesen. Aber hier hört man von wem John Williams gelernt hat. Toll gemacht, Fred. MfG Echo Unready

[@fewmaster7774]

Ich weiss gar nicht, ob bei "normalen Vorstellungen" immer die Ouvertüre gespielt wurde. Gab es da nicht einen Unterschied zur Road-Show-Langversion? Hab in den 70er tatsächlich noch einige dieser Langfassungen (Cid, Ben Hur, West Side) gesehen, auch mit "Intermission" (Pinkelpause). Ansonsten lief bei uns natürlich die deutsche Version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5S2poGEi5ioa6s Ohne Öl kann die Lampe nicht glühn! :-)

[@EchoUnready]

@@fewmaster7774 , Also auf yt findet man meistens nur die Version mit dem Chor und damals bei der Austrahlung in den ÖRR erinnere ich mich nur an den zweiten eigentlich unnötigen Voice Over mit Hans Clarin.

[@miltonabbiati7598]

Molto bello e divertente Fred.🤠 Bravo per la scelta e per celebrare un secolo di Elmer Bernstein!👏🏼 Da ricordare il sodalizio tra John Sturges e Bernstein! In Italia, il titolo è tradotto giusto, "La carovana dell'alleluia". Buona Pasqua a tutti!🥚😉 Happy Easter!🥚🐰

[@johnclay7644]

2.5hr epic from 1965.

[@luisalbertonietoduarte6589]

V15042022. Felices Pascuas de Semana Santa 2022.

[@morlock2086]

Thanks Fred. This one is a lot of fun. I read somewhere that Bernstein had DATs of a lot of his scores. Should this be true, are these the rereleases or something else entirely? Either way, lots of fun!

[@SoundtrackFred]

Hey Morlock, it's surely an interesting point you mentioned there with the private copies. However, I am sure that people went through them. Otherwise it would be rather strange that the world is talking about them to be lost forever, while they are lying on "Bernstein's desk" at home. Just too obvious. But who knows. Fingers crossed that there is something still out there! :-)

[@morlock2086]

@@SoundtrackFred Danke schon!

[@darthdrezz9237]

🥰

[@Olivia_Dreamrider]

PROTECT YOUR REAR! *gunshots* PROTECT YOUR OTHER REAR *gunshots* PROTECT BOTH REARS SIMULTANEOUSLY

[@CarolHartmann-c1s]

Mirisch productions made this picture.

[@SportacusTheGreat]

I'm going to adapt the chorus part for the church