De Guella and the Green Leaves of Summer by Dimitri Tiomkin?
With due respect, I could care less. When the women folded up with a 2 goal lead in hockey with two minutes to go? I was out a there.
Russia doesn’t allow homo propaganda on children. this has resulted in a nonstop hissy fit by the homo media to bash (or show in bad light) anything about Russia in the games
Is it over already?
Dimitri Tiomkin was an amazing composer. I have particularly enjoyed his scores in many of the old western movies, including some John Wayne flicks. Theme from High Noon is an old western genre classic. He is internationally famous, so no surprise he would be featured along with other composers in the Olympic closings.
All in all, Sochi pulled it off just fine, although the Western media tried to convince people otherwise.
kind of burned out in week and didn’t see anything in week two except a little one night. but having said that, I streamed most of what I saw from out of the country with the CBC and BBC nd network ten in Aussieland. Too many sports.
I kind of burned out in week one and didn’t see anything in week two except a little one night. But having said that, I streamed most of what I saw from out of the country with the CBC and BBC and Network Ten in Aussie-land. Too many sports.
Yes, that was part of the beautiful and haunting original score from John Wayne’s ‘The Alamo’ by Russian born Dimitri Tiomkin.
The score featured ‘DeGuello’, ‘The Green Leaves of Summer, and ‘the Ballad of the Alamo’ sung by the University of Texas choir.
For those who haven’t seen Wayne’s ‘The Alamo’, it will be shown on The Retro Channel Monday at 10:15 AM CST.
‘The Alamo’ is a topnotch, (if not historically accurate in some small areas) historical western.
It is an emotional cinematic event produced at great personal expense by the last man in Hollywood that could honestly claim the title “patriot” - John Wayne.
It is Wayne’s valentine to Texas
Wayne spent years of his life working on getting this picture made.
He risked everything on ‘The Alamo’ and lost. He was broke for years afterward. Wayne’s continued success at the top of the heap was by no means assured. He was 54 years old and raising a second family plus he had recently been swindled by a business manager.
Wayne had to take a role in ‘The Alamo’ to secure financing plus putting up most of the financing himself- mortgaging his homes, selling possessions.
‘The Alamo’ was snubbed by the Oscars and Hollywood- except for a best supporting Oscar for Chill Wills.
Wayne, being a staunch Conservative and a ‘God and Country’ man, political factions were bent upon vilifying him- and a
movie they saw as right wing bs.
I’m sure they sneered in satisfaction when ‘The Alamo’ failed to break even back then.
Since then it has turned a profit through TV releases and the sale of the Alamo village.
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