Max Steiner – Music For Westerns

Max Steiner – Music For Westerns

A powerful collection of cinematic themes from one of Hollywood’s greatest film composers, Max Steiner, Music For Westerns gathers some of the most dramatic and sweeping scores from the golden age of studio cinema. Steiner, often called one of the “fathers of film music,” was instrumental in shaping the emotional language of Hollywood soundtracks, and this compilation showcases that legacy in full widescreen.

Spanning rugged frontier drama, heroic fanfares, and expansive orchestral storytelling, the album revisits themes from classic Western films such as Virginia City, San Antonio, and The Charge at Feather River. Each piece captures a different facet of the American West as imagined by Hollywood - romanticised, larger-than-life, and deeply atmospheric.

This is orchestral film music at its most vivid: bold brass, sweeping strings, and dynamic shifts that mirror horseback chases, frontier tension, and wide desert landscapes. A must for collectors of classic film scores, vintage soundtrack LPs, and mid-century orchestral recording at its most cinematic.

Tracklist:

A1 Virginia City
A2 The Lion And The Horse
A3 San Antonio

B1 Jim Thorpe, All-American
B2 Raton Pass

C1 A Distant Trumpet
C2 The Charge At Feather River
C3 The Violent Men
C4 Dallas

D1 The Oklahoma Kid
D2 Silver City