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The Big Country is a 1958 American epic Western film directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, and Charles Bickford. The supporting cast features Burl Ives and Chuck Connors .
His best-known film score is that for the 1958 movie The Big Country, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. [1] According to Moross, he composed the main title after recalling a walk he took in the flatlands around Albuquerque , New Mexico, during a visit in October 1936, shortly before he moved to Hollywood.
In 1958, United Artists released an album of music from the film The Big Country, for which composer Jerome Moross received an Academy Award nomination.. In 1959, United Artists released Forest of the Amazons, a cantata by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos adapted from the music he composed for MGM's Green Mansions, with the composer conducting the Symphony of the Air.
Desire Under the Elms (1958) - Ephraim Cabot; Wind Across The Everglades (1958) - Cottonmouth; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) - Big Daddy Pollitt; The Big Country (1958) - Rufus Hannassey; Day of the Outlaw (1959) - Jack Bruhn; Our Man in Havana (1959) - Dr. Hasselbacher; Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) - Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1: Domenico Modugno: Volare: 1958: US BB 1 – Aug 1958, US CashBox 1 of 1958, Italy 1 of 1958, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1958, Grammy in 1958, Canada 2 – Jul 1958, Norway 2 – Oct 1958, South Africa 5 of 1958, Australia 6 of 1958, UK 10 – Sep 1958, RYM 29 of 1958, Europe 34 of the 1950s, DDD 56 of 1958
Ray Price was at number one on the first combined sales and airplay chart in October and remained in the top spot until the end of the year. At the start of 1958, Billboard magazine published two charts specifically covering the top-performing country music songs in the United States. The C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart ranked records based on their "current national selling importance at the ...
In 2007, Butler, Watson and Brzezicki celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of Big Country by reforming for a UK tour, touring again in 2010, this time with Mike Peters joining the band for vocal duties. 2011 saw the release of a new single, the band's first new music for eleven years, before Butler retired in 2012.
Johnny Cash had three of the year's top 10 country & western singles: "Guess Things Happen That Way"/"Come in, Stranger" at No. 3; "The Ways of a Woman in Love"/"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" at No. 6; and "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" at No. 7. RCA Victor led all labels with 13 of the top 50 singles.