Round-Up

Product Review

Telarc's 1987 Western stereo classic, Round-up, is now released on audiophile quality Gold CD. Erich Kunzel conducts the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra along with Frankie Laine on vocals in performing favorite western themes from movies and TV shows. Frankie Laine sings themes from 'High Noon' & 'Gunfight at the OK Corral'. Laine also recreates the unforgettable 'Rawhide' theme. The collection also contains other well-known movie themes such as 'Magnificent Seven', 'How the West Was Won' and 'Big Country'. Recorded in Music Hall, Cincinnati on September 15 & 16, 1986. Numbered, limited edition of 1,000.

Title Tracks for Round-Up

1. Sounds Of The West - 1 Corral Scene - 2 Round-Up - 3 Galloping Horse - 4 Horse Whinny
2. William Tell Overture
3. The Magnificent Seven
4. The Furies Suite
5. Round-Up: Anthology Of TV Western Themes - 1 Bonanza - 2 Rawhide - 3 Wagon Train - 4 The Rifleman
6. How The West Was Won
7. Gunfight At The OK Corral
8. Pops Hoedown
9. Big Country
10. High Noon
11. Coyote And Crackling Campfire
12. Western Medley - 1 Introduction - 2 Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Ay - 3 Shenandoah - 4 Red River Valley - 5 Home On The Range - 6 Streets Of Laredo
13. Themes From Silverado

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(20 customer reviews)

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

Great Western Music, July 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Round-Up (Audio CD)

I bought Round Up as a tape. I play it on every long trip I take. Now the tape is starting to wear out due to being listened to so much. I figured that I had better buy the CD the next time. After being born and raised in Wyoming, I like to listen to this kind of music. Although I no longer live in Wyoming, the music takes me right back to the mountains, lakes, and other beautiful landscape. If you like this one, then try Happy Trails (Round Up II). It's just like this one.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

A GREAT CD WITH THE TRUE FLAVOR OF THE MOVIES., August 28, 2000

Boz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Round-Up (Audio CD)

This recording captures the feel and excitement of the original soundtracks. Especially fine are the arrangements from THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, HOW THE WEST WAS WON, and THE BIG COUNTRY. The Cincinnati Pops plays with great depth and feeling. A real must-own cd for any fan of great symphonic movie scores.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful

not worth the upgrade, August 22, 2006

meulensteen (new york) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Round-Up (Audio CD)

Yes, the music is great. But the surround quality is problematic. It seems the surround engineering was done by two people who did not listen to each other's approach.

Instrument placing is great on half of the disc (superb Magnificent Seven), but the other half has far too much music coming from the center speaker (compare Silverado on sacd and cd). It's as if one engineer wants you to relive the movies with cinema like surround, and the other one wants you to experience a front row seat in a dry sounding concert hall.

The cd still stands as a perfect disc to show off your non-surround system. Leave it at that.