Rio Bravo & Other Movie and TV Themes (2000)

About this title: If you've got a yen to add something different to the collection, here's an off the beaten trail delight that fills the bill. This 25-track collection features movie and TV theme songs that should be familiar to any baby boomer who remembers these pictures and TV shows when they were first out and about. From Dean Martin's "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" from Rio Bravo to Johnny Cash's "Bonanza" to Gene Autry's "Back in the Saddle Again" to Percy Faith's "The Virginian," this collection throws a wide net and yields a bunch of tracks that'll bring a smile to your face while you say, "hey, I ... read more

Tracks:

1. My Rifle, My Pony and Me [Tiomkin/Webster]
2. Deguello [Riddle]
3. Rawhide [Tiomkin/Washington]
4. The Ride Back [Devol]
5. Man Without a Star (A Whale of a Tale) [Herbert/Hughes]
6. Back in the Saddle Again [Autry/Whitley]
7. The Virginian [Herrmann]
8. I Leaned on a Man [Shanklin/Rosenman]
9. Tennessee Babe [Tiomkin/Webster]
10. Green Leaves of Summer [Tiomkin/Webster]
11. Here's to the Ladies [Tiomkin/Webster]
12. Ballad of the Alamo [Tiomkin/Webster]
13. Gunsmoke [Koury/Spencer]
14. Bonanza [Evans/Livingston]
15. The Ballad of Paladin [Western/Boone/Rolfe]
16. Ballad of the War Wagon [Tiomkin/Washington]
17. Them from `One Eyed Jacks' [Friedhofer]
18. Maverick [Buttolph/Webster]
19. Saddle the Wind [Livingston/Evans]
20. Chuckawalla Swing [Jones]
21. Pretty Little Girl in the Yellow Dress [Tiomkin/Washington]
22. Rolling Stone [Scharf/Kaska/Hirsch]
23. Strange Lady in Town [Tiomkin/Washington]
24. Vera Cruz [Friedhofer]
25. The Kentuckian Song [Gordon]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.