Composer and conductor Dimitri Tiomkin, born in Russia in 1894, but who emigrated to the USA after the First World War, is one of the most successful and celebrated composers of film music in the history of cinema. Nominated for 22 Academy Awards, he won four of them, for Best Original Score for "High Noon", "The High And The Mighty" and "The Old Man And The Sea" and for Best Original Song for "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me." In the process of writing songs and themes for dozens of movies, he had more than 25 chart entries with his compositions when recorded as singles by other artists.

This great value 55-track 2-CD set comprises themes and music from original soundtrack compositions, along with recordings of his movie songs and music by other artists from the first and highly significant first quarter-century of his career. It includes music from all the films for which he won Academy Awards, and a significant proportion of those for which he was nominated. It also features 27 records which made either US or UK charts, including Top 5 hits with Frankie Laine's "High Noon" and "Blowing Wild", Les Baxter's "The High And The Mighty", and Pat Boone's "Friendly Persuasion", as well recordings by many major artists like Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin and Gene Pitney. It offers a substantial and varied insight into the work of one of the legendary, but sometime unheralded, figures in the world of movie music via some compositions which are veritable masterpieces of their kind.

Disc 1
1-01. Lost Horizon Theme (Conway And Sondra) Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
1-02. Shadow Of A Doubt (Main Title Theme) Universal Studio Orchestra
1-03. Strangers On A Train (Main Title Theme) Main Title Theme
1-04. Duel In The Sun (Ecstasy Theme) Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
1-05. Main Title Theme from "Red River" Original Soundtrack
1-06. The March Of The Champions Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
1-07. Love On The Sly United Artists Studio Orchestra
1-08. Cyrano De Bergerac Main Title Theme
1-09. Thing From Another World (Main Title Theme) Original Soundtrack
1-10. The Big Sky (Main Title Theme ) RKO Radio Studio Orchestra
1-11. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) Frankie Laine
1-12. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) Tex Ritter
1-13. I Confess Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
1-14. Return To Paradise Percy Faith
1-15. Return To Paradise Nat King Cole
1-16. Julie Charlie Ventura
1-17. Blowing Wild (The Ballad Of Black Gold) Frankie Laine
1-18. Hajji Baba (Persian Lament) Nat King Cole
1-19. Hajji Baba Dimitri Tiomkin & His Chorus and Orchestra
1-20. Dial M For Murder Main Theme Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
1-21. A Bullet Is Waiting (Jamie) Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
1-22. The High And The Mighty Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
1-23. The High And The Mighty Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra
1-24. The High And The Mighty Leroy Holmes & his Orchestra
1-25. The High And The Mighty Johnny Desmond
1-26. The High And The Mighty Victor Young & His Singing Strings
1-27. Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (Main Title Theme) Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra

Disc 2
2-01. Land Of The Pharaohs Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
2-02. Land Of The Pharaohs Johnny Desmond with Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
2-03. This Too Shall Pass Johnny Desmond with Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra
2-04. Strange Lady In Town Frankie Laine
2-05. Friendly Persuasion Thee I Love) Pat Boone
2-06. Friendly Persuasion Thee I Love) The Four Aces
2-07. Giant Jack Pleis & His Orch. & Chorus Feat Ralph Young
2-08. Giant Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra
2-09. Giant Art Mooney & His Orchestra & Chorus
2-10. There's Never Been Anyone Else but You George Cates & His Orchestra
2-11. Gunfight At The OK Corral Frankie Laine
2-12. Strange Are The Ways Of Love Gogi Grant
2-13. Wild Is The Wind Johnny Mathis
2-14. The Old Man And The Sea Main Title Theme
2-15. Last Train From Gun Hill Main Title Theme
2-16. Rio Bravo Dean Martin
2-17. My Rifle, My Pony, And Me Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson
2-18. Rawhide Frankie Laine
2-19. Theme from 'The Sundowners' Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
2-20. Theme from 'The Sundowners' Felix Slatkin Orchestra & Chorus
2-21. Theme from 'The Unforgiven' (The Need For Love) Don Costa And His Orchestra & Chorus
2-22. Pretty Little Girl In The Yellow Dress Carl Dobkins Jr.
2-23. Ballad Of The Alamo Bud & Travis
2-24. Ballad Of The Alamo Marty Robbins
2-25. The Green Leaves Of Summer Brothers Four
2-26. Tennessee Babe OST
2-27. Town Without Pity Gene Pitney
2-28. The Guns Of Navarone Joe Reisman Orchestra