UNSEALED
Elmer Bernstein’s score is as classic as they come. It features one of the most famous themes ever written for a film and possesses a spirit and energy that is all but unmatched. Featuring newly designed packaging and liner notes, the legendary original soundtrack to The Magnificent Seven is back.
01. Main Title and Calvera (3:58)
02. Council (3:13)
03. Quest (1:00)
04. Strange Funeral/After the Brawl (6:47)
05. Vin’s Luck (2:02)
06. And Then There Were Two (1:44)
07. Fiesta (1:09)
08. Stalking (1:18)
09. Worst Shot (2:59)
10. The Journey (4:37)
11. Toro (3:21)
12. Training (1:26)
13. Calvera’s Return (2:36)
14. Calvera Routed (1:49)
15. Ambush (3:09)
16. Petra’s Declaration (2:28)
17. Bernardo (3:31)
18. Surprise (2:06)
19. Defeat (3:26)
20. Crossroads (4:46)
21. Harry’s Mistake (2:48)
22. Calvera Killed (3:33)
23. Finale (3:28)
Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" (1954) is westernized as "The Magnificent Seven." Yul Brynner plays Chris, a mercenary hired to protect a Mexican farming village from its annual invasion by bandit Calvera (Eli Wallach). As Elmer Bernstein's unforgettable theme music (later immortalized as the "Marlboro Man" leitmotif) blasts away in the background, Chris rounds up six fellow soldiers of fortune to help him form a united front against the bandits. The remaining "magnificent six" are played by Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, and (the one that everybody forgets) Brad Dexter. Though jam-packed with action, William Roberts's screenplay pauses long enough to flesh out each of its characters, allowing the audience to pick their own favorites. "The Magnificent Seven" was followed by three sequels, not to mention dozens of imitations. 1960