The theme from the film 'The Big Country' is surely the epitome of 'Western' music: you can see the cowboys the cattle the arid landscape the waggons spread out before you! Jerome Moross wrote a large amount of music but nothing that quite matched up to the brilliance of this piece. Arranged here for full orchestra by Richard Ling. Score and Parts.Orchestration: 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb Alto Saxophone (optional) 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F 3 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion (Side drum Bass drum Cymbal Glockenspiel) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass)
