Calgary Youth Orchestra, Mount Royal University Conservatory, Edmond Agopian - Music Director
Arrangements by Donovan Seidle

The Big Country (Suite) - MGM (1958) Jerome Moross
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -- Warner Bros. Pictures (1974) Max Steiner 10:18
Ghost Riders in the Sky - Riders in the Sky, Columbia Pictures (1948) Stan Jones 12:37
Blazing Saddles - Warner Bros. Pictures (1974) John Morris 18:20
How the West Was Won - MGM (1962) Alfred Newman 20:08
The Comancheros - Paramount Pictures (1961) Elmer Bernstein 23:06
Cat Ballou (part 1) - Columbia/Tristar (1965) Mack David/Jerry Livingstone 24:51
40 Guns to Apache Pass - Universal Studios (1967) Richard LaSalle 27:59
The Hallelujah Trail - United Artists (1965) Elmer Bernstein 30:12
Cat Ballou (part 2) - Mack David/Jerry Livingstone 34:36
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Malaguena) - Sony Pictures (2003) Traditional 37:01
The Gunfighter - 20th Century Fox ( 1950) Alfred Newman 42:01
The Alamo/The Proud Rebel - MGM (1960) /Diamond Ent. (1958) Dimitri Tiomkin/Jerome Moross 44:09
The Jayhawkers - Paramount Pictures (1959) Jerome Moross 47:43
A Fistful of Dollars - MGM (1967) Ennio Morricone 52:56
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - MGM (1967) Ennio Moricone 56:38
Bonanza/Gunsmoke medley - NBC (1959-1973)/CBS (1955-1975) Jay Livingstone and Ray Evans/Rex Koury and Glenn Spencer 1:00:10
The Magnificent Seven - MGM (1960) Elmer Bernstein 1:03:06
The Big Country (Waltz) - MGM (1958) Jerome Moross 1:06:01
The Sons of Katie Elder - Paramount Pictures (1965) Elmer Bernstein 1:08:48
The Tin Star - Paramount Pictures (1957) Elmer Bernstein 1:11:58
Once Upon a Time in the West (A Dimly Lit Room) - Paramount Studios (1968) Ennio Morricone 1:13:59

"Imaginative interpretation...nicely pulled off...played to the fullest, with enthusiasm and energy..." - Rick Phillips, CBC Radio, "Sound Advice"

From the CD liner notes:
"The Thrill of the Western program was designed by CYO music director Edmond Agopian to celebrate Alberta's Centennial (2005). This is a fitting musical companion to the "Wild West" spirit which comes to life in Calgary each July, with the arrival of the Calgary Stampede, one of the oldest rodeos in North America.
After reviewing over one hundred and fifty Westerns (movies and TV series), Mr. Agopian chose twenty-two scores for this project. Donovan Seidle, CYO alumnus, and presently Assistant Concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, was commissioned to arrange this music for the CYO."