Big Sky, The: Archives

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Kelly Russ

Dimitri Tiomkin collection
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library
University of Southern California

Box 5

Ozalid copies of song: The Big Sky – lyrics by Stan Jones, music by Dimitri Tiomkin: also music for “Ballade” (2 copies) and Chansonette – conductor part (M17), by Dimitri Tiomkin.

Notes: Music timing cue sheets and music list, over 75 pages, original typescript, annotated by Dimitri Tiomkin.

Additions: Sketches; conductor.

Box 81
“QUAND JE REVE” (from The Big Sky). Song, lyric by Gordon T. Clark, music by Dimitri Tiomkin; original musical sketches, instrumental and words and music, holograph. (7 leaves)

Words and music, ozalids, 3 pages each, 7 copies. Copyright 1950.

RKO Radio Pictures Studio Records (Collection PASC 3)
UCLA Library Special Collections
Charles E. Young Research Library
University of California, Los Angeles

The Big Sky, Prod. No. 749

Box 717M (F​ 000​ 040​ 138​ 0)

Full scores, reduced conductor part and some orchestral parts:

  • M110 (orch. Charles Maxwell)
  • M115 (orch. Lucien Cailliet)

Note: This box also contains multiple cues from Angel Face (1953).

Box 718M (F​ 000​ 040​ 139​ 8)

Full scores and some orchestral parts:

  • M125 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M130 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M137 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M139 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M145 (orch. Paul Marquardt)
  • M150 (orch. Charles Maxwell)
  • M152 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M155 (orch. Herb Taylor)

Note: The reduced conductor parts are generally not with the full scores, but can be found in Boxes 750M and 751M.

Box 748M (F​ 000​ 040​ 253​ 7)

Full scores and some orchestral parts:

  • M55 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M78 (orch. Charles Maxwell) Also includes M58 / M62 / M164 scored for accordion, 2 guitars (orch. Herb Taylor)
  • M88 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M90 (orch. Leonid Raab)
  • M92 (orch. Herb Taylor)
  • M102 (orch. Lucien Cailliet)
  • M105 (orch. Leonid Raab)

Note: The reduced conductor parts are generally not with the full scores, but can be found in Boxes 750M and 751M.

Box 749M (F​ 000​ 040​ 254​ 5)

Blue booklet of music timing sheets / spotting notes.

Full scores and some orchestral parts:

  • M17 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M22 (orch. George Parrish)
  • M39-M40 (orch. Leonid Raab)
  • M43 (orch. Herb Taylor)
  • M46 (orch. Paul Marquardt)
  • M51 (orch. Herb Taylor)

Note: The reduced conductor parts are generally not with the full scores, but can be found in Boxes 750M and 751M.

Box 750M (F​ 000​ 040​ 258​ 6)

Full scores and some orchestral parts:

  • M10 – Main Title (orch. George Parrish)
  • M66 (orch. Paul Marquardt)
  • M2 – “Sugarbush” (arr. Herb Taylor) for voice, accordion, guitar and piano
  • M3 – “Song of French Cook with Russian Dressing” (arr. Herb Taylor) for voice, accordion, guitar and piano
  • M4 – “Dance” (arr. Herb Taylor) for voice, accordion, guitar, percussion and violin. Has note that says “Use for M36–M38–M104”
  • M5 – “Amitola – Wedding Dance and Ceremony.” Parts only, has handwritten note: “Tiomkin took score.”
  • M11 (orch. George Parrish)

“Oh Brandy Leave Me Alone” – Vocal sheet with lyrics (music by Josef Marais)

Folio with reduced conductor parts (“lead sheets”):

M10 (Main Title), M11, M17, M22, M39 and M40, M43, M46, M51, M55, M66, M78, M88, M90, M92, M102, M105, M110, M115, M125, M130, M137, M139, M145, M150, M152, M155 “Amitola,” M159-160 “Rabid Dance,” M163, M169 “End Title.” Also includes handwritten pages detailing musical themes / timings / cue usages for the final cue sheet.

Box 751M (F​ 000​ 040​ 259​ 4)

Big Sky – Male Chorus (choir part)

Full score and some orchestral parts:

  • M1 – Temporary Track (arr. Herb Taylor) for voice, accordion and guitar. Labeled “Old.”

Folio with ozalid master reduced conductor parts and some orchestra parts:

M10, M11, M17, M22, M39 and M40, M43, M46, M51, M55, M66, M78, M88, M90, M92, M102, M105, M110, M115, M125, M130, M137, M139, M145, M150, M152, M155 “Amitola,” M169 “End Title.”

Box 1084M (F​ 000​ 041​ 234​ 6)

Full score and parts:

  • M23A (arr. Herb Taylor) for banjo and bass
  • M23B – “Little Brown Jug” (arr. Herb Taylor) for accordion and guitar
  • M23C – “Polly Wolly Doodle” (arr. Herb Taylor) for mechanical piano and drums (“Western Saloon Jazz”)
  • M23D – “Turkey in the Straw” (arr. Herb Taylor) for violin (“Hoe Down”)
  • M23E – “Drunken Sailor” (arr. Herb Taylor) for violin, guitar and drums (“Hoe Down”)
  • M23F – “Kingdom Coming” (arr. Herb Taylor) for violin, banjo, accordion and bass (“Hoe Down”)
  • M25 – “Buffalo Girls” (arr. Herb Taylor) for vocal, kazoo, accordion, banjo, jug and violin (“Hoe Down”) Also contains sheets with lyrics.

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