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According to a John Sturges interview given in 1990 for the book 'John Sturges, Stories of a Filmmaker' by Emmanuel Laborie, the music for the movie was to be composed by Dimitri Tiomkin.
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay, credited to William Roberts, is a remake – in an Old West-style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai (itself initially released in the United States as The Magnificent Seven).
- $2 million
- October 12, 1960
- John Sturges
- Elmer Bernstein
May 21, 2020 · In fact, Glenn Lovell's 2008 book about the Magnificent Seven's director—Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges—describes the film's theme music as "arguably, after John Williams' Jaws and Star Wars themes, the most recognizable overture in the history of the medium."
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The Magnificent Seven is a beloved Western film that inspired young viewers and influenced the Neo-Western resurgence. The movie is a remake of a Japanese film called Seven Samurai, and the...
Apr 28, 2024 · John Sturges was a crisis-averting machine, which came in handy when he faced an impending actors' strike while making his 1960 classic The Magnificent Seven.
Sep 18, 2016 · Sturges and his screenwriters took their inspiration from an acclaimed Japanese action-adventure, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai — which itself was influenced by the classic American westerns...
Nov 15, 2022 · One of the first and most successful adaptations was John Sturges' " The Magnificent Seven ," which swapped out samurais and the medieval setting of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the Old...
