''The Red Pony'' is a film score composed for

Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн); September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was a Moldovan-American film director. He is known for directing ''Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) and '' All Quiet on the Weste ...

's 1949 production which used

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social ...

's screenplay based on his 1937 book, ''

The Red Pony ''The Red Pony'' is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933 to 1936. The full book was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. The stories in the book ...

''. It was composed by

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...

in 1948 at

Republic Pictures Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 to 1967, that was based in Los Angeles. It had studio facilities in Studio City an ...

and an LP was issued of the soundtrack. The orchestral suite, originally arranged by Copland for the

Houston Symphony Orchestra The Houston Symphony is an American orchestra based in Houston, Texas. The orchestra is resident at the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. History The first concert of what was to become the Houston Symphony took place on June 21, 1 ...

, lasts approximately 20–25 minutes and consists of six separate pieces: *"Morning on the Ranch" *"The Gift" *"Dream March and Circus Music" *"Walk to the Bunkhouse" *"Grandfather's Story" *"Happy Ending" The premiere of the suite in Houston was on October 30, 1948. In 1966, Copland transcribed selections from the orchestral suite for band.

References

External links

Video – Aaron Copland – ''The Red Pony'' – Ballet (04:14).

Video – Aaron Copland – ''The Red Pony'' – Suite (16:12).
Compositions by Aaron Copland 1949 compositions Film scores Orchestral suites {{Classical-composition-stub