Here's a suite Aaron Copland put together in 1942, of some of his favorite film scores. He called it Music for Movies. This is the EOS Orchestra, in concert at the Ethical Culture Society in New York.

Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 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 ...

Huge, sweeping and majestic, the Midwestern prairies boast of America's wealth, bounty and infinite possibilities. They inspired Aaron Copland when he wrote "Rodeo" and the music for the movie "The ...