Theme for an Imaginary Western

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Theme for an Imaginary Western is a 1969 jazz-rock song by bassist Jack Bruce, known for its cinematic, pastoral feel and later popularized in a heavier arrangement by the band Mountain.

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Theme for an Imaginary Western canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
song ⓘ
arrangementStyleOfMountainVersion heavier rock ⓘ
associatedAct Cream ⓘ
Mountain ⓘ
composer Jack Bruce ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
era late 1960s ⓘ
firstAlbum Songs for a Tailor ⓘ
genre jazz rock ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasCriticalReputation considered a classic of late-1960s jazz rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation drums ⓘ
electric bass ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
hasNotableFeature anthemic chorus ⓘ
lyrical imagery of riders and valleys ⓘ
orchestral harmonic sensibility ⓘ
hasQuality cinematic ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ
hasStructure verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasTheme imagined Western landscape ⓘ
journey ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
hasTitleType imaginary Western ⓘ
includedInAlbum Songs for a Tailor ⓘ
influencedGenre hard rock interpretations of jazz rock ⓘ
language English ⓘ
livePerformanceMainstayFor Mountain ⓘ
lyricist Pete Brown ⓘ
notableCoverVersionBy Colosseum ⓘ
Leslie West ⓘ
Mountain ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1969 ⓘ
partOf Jack Bruce discography ⓘ
linked to: Jack Bruce

Mountain live repertoire ⓘ
performer Jack Bruce ⓘ
popularizedBy Mountain ⓘ
recordingArtist Jack Bruce ⓘ
recordLabel Polydor Records ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
vocalStyle melodic ⓘ
writer Jack Bruce ⓘ
Pete Brown ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jack Bruce → notableWork → Theme for an Imaginary Western ⓘ
John Symon Asher Bruce → notableWork → Theme for an Imaginary Western ⓘ
Songs for a Tailor → hasTrack → Theme for an Imaginary Western ⓘ
Corky Laing → notableSongAsDrummer → Theme for an Imaginary Western ⓘ