Big Country-Waltz (Jerome Moross, 69, 1913-1983)

Jerome Moross, 69, (1st August 1913 - 25th July 1983) was an American composer. He composed works for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists and musical theatre. He also orchestrated motion picture scores for other composers. He is best known for his music for film and television. His best known film score is that for the 1958 movie The Big Country, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. According to Moross, he composed the main title after recalling a walk he took in the flatlands around Albuquerque, New Mexico, during a visit in October 1936, shortly before he moved to Hollywood. Moross died in Miami in 1983 of congestive heart failure following a stroke, aged 69