The music for Broken Arrow, the 1950 film starring Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget, was written by Hugo Friedhofer, orchestrated by William Powell and conducted by Alfred Newman. No soundtrack album was issued at the time and the official release had to wait until 1999, when a CD was finally issued (Brigham Young Film Music Archives FMA/HF 105).
The CD comes with a 34-page booklet which has many photos from the film and each track fully annotated.
The sound was taken from the original optical tracks so the music is not perfect, but this is the only available soundtrack for the film and worth the search. According to the CD’s packaging, “all proceeds from the sale of the CD go towards the acquisition and preservation of film music elements.” The CD credits include:
Producer – James V. D’Arc, for Brigham Young University
Executive Producer – Craig Spaulding, Screen Archives Entertainment
Music Assembly and Mixing – Rick Victor
Biographical Essay & Music Notes – William H. Rosar
Special Technical Assistance – Ray Faiola
Design – Lelsie Gunn, This Gunn for Hire
Special Thanks – Thomas G. Cavanaugh,Nick Redman, Ned Comstock, Brian Jamieson, Alan Warner, Steve Saperstein, Jared Ferguson, John N. Gillespie and Karyl Gilland-Tonge
The tracks included on the CD are all in stereo, except where noted:
20th Century-Fox Fanfare (written by Alfred Newman; mono)
Main Title
Narration and Opening
Good Samaritan
Ambush
Torture and Return to Tucson
Smoke Signal
Tucson and Cochise (written by Alfred Newman using the themes that Friedhofer had created)
White Painted Lady
Accidental Meeting
Mail Montage
After Battle
Tom Proposes
Warriors Return
In The Woods
Tom and Cochise
Cochise and Nahilzay
Return and Peace Conference
Armistice
Primitive Ritual and the Lovers (mono)
Tucson and the Lovers (mono)
Death of Sonseeahray (mono)
End Title – Revised (mono)
End Title (two takes)(mono)
From the CD, here is track #2, Main Title:
