Title: The Song of Raintree County

Artist: Lyics by Paul Francis Webster. Music by Johnny Green

Publisher: Robbins Music Corp.

Copyright/Release Date: 1957

Condition: Very Good

Comments: Raintree County is a 1957 American epic historical romance western film adapted from the 1948 novel of the same name by Ross Lockridge Jr. The film was directed by Edward Dmytryk and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the Antebellum South and the American Civil War, the film tells the story of a small-town Midwestern teacher and poet named John Shawnessy, who meets and marries a beautiful Southern belle named Susanna Drake; however, her emotional instability leads to the destruction of their marriage. The leading roles are played by Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick and Lee Marvin. The composer Johnny Green's score for the movie was nominated for an Oscar. Reviewer Bruce Eder noted that it "rises to the occasion of the film for which it was written and holds up just as well as freestanding music almost 50 years later."