On 3:10 to Yuma’s Score

I’ve been kicking around some soundtracks over the past week or so, in advance of seasonal awards voting, and I’m really digging, all over again, Marco Beltrami’s score for 3:10 to Yuma. It has a certain classic structure that conjures up the movie’s dusty underbelly, but when it gets going at a good downhill gallop, it’s all on-a-steel-horse-I-ride swagger — big, yes, but also notable for the manner in which it trades in withholding notes.