Synopsis:

The Legend of the Magnificent Seven' is a fanedit of Antoine Fuqua's reimagined vision of the western classic based on Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai'. In this legendary retelling, seven gunslingers that consist of a bounty hunter, a gambler, an outlaw, a sharpshooter, an assassin, a native warrior and a tracker come together to aide a small town from being overrun by the ruthless corporate mogul Bartholomew Bogue. What starts out as just a job prospect for these men turns into something more meaningful as they discover what they have inside themselves to make them legends.

Intentions:

Music Ed set out to achieve three major goals in his edit. The first goal was to remove the revenge subplot of the story as it took away from the message that these men put their lives on the line for this town and not for one of them having an ulterior motive. The second goal was to reincorporate most of the deleted scenes which helped flesh out some of the characters and helped slow down the pace of the film so it could breathe before thrusting us into the explosive finale. The last goal, which was the most challenging, was to re-score a good portion of the film using music from composer Elmer Bernstein and his work on the original The Magnificent Seven (1960), Sons of Katie Elder (1965) and Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969).

Change List:

- Added a 3 1/2 minute overture utilizing the classic Magnificent Seven music to get you ready for what you'll hear in this version of the movie (Thanks TM2YC!) - In some areas of the film I had to either cut, move around or slightly slow down shots so that they would fit with the rescoring - Cut year and name of town in the beginning - Cut massacre at the church. Now the screen goes to black once Bogue kills Matthew Cullen. No mention of the massacre ever occurs, just the death of Matthew. - Due to cutting the massacre, I moved the shot of the teacher and his son running and hiding behind a wagon - Cut the name of the town Sam is riding into - Cut Sam's strange facial expression after the bartender tells him they don't carry the drink he ordered - Cut Faraday saying "Bart Bogue?" For some reason I just hate hearing him referred to as Bart - Cut shot of Sam sitting by the fire holding his neck (before Goodnight and Billy show up). His neck scars won't be explained in this edit - Moved Faraday's joke about.

Additional Notes:

A lot of work was put into rescoring this film and basically coming up with new arrangements of the music to crossfade into each other.

Other Sources:

The Legendary scores written by Elmer Bernstein: - The Magnificent Seven - Sons of Katie Elder - Guns of the Magnificent Seven.

Special Thanks:

Ironman23, TM2YC and BionicBob.