Many of his scores were for Western films, which were extremely popular in this period, and for which he is best remembered. His first Western was the King Vidor-directed "Duel in the Sun" (1946). In addition to "High Noon", among his other Westerns were "Giant" (1956), "Friendly Persuasion" (1956), "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957), and "Last Train from Gun Hill" (1959). "Rio Bravo" (1959), "The Alamo" (1960), "Circus World" (1964) and "The War Wagon" (1967) were made with the involvement of John Wayne. Tiomkin received Oscar nominations for his scores in both "Giant" and "The Alamo". He told TV host Gig Young that his aim in creating the score for "Giant" was to capture the "feelings of the great land and great state of Texas."