say that, initially, a female collie was selected for the title role, but was replaced when the dog began to shed excessively during shooting of the film in the summer. The trainer, Rudd Weatherwax, then substituted the male collie, Pal, in the role of "Lassie". Pal had been hired to perform the rapids stunt and, being male, looked more impressive in the part. Still other accounts, such as a 1943 New York Times article written while the film was in production, say that Pal was cast by director Fred Wilcox after first being rejected, because no other dog performed satisfactorily with the "near human attributes" he sought for the canine title role. Weatherwax would later receive all rights to the Lassie name and trademark in lieu of back pay owed him by MGM. Music In 2010, Film Score Monthly released the complete scores of the seven Lassie feature films released by MGM between 1943 and 1955 as well as Elmer Bernstein’s score for It's a Dog's Life (1955) in the CD collection Lassie Come Home: The Canine Cinema Collection, limited to 1000 copies. Due to the era when these scores were recorded, nearly half of the music masters have been lost so the scores had to be reconstructed and restored from the best available sources, mainly the Music and Effects tracks as well as monaural ¼″ tapes. The score for Lassie Come Home was composed by Daniele Amfitheatrof. Track listing for Lassie Come Home (Disc 1) Main Title*/The Story of a Dog* – 2:23 Time Sense—Second Version*/Have a Good Time/Waking Up Joe*/Lassie is Sold – 6:30 Lassie is Sold, Part 2 – 1:07 Joe is Heartbroken*/Priscilla Meets Lassie – 2:40 Time Sense—Second Version*/First Escape (beginning)* – 1:33 Hynes Arrives/Time Sense—Second Version*/Second Escape – 2:09 Day Dreaming – 1:30 Bid Her Stay*/Honest is Honest/Lassie Goes to Scotland*/Lassie in Scotland – 4:45 Lassie is Chained* – 0:51 Hynes Walks Lassie – 0:59 Time Sense—Second Version*/Lassie Runs Away*/The Storm/Over the Mountains*/The Lake & Time Sense #3/Lassie vs. Satan*/The Dog Fight (Amfitheatrof–Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco)*/Lassie vs. Satan, Part 2*/A Surprise for Joe*/Crossing the River* – 13:09 Dan and Dally*/Lassie Recovers/Joe Can’t Sleep*/Time Sense—Second Version* – 4:40 Lassie is Not Happy/Time Sense—Second Version*/Goodbye, Girl*/Meeting Palmer/Lassie Refuses Food*/Lassie Follows Palmer – 6:28 Lassie Wants to Go That Way/Lassie is a Lady/Next Morning – 3:11 Toots Gives a Performance*/The Dogs Play*/Thousand Kronen (Bronislau Kaper)*/Last Fight*/Toots is Dead/It’s Goodbye, Then*/The