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Jim, thanks for the link. They did a nice job in trying to reproduce the original orchestration. The Original Ennio Mooricone score from the 60's of "The Ecstasy of Gold" was sung by Edda Dell 'Orso, whose voice range was unbelievable, and always gave me goosebumps. I feel that song playing while Tuco, (Eli Wallach), is frantically circling the cemetery searching for the grave that holds the $200,000 in gold coins, is the greatest coupling of music and image ever produced for motion pictures bar none. "ll Triello', "The Trio" music in the climactic scene is the next best blending of music and film as well.

When you are talking about Sergio Leone and his Eastwood westerns, you have found their greatest fan right here. Sergio was absolutely a brilliant image maker and very knowledgeable about the American West and firearms as well. He re-invented the western and put his own unique stamp on it. I can't tell you how many times I've seen his Eastwood films, and I never tire of watching them. Here are a few items from my collection that the principle actors signed for me back in the day.

 

Mike Hammer

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Here's a few more photos from my collection. Check out the other YouTube segments from "A Fistful of Dollars" and a "Few Dollars More" that the Danish symphony did at the same concert. Now why couldn't an American symphony pick up on this, would love to attend such a concert.

 

Eli Wallach was a very nice friendly guy. I told him that I wanted to marry one of his beautiful daughters, I think he got a kick out of that. Lee seemed to be a very nice guy as well, he passed too quickly. Clint is Clint, a man's man, what can I say he's an icon now, has his faults but he's given us some great entertainment over a lot of years, there not making 'em like that any more in this trans-gendered age.

 

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Mike,

Even though it was the Danish Symphony Orchestra , the word on the street is that Sara Hicks, the conductor, is an American. So all we need to do is bring the whistling girl to the US and we could do it.

Jim C.

 

PS trivia question. Anyone notice the earing on the right ear lobe of the whistling girl???

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Colt Walkers maybe or Remington 1860... I had to watch it a few times since the music is so great, and Mike is right ECSTASY OF GOLD. For that scene...

Colt21aRon

 

Goosebumps all included. and the wa wa chick

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Always loved to watch every Clint Eastwood Western we could find when me and my brothers were younger. We tried to watch everything by Clint Eastwood like the Dirty Harry, Every Which Way but Loose, and his later one Grand Torino. Always loved his westerns though. The Outlaw of Josey Wales, Pale Rider... so many good ones. Good stuff!

 

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Seeing the Leone westerns back in the day got me interested in guns of the old west. I became interested in black powder pistols. Bought my first one, an 1860 Army, loved shooting it with the percussion caps and all the smoke, lots of fun. Later I got an 1858 Remington and eventually I did a cartridge conversion so I could shoot both black powder and 45acp. The stock was a salute to Lee Van Cleef's "Colonel Mortimer" In "A Few Dollars More".

 

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I find myself going back in time year by year watching movies like these as the new ones coming out are terrible and missing the artistic point and are made purely from the view point of The Producers. One key point for me is the scores made for these movies and how they stand the test of time where as again the newer movies do not get original pieces and cheap out using whatever is on the charts at any given month, later to be forgotten.

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JIm, Thanks for sharing! One of the finest movies in my opinion. Tuco and Angel Eye's have passed unfortunately , But we still have Blondie.

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As much as i appreciate this concert creation of an original classic, I would like to see Mooricone come out and say, "no, this is how we did this", and have him direct a modern day recreation of the original recording. The original recording stands out as the best. This film needs to be seen in it's original format on the big screen with stereophonic sound. Would blow you away.

 

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I have seen all of them on the big screen including all of the early Bond movies. and you can not forget the Alamo 1960 Wild Bunch 1969 Sand Pebbles 1966 and Nevada Smith. All great Music. and remakes will never replace those classics in sound music or story.Colt21aRon

 

YES it was a good time

 

Lazlo Music in Bullitt over the top great.

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I always liked the song from For a Few Dollars More:

 

It's not quite as good as the original from I believe - Hugo Montenegro, but still good. The music from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was always my favorite and more well known (and used as you can see in the beer commercial).

 

Andrew

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I always liked the song from For a Few Dollars More:

 

It's not quite as good as the original from I believe - Hugo Montenegro, but still good. The music from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was always my favorite and more well known (and used as you can see in the beer commercial).

 

Andrew

Andrew, the Hugo Montenegro version of "The Good Bad & Ugly" was nothing more than a cheap "cover version" of the original score by Ennio Moricone who did all the scores from the 3 Clint Eastwood Leone films. To me It sounds like an "elevator music" version of the more robust and powerful original version by Moricone. Moricone's original recordings were not released to American radio stations at the time and Montenegro capitalized on something he was no part of in creating. I cringe every time I hear his weak version on the radio, as it's the only one ever played....too bad most people can't hear the original version.

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I always liked the song from For a Few Dollars More:

 

It's not quite as good as the original from I believe - Hugo Montenegro, but still good. The music from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was always my favorite and more well known (and used as you can see in the beer commercial).

 

Andrew

Andrew, the Hugo Montenegro version of "The Good Bad & Ugly" was nothing more than a cheap "cover version" of the original score by Ennio Moricone who did all the scores from the 3 Clint Eastwood Leone films. To me It sounds like an "elevator music" version of the more robust and powerful original version by Moricone. Moricone's original recordings were not released to American radio stations at the time and Montenegro capitalized on something he was no part of in creating. I cringe every time I hear his weak version on the radio, as it's the only one ever played....too bad most people can't hear the original version.

MH

I learn something new every day, thanks for the info. It has been a long time since I've seen the film to be able to pick that out.

 

Andrew

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