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Ennio Morricone — The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
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hugogdt
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 07:44
 
There ain't no real men anymore ... great music, better film, and very nice feelings listening to this masterpiece, thanks Bill!

Spiderwoman
(Lake Chelan, North Central Washington)
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 07:44
 
Quizzical diggity here

oppositelock
(On the road)
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 07:43
 
{#Angel}{#Devil_pimp}{#Cowboy}

maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 20:50
 
Just the sauce for a spaghetti western.

finoufk
(in my bed)
Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 09:19
 
 adastra wrote:

Feb. 15th and that same sequence of two recurred. Coincidence? Perhaps.
 
March. 4th and that same sequence of two recurred. Coincidence? nope !   

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 18:32
 
I own a copy of one of Morricone's CDs, and it is really good.  The soundtrack to The Mission.

   
File:Enniomision.jpg

adastra
(MA, USA)
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 18:22
 
 joelbb wrote:
Thank you, Bill.  We needed this after "The Butterfly Collector".
 
Feb. 15th and that same sequence of two recurred. Coincidence? Perhaps.

MassivRuss
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 11:03
 
Bill, you have the coolest musical fetish-objects.  {#Propeller}

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 17:28
 
It does not get any better than this!...  Actually, it does.  I am sure Bill has some more good stuff to play...
 
skooba wrote:

This is Frakkin' Awesome!!!   {#Cheers}

 



skooba
(The tip of Americas Wang)
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 17:24
 

This is Frakkin' Awesome!!!   {#Cheers}



msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 17:23
 
Great tune to start finishing up the year of the Fiscal Cliff !
 
The Democrats, The Republicans and the average guy.

Switch the subjects to your liking.
 

joelbb
Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 02:02
 
Thank you, Bill.  We needed this after "The Butterfly Collector".

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 19:13
 
Love the original; and for something a little different this version by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6zceopI2Y is remarkably good, considering…

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 19:01
 
Still absolutely brilliant.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 09:48
 
Morricone is one of movie music's giants. Very prolific. Not just for his many great contributions to the spaghetti westerns of Leone and others (by himself making them better entertainment then they had any right to be), but to other Leone movies like Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America; The Mission; The Untouchables; Days of Heaven; and many others. 

fedtho
(Switzerland)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 13:12
 
HUUUUUUGE kudos for including this in RP's broadcast !!! {#Clap}

Like many others (I suspect so, anyway), I knew that theme LONG before I saw the movie (as it has been featured to death in advertising, broadcasts etc. for decades.)
I was so thrilled when i discovered that this crazy-popular melody had been written by that same god-sent magician whose mind gave birth to the scores for most of Sergio Leone's larger-than-life epics.

Only complaint: wayyyy too short an exerpt {#Wink}
(...is there no longer version of the theme on the original soundtrack...?)

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 13:00
 
 Cynaera wrote:

We have GOT to compare music libraries sometime... Not just CDs, but vinyl. Betting we could boggle each others' minds. (Ever heard of Hudson-Ford? Photomaker? Navarro?) 

 
I miss you so much, Ann...

rest in peace... 

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 12:58
 
 FlatCat wrote:

It was really a character created by Toshiro Mifuni for Akira Kurasawa's samurai movies "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". "Fistful" is an almost scene-by-scene copy of Yojimbo. Check both movies out if you haven't seen them.

 
The Magnificent Seven took great pains to give Mr. Kurasawa credit, but the Sergio Leone neglected that little detail. I think several of those movies were basically remakes of Kurasawa films.

Bargamon
(Carolina)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 12:54
 
The good, the bad, and the Chair....

xenarocks
(Tempe, Arizona)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 19:58
 
If you get the chance, check out this version of this tune done by the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain.  Very entertaining!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLgJ7pk0X-s  They also do: Pycho Killer, Life On Mars, Shaft, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and the Orange Blossom Special.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 07:50
 
 neuticle wrote:
We have four tv screens running in our bike shop all day.  Two show the Tour de France, one shows a downhill mountain biking video, and the other shows The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.  Funny how many guys get stuck staring at that screen.
 
{#Lol}

timmus
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 14:05
 
I like Curly's part... not sure I hear Moe or Larry though.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 07:47
 
 kcar wrote:

You should also definitely watch or re-watch "Rashomon." Absolutely brilliant story about a murder with multiple eyewitness versions that circle around "the truth."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon_(film)

Apparently someone tried to make an American version in '64 called "The Outrage", with Paul Newman as the killer. Clint probably would have been a better choice. Maybe he was too busy with "A Fistful of Dollars."

 
Yes, I am familiar with that film as well.  Most subsequent attempts at remaking or "honoring" it have been pretty weak - particularly the countless TV takes on it.

kcar
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 22:49
 
 Proclivities wrote:

A valid point.  I probably have not seen either of those films in about 25 years (time to see them again).  What I was getting at was that the "Clint Eastwood character" that Eastwood had so often played, was relatively new for him at the time of this film, and that he has not played "that character" in every subsequent film of his.

 
You should also definitely watch or re-watch "Rashomon." Absolutely brilliant story about a murder with multiple eyewitness versions that circle around "the truth."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon_(film)

Apparently someone tried to make an American version in '64 called "The Outrage", with Paul Newman as the killer. Clint probably would have been a better choice. Maybe he was too busy with "A Fistful of Dollars."


MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 14:03
 
squints...spits then says

It's not a joke, it's a rope, Tuco. Now I want you to get up there and put your head in that noose.

rashad
(Melbourne, Australia)
Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 16:26
 
Oh yes. Spaghetti western maybe.... but crystallizes every Max Brand, Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey that lay dog-eared in my 50's youth, every Sunday matinee Western movie I enjoyed.
Still do,

headland_hippy
Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 16:22
 
 kcar wrote:


Love those cat eyes...

head shot of Lee Van Cleef
"He paid me a thousand. I think his idea was that I kill you."
 
awsome. watched film with dad ritualy from 5 till bout 13 year old .

kcar
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 00:23
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

Yeah, but I have a special spot in me ticker for Lee Van Cleef—evil incarnate, not one redeeming bone in that bad boy's body.

 

Love those cat eyes...

head shot of Lee Van Cleef
"He paid me a thousand. I think his idea was that I kill you."

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 03:29
 
Brilliant movie!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 04, 2012 - 07:40
 
 FlatCat wrote:

It was really a character created by Toshiro Mifuni for Akira Kurasawa's samurai movies "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". "Fistful" is an almost scene-by-scene copy of Yojimbo. Check both movies out if you haven't seen them.
 
A valid point.  I probably have not seen either of those films in about 25 years (time to see them again).  What I was getting at was that the "Clint Eastwood character" that Eastwood had so often played, was relatively new for him at the time of this film, and that he has not played "that character" in every subsequent film of his.


Gatlinburger
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 19:53
 

Here I am thinking...   Hmmm... sounds like something John Wayne would've been in...  I don't think John Wayne would've been pleased...  Thank goodness, it's a Clint Eastwood movie...  wheww...  I feel better now...  Don't mind me, I'm liking the music!  No disrespect to Clint, none whatsoever... 



FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 19:47
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Well, this film was only Eastwood's third leading role, and he essentially did play the same character from "Fistful Of Dollars" and "For A Few Dollars More".  It was the character he created, along with Sergio Leone, and the character Leone wanted in the film.  Eli Wallach was a well-established, versatile, stage and screen actor by 1966, and is fantastic in this film.

 
It was really a character created by Toshiro Mifuni for Akira Kurasawa's samurai movies "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". "Fistful" is an almost scene-by-scene copy of Yojimbo. Check both movies out if you haven't seen them.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 19:44
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Well, this film was only Eastwood's third leading role, and he essentially did play the same character from "Fistful Of Dollars" and "For A Few Dollars More".  It was the character he created, along with Sergio Leone, and the character Leone wanted in the film.  Eli Wallach was a well-established, versatile, stage and screen actor by 1966, and is fantastic in this film.

 
Yeah, but I have a special spot in me ticker for Lee Van Cleef—evil incarnate, not one redeeming bone in that bad boy's body.


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 19:43
 
 misterbearbaby wrote:
Unk!
 
sure, and the whistling is good, too.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 12:55
 
 Bleyfusz wrote:

Wallach totally outplays him. Eastwood does what he would until today: he plays Clint Eastwood.

And on this, he does a pretty good job.
 
Well, this film was only Eastwood's third leading role, and he essentially did play the same character from "Fistful Of Dollars" and "For A Few Dollars More".  It was the character he created, along with Sergio Leone, and the character Leone wanted in the film.  Eli Wallach was a well-established, versatile, stage and screen actor by 1966, and is fantastic in this film.


msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 12:52
 
Makes me want to go see the California Guitar Treo next time they are in town or near town.
 

Kahoona
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 16:39
 
Lovin it here. Just finising up an impossible speaker rebuild that could not be done and am using Radio Paradise to provide enough vibration to align the cone and surround .Kind of like brain surgery where they leave the patient conscious during the operation) Got it right. clamped it down and turned the sound back on to test and there it was the Good (it works!) The bad (it took a month to get it right) and the ugly (the speaker)' You guys are the greatest.

misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California)
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 16:35
 
Unk!



sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 11:24
 
 gazinroze wrote:

While the Morricone originals have to be given the respect they deserve, I heartily recommend the Spaghetti Western Orchestra. Never seen them live, but they appeared at the BBC Proms this year (2011) and I've watched the recording several times now. {#Roflol}

If you haven't seen them, take a few minutes to watch clips of their act. http://www.spaghettiwesternorchestra.com/ 

Only five of  them, but somehow they manage to capture the spirit of the film scores, including a healthy dose of humour. 
 
Daughter and I watched the clips last night.  She was asking to see a live show by the time we were finished....unfortunately we live in the States.

Thanks much for the link.


terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 18:33
 
"You see in this world there's two kinds of people my friend - those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig."

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 18:29
 
We have four tv screens running in our bike shop all day.  Two show the Tour de France, one shows a downhill mountain biking video, and the other shows The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.  Funny how many guys get stuck staring at that screen.

gazinroze
(England)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 08:35
 
 sbegf wrote:
Only version of this I like to hear now is the one by these guys:
http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/main/home.aspx

:)
 
While the Morricone originals have to be given the respect they deserve, I heartily recommend the Spaghetti Western Orchestra. Never seen them live, but they appeared at the BBC Proms this year (2011) and I've watched the recording several times now. {#Roflol}

If you haven't seen them, take a few minutes to watch clips of their act. http://www.spaghettiwesternorchestra.com/ 

Only five of  them, but somehow they manage to capture the spirit of the film scores, including a healthy dose of humour. 

BKardon
(Louisville, CO)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 08:19
 
BLOOOONNNDDDDIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 08:14
 
 Bleyfusz wrote:
Wallach totally outplays him. Eastwood does what he would until today: he plays Clint Eastwood.

And on this, he does a pretty good job.
  No surprise there. Eli Wallach is one of the best actors who's ever graced a stage. And he's still performing.

You can just hear the casting meeting: 'A Russian Jew is gonna play a Mexican bandit? Right, that'll be believable.'



sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 08:11
 
Only version of this I like to hear now is the one by these guys:
http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/main/home.aspx

:)

ZiegZeon
(Tulsa, OK)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 08:11
 
Man Morricone put out some good stuff. I highly reccomend the Yo Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone album for a nice twist on the musc, I als belive there are a few Morricone remix cds out there.

SheRidesABeemer
(Nashua, NH)
Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 17:49
 
Love it!!

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 09:48
 
 SynapseRider wrote:
Hey, Blondie...


              ...you know what you are?


              Just a dirty son of a...!
 

A-EH-YA-EH-YA!!!!!!!

ferwoman
Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 10:25
 
Ah, Spaghetti Westerns with Clint Eastwood.

Such entertainment! The soundtracks were integral to the films.

Bleyfusz
Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 10:25
 
 linzie wrote:

Such a great flick! Clint was as good as ever, but EW stole this one....


 
Wallach totally outplays him. Eastwood does what he would until today: he plays Clint Eastwood.

And on this, he does a pretty good job.