Once Upon A Time in the West: I have posted a number of things about this 1968 movie and now am ready to do something about the music in it. I think that the soundtrack is one of the...

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

I have posted a number of things about this 1968 movie and now am ready to do something about the music in it. I think that the soundtrack is one of the most beautiful I have heard for a movie with so much violence in it

Here we have Patricia Janechova and Claudia Cardinale, who was the beauty that they had to have as all of them do. I think that Janechova was 12 or 13 when this was recorded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPvoPxQPx2I

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

The harmonica man in this movie was Charles Bronson and he k**led everyone who was sent after him. He always had that harmonica that was stuffed in his mouth as he was about too tired to hold his father up from h*****g. He spent his life looking for the real k**ler and this movie ended with him k*****g that man Henry Fonda, who was a really bad man in this movie, in case you don't know. He had a tendency to play that harmonica when he was about to shoot someone down.

This music was written by Ennio Morricone who did so much of the work for all the spaghetti westerns of that time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-X53ze5O0&ebc=ANyPxKonAygY45Hn96DjAaL79lEKRjHiV0s-JwkLO6FV8izes4ZJ9J7bFdwddcFgz6H-Nql59vmrugeXU8Ktds4Yua_Sx0WQFw

peter11937 Loc: NYS

oldroy wrote:

The harmonica man in this movie was Charles Bronso... (show quote)

Yes, it is a very good composition, however , as far as westerns go the compositions in "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" is the best that I have heard. Themes, like "Secret Agent Man" the "Peter Gunn" theme and "Harlem Nocturn" are much more to my taste. Feel free to cal them up at youtube and listen. And if you are feeling particularly hostile, listen to "Fire" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

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peter11937 wrote:

Yes, it is a very good composition, however , as far as westerns go the compositions in "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" is the best that I have heard. Themes, like "Secret Agent Man" the "Peter Gunn" theme and "Harlem Nocturn" are much more to my taste. Feel free to cal them up at youtube and listen. And if you are feeling particularly hostile, listen to "Fire" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

Listen to this rendition of the song by Vasary Andre to see how a man can sing that form. This tenor really can sing it.

Also, I might let you know that Morricone composed a number of the songs for the spaghetti westerns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC20KYQxtWs&ebc=ANyPxKrdIXSwq098gqeK36hQl7_5di3A9j90sWOROUQDmDaOx3r90KAV8420LW4Vokz0J9ZkvUnDeQbXVA_Pk8kTS2ILvais7w

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

Here is another rendition of that song that I surely love. I really get a kick out of hearing Rieu speak Italian and listen to him several times on this one as I can only make out a bit of the words but do get so much of it back after being gone from Italy nearly 60 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcXvpfXlXw

peter11937 Loc: NYS

oldroy wrote:

Here is another rendition of that song that I surely love. I really get a kick out of hearing Rieu speak Italian and listen to him several times on this one as I can only make out a bit of the words but do get so much of it back after being gone from Italy nearly 60 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcXvpfXlXw

Yes. Roy, I listened, so here's Harlem Nocturn as done for Mike Hammer TV show. Hope you like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDWtESy4fOs

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

peter11937 wrote:

Yes. Roy, I listened, so here's Harlem Nocturn as done for Mike Hammer TV show. Hope you like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDWtESy4fOs

I have always liked that rendition of Harlem Nocturn.

Here is another rendition of the theme from Once upon a time in the West. There are a number of our people who will really like this one since it is sung by Andrea Bocelli.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y5Uv107Qkk

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

Here is "Your Love" from the movie done in French by two of my favorite singers in French. I don't understand a lot of French but do really like to hear these two women sing the song in French.
Notice in the very beginning the few bars played on the harmonica. Sounds just like the harmonica parts in the movie thrown in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9akfCtRO5E

peter11937 Loc: NYS

oldroy wrote:

Here is "Your Love" from the movie done in French by two of my favorite singers in French. I don't understand a lot of French but do really like to hear these two women sing the song in French.
Notice in the very beginning the few bars played on the harmonica. Sounds just like the harmonica parts in the movie thrown in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9akfCtRO5E

Very nice, Roy, here's my all time favorite tune /vid. Billy just knocks t out of the park. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYchgX1fMw

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peter11937 wrote:

Very nice, Roy, here's my all time favorite tune /vid. Billy just knocks t out of the park. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYchgX1fMw

Darned fine video but not one of my favorite tunes.

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

peter11937 wrote:

Very nice, Roy, here's my all time favorite tune /vid. Billy just knocks t out of the park. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYchgX1fMw

Did you listen to the Vasary Andre recording?

peter11937 Loc: NYS

oldroy wrote:

Did you listen to the Vasary Andre recording?

Roy, I did, I've even watched the movie, twice. As for the very nice looking singer, well, the high notes are not to my taste. All this is because of my Dad, his addiction to HI FI and then stereo and the fact that he flew a B-24 for a total of 70 missions over Germany and Austria...... damaged his ability to hear high notes, and he constantly played classical music (Never Wagner) with copious high pitched violins that made my eardrums itch. He only heard the lower notes and thought it was swell. I have not lost the high end hearing, and still prefer lower pitched music. Ever hear Stevie Ray Vaughn often played to high a pitch for me....BTW, what's all the Japanese writing on a French language song?

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

peter11937 wrote:

Roy, I did, I've even watched the movie, twice. A... (show quote)

I only got to listen to the high pitched notes of Morse Code for 3 years while training at Fort Devens and then listening to it in Europe to keep track of Russian and other Cold War people with them.

Anyway, my hearing wasn't hurt, that I know of, so let me suggest this Rumanian woman playing Your Love from "Once Upon a Time in the West. Maybe the instrument plays too high too. I do love that flute as a musical instrument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRCooxtSE20

The two French women were recorded by a Japanese company and they put those songs on Youtube. Look around YouTube and you will find a lot of this. Hey, I can't read Japanese any better than I can understand French but I do love the singing of Mirielle.

peter11937 Loc: NYS

oldroy wrote:

I only got to listen to the high pitched notes of ... (show quote)

Pan Flute very nice. How do you feel about harpsichord music? Oh, here one that you might like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jzx664u5DA

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

peter11937 wrote:

Pan Flute very nice. How do you feel about harpsichord music? Oh, here one that you might like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jzx664u5DA

I have always really liked the music of Acker Bilk and often go top the place where I can hear a lot of it on YouTube. I prefer instrumental music to singing so of course like this one.

How about this one by him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQTIJ9xpuI