Once Upon a Time in the West (soundtrack)
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Once Upon a Time in the West is a soundtrack composed by Ennio Morricone
, from the Once Upon a Time in the West
western film of the same name
directed by Sergio Leone
, released in 1968. The film score sold between 5 and 10 million copies worldwide.
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
, from the Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures. It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader with a...
western film of the same name
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures. It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader with a...
directed by Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...
, released in 1968. The film score sold between 5 and 10 million copies worldwide.
Original release
- "Once Upon a Time in the West" – 3:46
- "As a Judgment" – 3:08
- "Farewell to Cheyenne" – 2:40
- "The Transgression" – 4:43
- "The First Tavern" – 1:41
- "The Second Tavern" - 1:34
- "Man with a Harmonica" – 3:31
- "A Dimly Lit Room" – 5:09
- "Bad Orchestra" – 2:25
- "The Man" – 1:03
- "Jill's America" – 2:48
- "Death Rattle" – 1:45
- "Finale" – 4:13
Expanded edition
An expanded and remastered album was released in Italy, November 2005.- "Once Upon a Time in the West" - 3:43
- "The Man" - 1:03
- "The Grand Massacre" - 2:40
- "Arrival at the Station" - 0:55
- "Bad Orchestra" - 2:25
- "Jill's America" - 2:47
- "Harmonica" - 2:27
- "The First Tavern" - 1:39
- "A Bed Too Large" - 1:32
- "Jill" - 1:47
- "Frank" - 1:52
- "Cheyenne" - 1:16
- "The Second Tavern" - 1:33
- "The Third Tavern" - 1:19
- "Epilogue" - 1:14
- "On the Roof of the Train" - 1:19
- "Man with the Harmonica" - 3:30
- "A Dimly Lit Room" - 5:08
- "The Transgression" - 4:41
- "Return to the Train" - 0:40
- "Morton" - 1:36
- "As a Judgment" - 3:08
- "Final Duel" - 3:35
- "Death Rattle" - 1:44
- "Birth of a City" - 4:25
- "Farewell to Cheyenne" - 2:38
- "Finale" - 4:08
In popular culture
- Several of the songs were featured in The Burbs featuring a young Tom HanksTom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
and Carrie FisherCarrie FisherCarrie Frances Fisher is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge, for which she wrote the screenplay to the film of the same name, and her...
. - "Man with the Harmonica" was used as the entrance music for professional wrestler Terry FunkTerry FunkTerrence "Terry" Funk is an American professional wrestler and actor known chiefly for the hardcore wrestling style he adopted in the latter part of his career that inspired many younger wrestlers, including Mick Foley...
in the NWANational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
in 1989 and is also used as the entrance music for indie rockIndie rockIndie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Hard-FiHARD-FiHard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...
, each time they perform live. English rock band MuseMuse (band)Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...
have played a cover of this song as an intro to "Knights of CydoniaKnights of Cydonia"Knights of Cydonia" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse and is the closing track on the British release of their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. The song's title comes in part from the region of Mars named Cydonia, famous for the "face on mars"...
" (e.g. at the V2008 Festival). It is also the entrance music for K-1 Kickboxing legend Remy BonjaskyRemy BonjaskyRemy "The Flying Gentleman" Bonjasky is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer of Surinamese descent. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion, who has won the title in 2003, 2004, and 2008...
. It was re-orchestrated and heard in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 adventure fantasy film and the second film of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, following Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by...
. Composed by Hans ZimmerHans ZimmerHans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including critically acclaimed film scores for The Lion King , Crimson Tide , The Thin Red Line , Gladiator , The Dark Knight and Inception .Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the...
under the track titled 'Parlay'; it was also used in the sequel At World's End just before the East India Trading Company goes to war with all the assembled pirates as both sides make terms with each other on a small beach. - A remixed version of the theme was used in the CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
episode "All In".