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Ennio Morricone — For A Few Dollars More
Album: The Best Of Ennio Morricone
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Released: 1966
Length: 2:46
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(Instrumental)
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You just don't hear enough mouth harp these days. 
I think all of Ennio's tunes are GREAT!    ....produced with tons of "plate reverb" &  a LOT of whistling!   
 robmerkeldesigns wrote:

Fun fact, both For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars are actually remakes of black and white films called Yojimbo and Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa. Just replace the gunfighters with Samurais and the plots are almost identical, minus the score of course. Excellent films if you get a chance.

Those spaghetti westerns were pretty blatant rip-offs.  'The Magnificent Seven' made it plain they were doing an homage, I think giving Kurosawa screenwriting credits (?)
If I recall correctly, the Kurosawa films were re-tellings of Shakespearean dramas. There's nothing new under the (hot desert) sun.
c.

 Propayne wrote:

My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.




Virginia?  Eh?
 robmerkeldesigns wrote:

Fun fact, both For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars are actually remakes of black and white films called Yojimbo and Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa. Just replace the gunfighters with Samurais and the plots are almost identical, minus the score of course. Excellent films if you get a chance.




Thank You for the info.
Fun fact, both For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars are actually remakes of black and white films called Yojimbo and Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa. Just replace the gunfighters with Samurais and the plots are almost identical, minus the score of course. Excellent films if you get a chance.
These movies made [for better or worse!] Clint Eastwood into the 'icon' he became. The scores...helped!
 kingart wrote:

The music is so vibrant and iconic,  and did so much to become identified with these movies and the Spaghetti Western subgenre, that it's a real question if Clint Eastwood would have become such a megastar without it. 



The music made the movie. Well, at least for me who can sit through the music and enjoy it immensely. Not so with the movie. 
 zurcronium wrote:

I can help but squint as I listen to this. 


...while chewing on a usually unlit cheroot cigarillo and drawing a six-gun and shooting seven people while emulating an Akira Kurosawa Japanese movie classic, shot in Spain by an Italian director with a then barely-known American actor on locations intended to resemble Mexico / Arizona.  Whew.  Serious cross-cultural whiplash jet lag.  

It would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall back in the 1950s or 1960s in the movie studios when someone was sitting around saying "You know, call me crazy but this Western movie really needs some Italian influenced music."
 Propayne wrote:

My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.



Ahhhhahaha love this fact!
ICONIC!!!
 zurcronium wrote:

I can help but squint as I listen to this. 



I'm reaching for the cigar!
Long Live                                                                                                      Radio Paradise
Thank you Ennio Morricone for A Few Dollars More        To me 10 - G O D L I K E 
The music is so vibrant and iconic,  and did so much to become identified with these movies and the Spaghetti Western subgenre, that it's a real question if Clint Eastwood would have become such a megastar without it. 
Sergio Leon + Ennio Morricone a cinematic marriage made in heaven.
best aspect of the movie!
It's great stuff, but I tried to watch some of it last week and was struck by the amount of time which was devoted to shots of  "sweat on the brow, waiting for something to happen" moments.

The music, however endures. 
I can help but squint as I listen to this. 
Love the way Gian Maria Volontè wears the gun belt instead of low slung on the hip.  He was a revered  Italian actor who's character played as important a role as Clint's 


LOVE IT!  
 Northern_Lights wrote:
So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

 
Morricone was lamenting just this in an article for The Guardian recently.
 Misterfixit wrote:


Oh oh!  Not PC!  It's now called a "Jaw Harp".  Consider yourself whipped with Birkenstock sandals and forced to consume large amounts of granola.

 
Not when this song was first heard, it wasn't.
Yeeehhaaaa! {#Cowboy}
From another room, I thought this was the theme to Two Mules for Sister Sara. Close, very close..
PixelPushers wrote:
Another good contender is The Last of the Mohicans. Great original soundtrack that evokes a lot of emotion in the film.

Northern_Lights wrote:
So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

 

 
How about Ocean's 11-13
Another good contender is The Last of the Mohicans. Great original soundtrack that evokes a lot of emotion in the film.

Northern_Lights wrote:
So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

 


 Propayne wrote:
My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.

 
There is an Eastwood to the West of Nottingham. A bit of a dump by accounts I've heard...
Everyone in the saloon loves this song...
 Northern_Lights wrote:
So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

 
Same could be said for, Passion, by Peter Gabriel, at least for me. 

Love Morricone's iconic work here, btw…  
 Propayne wrote:
My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.

 
Where? Wiki turns up zilch. Still, that's pretty funny.
Rarely does a soundtrack so perfectly match the feel of a film. never gets old. 
My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.
 Northern_Lights wrote:
So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

 
the mission...your point stands.
 kingart wrote:
Clint Eaatwood is now in post-production on "Jersey Boys."  Let's see, Ennio Morricone and Frankie Valli. That's a natural fit. 
 

 
{#Dancingbanana_2}
So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.
Clint Eaatwood is now in post-production on "Jersey Boys."  Let's see, Ennio Morricone and Frankie Valli. That's a natural fit. 
 
Clint-GOD!

Love this music from a great classic cheesy movie...
Whistle...love it. Like in the Kill Bill films. Spaghetti western style.
Let's saddle up and head out!
 gypsyman wrote:


 

10 all the way. This is brilliant!! Bought "The Man With No Name" three Blu-Ray set of "Fist Full of Dollars", "For A Few Dollars More" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". No one in my house will watch them with me but the music is wonderful.

Thanks for playing this!!
 cc_rider wrote:

Brutal, Mister.
 
Dang.  I always called them "juice harps."  Silly me...........
Rated it 6 for the first third, then up to 7 when the choir comes in, then bumped it to 8 when the strings are added.  {#Cheesygrin}
 Misterfixit wrote:
Oh oh!  Not PC!  It's now called a "Jaw Harp".  Consider yourself whipped with Birkenstock sandals and forced to consume large amounts of granola.
 
Brutal, Mister.
Great song...
But I remember this exact same playlist of the past 5-10 songs, in the same order, from at least 4 years ago! 
Poacher wrote:

Because its a bit shit? In terms of a song providing a beat and to dance to, this is rubbish.  
 
So, uh, all songs need to have a beat to dance to? Grow up.
Classic! My father had an album back in the late 60's of the soundtrack to all the spaghetti westerns done by Clint Eastwood. Reminds me of Dad!
He snuck a little Townsend Who in there. 
 Boy_Wonder wrote:
For the English out there (and anyone else who appreciates humour).... the Comic Strip's 'Fistful of Travellers Cheques'

 
 
Boy_Wonder - "You're going to diiiieeeeee"
For the English out there (and anyone else who appreciates humour).... the Comic Strip's 'Fistful of Travellers Cheques'

 
How many times have you seen this movie?   I thought so.  Wish I had the soundtack
 ubuntourist wrote:
I don't know why I never attempted to try doing this on flute... (Not that it would have sounded great in my hands, but it probably would have been recognizable...)  I had forgotten how much I like it.
 
 
Maybe Tull will cover it!  {#Mrgreen}
 kaybee wrote:
Does anybody understand what the guys are saying in this song?
 
I think I read somewhere that the chorus doesn't really say anything intelligible. They're just making sounds that Morricone wanted to hear. 

If you don't need no stinkin' badges, you don't need no words. 


 audiophelia wrote:
This needs to be followed by Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood".
 
Really? What about the Pogues, A Pistol for Paddy Garcia?

 cc_rider wrote:
There are not enough songs with a Jews Harp in them. Dang shame.
 

Oh oh!  Not PC!  It's now called a "Jaw Harp".  Consider yourself whipped with Birkenstock sandals and forced to consume large amounts of granola.
 Hannio wrote:

You want visual?  Here ya go.  Now shut up, punk.

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I don't think it's nice . . . you laughin' . . .


Wondering where Clint's career might have gone without this unusual, tuneful, genre-stretching music. The music is a character in itself.  Good Bad and Ugly is masterful. 
 RussianSancho wrote:

Everybody loves it! Even my cat!

 

Well, there you have it. Truly the imprimatur of the Gods. 

I for one welcome our bewhiskered Overlords.  
There are not enough songs with a Jews Harp in them. Dang shame.
 foothillfreak wrote:
How could this song not make anybody's day? 
 
Because its a bit shit? In terms of a song providing a beat and to dance to, this is rubbish.  
Does anybody understand what the guys are saying in this song?

Pass the spaghetti, hold the meatballs...............................


This needs to be followed by Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood".
I don't know why I never attempted to try doing this on flute... (Not that it would have sounded great in my hands, but it probably would have been recognizable...)  I had forgotten how much I like it.
 

Everybody loves it! Even my cat!


Real women do too!!!  My wife loves those early Clint spaghetti westerns as much as I do!
yeehaaa{#Cowboy}

Real men have to like this song!{#War}{#Cowboy}


Seriously?
Should follow this with "Happy Trails" by Quicksilver Messenger Service
How could this song not make anybody's day? 
Hi Ho Silver AWAY !!!! - - - - - - - - -  >>>>  to the dipsy dumpster...
people are so visually oriented.......this music tells it's own story without the movie all you have to do is listen
 jedley wrote:
I still haven't figured out if the alleged 'genius' of Morricone (or Sergio Leone, for that matter) is authentic or a tongue-in-cheek fabrication by a clique of East Village hipsters that just caught on somehow. I tend to suspect the latter. Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!  {#Stop}
 

Couldn't agree with you less. This piece has a lot of character even standing alone. Obviously the bulk of those who've rated it agree.
Thanks Bill - a default "Man Cave" tune!
Thank you so much for playing this!
 jedley wrote:
 Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!  {#Stop}
 

You want visual?  Here ya go.  Now shut up, punk.

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godlike.
 jedley wrote:
I still haven't figured out if the alleged 'genius' of Morricone (or Sergio Leone, for that matter) is authentic or a tongue-in-cheek fabrication by a clique of East Village hipsters that just caught on somehow. I tend to suspect the latter. Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!  {#Stop}
 
go hard or go home.

Despite all the negative comments, the votes speak loudest!  Yee-hah!

I still haven't figured out if the alleged 'genius' of Morricone (or Sergio Leone, for that matter) is authentic or a tongue-in-cheek fabrication by a clique of East Village hipsters that just caught on somehow. I tend to suspect the latter. Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!  {#Stop}
You just can't beat the single greatest spaghetti western whistling song on the planet. I've got too many memories of my dad blasting this from the 8-track tape player in the garage while we all did yardwork, whistling our lungs off in unison, to have you friendly but misguided folk mock and disrespect it. Where's my poster paint? I need to make a protest sign!
curious  version...           


 andrewimft wrote:
Right up there with the dogs barking jingle bells...

I like hearing the dogs a few times a season but that's all.

 
Maybe for you, but dogs barking jingle bells, not a classic.

Right up there with the dogs barking jingle bells...

I like hearing the dogs a few times a season but that's all.

Original classic.
 squidish wrote:
For a few dollars more, we could ask Bill not to play this anymore. I know Morricone is a genius, etc. but that's enough, 'K?
 
I'm in
huebdoo wrote:
how can you not want to ride a horse to this?


right?   {#Cheesygrin}

the best italian rocker!!!!!


how can you not want to ride a horse to this?
Outstanding. I can watch all those movies again and again. Eli Wallach is especially memorable. c.
Even thought I was busy as heck, I had to come back and comment. What a great version of this song. You just never know what to expect from RP. Thank you!
Just so y'all know, the wonderful whistler is:
Alessandro Alessandroni (born March 16, 1925 in Rome) is an Italian musician. He plays multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, sitar, accordion, and piano, and has composed over 40 film scores. Being an accomplished whistler, Alessandroni collaborated with his childhood friend Ennio Morricone on a number of soundtracks for Spaghetti westerns. Morricone's orchestration often calls for an unusual combination of instruments and voices. Alessandroni can be heard as the whistler on the soundtracks for Sergio Leone's films A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, and many others.
~ Wikepedia But come to think, didn't Roman males invent the 'wolf whistle'?
For a few dollars more, we could ask Bill not to play this anymore. I know Morricone is a genius, etc. but that's enough, 'K?
With all my respect to Morricone, I think this song is a perfect follow-up to previous Dengue Fever.
miahfost wrote:
We don't need no stinkin' movie music!
Au contraire! Some of my favorite music is movie music. "Out of Africa" is a masterpiece.
dctrpunda wrote:
It's interesting to see these movies improve in their overall classic status as other directors see the genius and borrow elements from them. Fistful -> Few Dollars More -> The G,B, and Ugly: three true classics of the western genre
Il Brutto
It all depends on whether you feel lucky today. Well, punk, do ya?
For some odd reason, I'm suddenly craving spaghetti!?
It's interesting to see these movies improve in their overall classic status as other directors see the genius and borrow elements from them. Fistful -> Few Dollars More -> The G,B, and Ugly: three true classics of the western genre
miahfost wrote:
We don't need no stinkin' movie music!
I agree as far as we talk about 'stinking' music. But in fact this one is everything but stinking, this is composed by a genius... Open your mind...
We don't need no stinkin' movie music!
Gila_Bob wrote:
The Hollywood WEST
Nope. The Italian WEST.
The Hollywood WEST
hippiechick wrote:
people whistling really get on my last nerve!
The Seven Dwarves must really piss you off...
Molto Bene!
AmandaMaria wrote:
Whistling like that always reminds me of Tarantino's "Kill Bill" movies
If anyone happens to watch 'For a Few Dollars More', please note the chimes on the pocket watch that the bad guy uses before he duels... I swear that Tarantino has used it somewhere. Thanks!
hippiechick wrote:
people whistling really get on my last nerve!
You feeling lucky?
This song oozes so much atmosphere that it makes me thirsty!
Damn, now I'm going to have rent the movie. Saw "For A Few Dollars More" as a kid when it was first run. Been a Clint Eastwood fan since, and a fan of "different" movies as well. This was very different at the time.
WonderLizard wrote:
Nice to see him get his due at the Oscars the other night. Equally hilarious to watch Eastwood read the translation of Morricone's acceptance speech from the cue cards.
clint is fluent in italian (if you'll remember, he didn't have his glasses and had to wing the introduction, which WAS on a prompter) and was interpreting on-the-fly. cemented himself as the coolest man in the world, IMO.
They just did a special tribute to Morricone at the Oscars this year. He definitely had an impact on movie culture, especially Clint Eastwood films - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is largely remembered for the whistling theme song. (Ok, so I'm 2 minutes too slow).
Good Fun Music.