Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 My favorite music/song used in a Western film is "The Ecstasy of Gold" from the movie "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." The lady (Susanna Rigacci) who provides the vocal in this piece has got some pipes!! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Ennio+Morricone+YouTube+Com&&view=detail&mid=7DBFFA2D32896EBE34B07DBFFA2D32896EBE34B0&&FORM=VDRVRV What is your favorite music/song used in a Western?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Ecstacy of Gold. You nailed it. Very powerful music. Almost mesmorizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Probably not surprising I like two Duke movies. The Alamo and El Dorado. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VczD1olutQ8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 All the music in Quigley Down Under. As as soon as I saw the subject of this thread that is what popped into my head. Love that music. Since we are adding clips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Like Pat, as soon as I read the title of the thread, one piece immediately popped into my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Burns, SASS # 14226 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 How about High Noon? Do not forsake me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, Sagebrush Burns, SASS # 14226 said: How about High Noon? Do not forsake me... It is iconic, and I don't believe the movie would be the same without it, but it can also become an ear worm for me. Can't call it a favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkie Lee Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacobill Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Quigley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Russell Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 ElDorado opening theme song with the Olaf Wieghorst paintings in the background (he also played the part of the gunsmith) Several songs from how the west was won especially Shenandoah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 The background music in the opening of "Shane" is my favorite." The Call Of The Far Away Hills." I did not know it had lyrics until just a few years ago. Like the Ken Curtis version very much. Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Tough call. I guess my all time favorite is Lonesome Dove. Quigley and Silverado close behind. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Don’t forget the original Red River soundtrack by Dimitri Tiomkin. We heard it again in Rio Bravo, the duet with Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Don’t forget the original Red River soundtrack by Dimitri Tiomkin. We heard it again in Rio Lobo; the duet with Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin. That would be" Rio Bravo" for the duet. Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 31 minutes ago, Rex M Rugers #6621 said: That would be" Rio Bravo" for the duet. Rex Thanks, got it edited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 At only 10 years old.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 The Ballad of Charlie Russell (lyrics shown in the above post by our own Kid Russell Original song by IIRC Jack Gladstone Don't think it was in a movie though. The Magnificent Seven High Noon How the West Was Won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 22 hours ago, DocWard said: Like Pat, as soon as I read the title of the thread, one piece immediately popped into my head. Attaboy, Rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugler Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Opening overture for "The Cowboys" starring John Wayne..... Bugler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 Here's one that I often get stuck in my brain and find myself humming or singing to myself all day. Who'd thought that Lee Marvin could sing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 And also from Paint Your Wagon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Glad to see that nobody (so far) has named one of the 'interlude' songs from the late 60's/early 70's westerns. You know, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, from 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and the ilk. I still cringe when the slow motion love song interlude starts. Shivering just thinking of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Of course, being a musical, there were lots of good songs in this one as previously shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogie Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I know the movie wasn't that great but I love the William Tell Overture from The Lone Ranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Not a film, but a tv mini series, theme - Texas Rising. Take Me To Texas by George Strait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Great thread. Lots of good ones I'd forgotten about like How the West Was Won. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Sheridan Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Have you noticed the theme from Quigley sounds to be only slightly modified from the theme to Sons of Katie Elder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 This is a fun one. I guess you could call it a "modern" western. Like BQ - my favorite is "Ecstasy of Gold". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 From the moment the movie started my brother and I were transfixed by the music and the movie. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is my favorite Western musical score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence Cutter Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I know I know it's not a movie, but I've been in bands where I've played the Bonanza Theme going into a break ...... And the people always love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 F.C., I intended Western film to include both movies and T.V. series. So you are right on as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 2:45 PM, Stogie said: I know the movie wasn't that great but I love the William Tell Overture from The Lone Ranger Most don't know it, but this is also part of the William Tell Overture, 3rd movement. Crappy audio and cheesy pics, but best I could find. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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