Spaghetti Western

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Spaghetti Western · From 1964, Italian directors made Westerns in Spain and Italy, cheaper and harder-edged than the American ones. Ennio Morricone, trained as a trumpeter and composer at the conservatoire in Rome, found a new sound for them. In Sergio Leone's Per un pugno di dollari (1964), he combined a whistled melody, electric guitar, whip cracks, bells and a male choir. Every sound was given its own role, almost like a character. In Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966), the main theme imitates the howl of a coyote. Luis Bacalov and Riz Ortolani followed with title songs and fierce guitar themes. Quentin Tarantino later often quoted this music.

Listening

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  Django · Luis Bacalov, 1966
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  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Main Title) · Ennio Morricone, 1966
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  I giorni dell'ira · Riz Ortolani, 1967

In School of Rock

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See also

• Hollywood Western
• Italian auteur cinema (Fellini, Visconti)
• Giallo and Italian horror