Morricone's Best Score?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — A Fistful of Dollars
EnterJamesClayton — 17 years ago(June 15, 2008 02:43 PM)
Ennio Morricone is probably best accalimed for the theme of
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(or perhaps the
Ecstasy of Gold
from the graveyard showdown) but thinking about it I'd say that the
Fistful of Dollars
is, in my opinion, the best of his work.
That theme is probably the catchiest motif and takes me personally into a mystical haze of Western wonder. What do other people think?
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guitarnoise65 — 17 years ago(July 04, 2008 09:09 PM)
I actually think the main theme in this film is a tad too goofy sounding. It's not BAD at all, just rather ill-fitting. My personal favorite is the main theme from
Once Upon A Time In The West
. That is a heartbreaking piece of music. But I like all of his western themese. Morricone was a master.
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D_vd_B — 16 years ago(June 10, 2009 06:06 AM)
From what I've read, I know that Morricone holds this score in his lowest regard. The main theme wasn't an original (he used an insturmental version of a song he wrote in the early sixties). But besides what the master himselfs thinks of it, I think it's one of his best, even if he hadn't found the perfect form of the rest of the Dollar trilogy yet.
And to reply to guitarnoise65Morricone is still the mastereven now he writes incredible music; he only slowed down a little