harry123456
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Growing up during my pre teen years i was lucky to watch some great movies on the big screen. Scenes from these movies got ingrained in my brain. Some English movies which left an indelible impression on the mind are Patton, Saturday Night Fever, The Good The Bad and The Ugly and Enter the Dragon, just to name a few.
A lot of the Western movies of that era had great soundtrack, echoing the mood of the scene in the movie, wherein you could almost sense the eeriness, tension or hope from the music playing in the back ground. Filled with Spanish guitars, instrumentation, trumpets, harmonica and the rhythms of a freight train ,music of these movies is filled with motifs that transport you to the period and style where the movie was shot.
The sheer imagery, violence , larger than life sets, brilliant acting and amazing music score of any great movie somehow seeps into your being and becomes a part of you.
Much later with the advent of the VHS tape and then the Internet and DVDs ,saw these classic westerns again and the theme music evoked a sense of nostalgia. Delving deeper into these simple and catchy tunes i chanced upon a new genre of music called the Spaghetti Western Movies (Music) genre. Then started the journey to explore this awesome less known genre.
The Spaghetti Western genre films appeared somewhere in the 1960s and Ennio Morricone gave the music score for the more famous Dollars Trilogy - A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which starred a young Clint Eastwood. The music score of these movies made this genre famous and influenced many artists over the years. I guess more than 500 of these Spaghetti western movies were made over the years.
It is easy to relate to the music and the mood if you have seen the movie before. In current times with lockdown and work from home many of us have spare time , so for the uninitiated it is a good time to explore this genre of movies and music.
Here is a Video on why Spaghetti Western music is so cool
Here is a list of top 20 Spaghetti Western Soundtracks give on some website to get you started
www.spaghetti-western.net
Any Spaghetti Western fans here?
Do post and share your favourite Spaghetti Western music score or theme music here.
I will kick off by posting one
Cheers
A lot of the Western movies of that era had great soundtrack, echoing the mood of the scene in the movie, wherein you could almost sense the eeriness, tension or hope from the music playing in the back ground. Filled with Spanish guitars, instrumentation, trumpets, harmonica and the rhythms of a freight train ,music of these movies is filled with motifs that transport you to the period and style where the movie was shot.
The sheer imagery, violence , larger than life sets, brilliant acting and amazing music score of any great movie somehow seeps into your being and becomes a part of you.
Much later with the advent of the VHS tape and then the Internet and DVDs ,saw these classic westerns again and the theme music evoked a sense of nostalgia. Delving deeper into these simple and catchy tunes i chanced upon a new genre of music called the Spaghetti Western Movies (Music) genre. Then started the journey to explore this awesome less known genre.
The Spaghetti Western genre films appeared somewhere in the 1960s and Ennio Morricone gave the music score for the more famous Dollars Trilogy - A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which starred a young Clint Eastwood. The music score of these movies made this genre famous and influenced many artists over the years. I guess more than 500 of these Spaghetti western movies were made over the years.
It is easy to relate to the music and the mood if you have seen the movie before. In current times with lockdown and work from home many of us have spare time , so for the uninitiated it is a good time to explore this genre of movies and music.
Here is a Video on why Spaghetti Western music is so cool
Here is a list of top 20 Spaghetti Western Soundtracks give on some website to get you started
The Top 20 Spaghetti Western Soundtracks - The Spaghetti Western Database
www.spaghetti-western.net
Any Spaghetti Western fans here?
Do post and share your favourite Spaghetti Western music score or theme music here.
I will kick off by posting one
Cheers
