Once Upon a Time in the West (soundtrack)

Once Upon a Time in the West
Soundtrack album by Ennio Morricone
Released	1972 (1972)
Genre	Contemporary Classical
Length	38:23
Label	RCA
Producer	Ennio Morricone

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Once Upon a Time in the West is a soundtrack composed by Ennio Morricone, from the Once Upon a Time in the West western film of the same name directed by Sergio Leone, released in 1968. The film score sold between 5 and 10 million copies worldwide.^[2][3]

Track listing

Original release

1. "Once Upon a Time in the West" – 3:46
2. "As a Judgment" – 3:08
3. "Farewell to Cheyenne" – 2:40
4. "The Transgression" – 4:43
5. "The First Tavern" – 1:41
6. "The Second Tavern" - 1:34
7. "Man with a Harmonica" – 3:31
8. "A Dimly Lit Room" – 5:09
9. "Bad Orchestra" – 2:25
10. "The Man" – 1:03
11. "Jill's America" – 2:48
12. "Death Rattle" – 1:45
13. "Finale" – 4:13

Expanded edition

An expanded and remastered album was released in Italy, November 2005.

1. "Once Upon a Time in the West" - 3:43
2. "The Man" - 1:03
3. "The Grand Massacre" - 2:40
4. "Arrival at the Station" - 0:55
5. "Bad Orchestra" - 2:25
6. "Jill's America" - 2:47
7. "Harmonica" - 2:27
8. "The First Tavern" - 1:39
9. "A Bed Too Large" - 1:32
10. "Jill" - 1:47
11. "Frank" - 1:52
12. "Cheyenne" - 1:16
13. "The Second Tavern" - 1:33
14. "The Third Tavern" - 1:19
15. "Epilogue" - 1:14
16. "On the Roof of the Train" - 1:19
17. "Man with the Harmonica" - 3:30
18. "A Dimly Lit Room" - 5:08
19. "The Transgression" - 4:41
20. "Return to the Train" - 0:40
21. "Morton" - 1:36
22. "As a Judgment" - 3:08
23. "Final Duel" - 3:35
24. "Death Rattle" - 1:44
25. "Birth of a City" - 4:25
26. "Farewell to Cheyenne" - 2:38
27. "Finale" - 4:08

In popular culture

• Several of the songs were featured in The Burbs featuring a young Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher.
• "Man with the Harmonica" was used as the entrance music for professional wrestler Terry Funk in the NWA in 1989 and is also used as the entrance music for indie rock band Hard-Fi, each time they perform live. English rock band Muse have played a cover of this song as an intro to "Knights of Cydonia" (e.g. at the V2008 Festival). It is also the entrance music for K-1 Kickboxing legend Remy Bonjasky. It was re-orchestrated and heard in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Composed by Hans Zimmer under the track titled 'Parlay'; it was also used in the sequel At World's End just before the East India Trading Company goes to war with all the assembled pirates as both sides make terms with each other on a small beach.
• A remixed version of the theme was used in the CSI: Miami episode "All In".

References

1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ De Weekkrant
3. ^ Fistful of Paste, Once Upon