ENNIO MORRICONE -The Mercenary/ "L'Arena" (1968)

-From, "IL MERCENARIO" (Italy, 1968)
-"THE MERCENARY" or "A PROFESSIONAL GUN" or "REVENGE OF A GUNFIGHTER" (USA)
-"SALARIO PARA MATAR" (Spain)
-"DIE GEFURCHTETEN ZWEI" or "Die Zwei Gefürchteten" (Germany)
-"JAGUAR" (Japan)
-"LE MERCENAIRE" (France)
-"Ammattitappaja"(Finland)
-"O Epanastatis Tou Mexikou", and
"O Misthoforos" or "O Skliros, To Moutro Kai o Zorikos" (reissue title) (Greece)

Poster tagline: "He sells death to the highest bidder! Buy or die!" With Franco Nero and Jack Palance.

See also:
ENNIO MORRICONE -"Estasi" (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhmIh9eu4Uo

ENNIO MORRICONE -"Il Mercenario (ripresa)" (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0pZB9siJaM

ENNIO MORRICONE -The Mercenary/ "Ricciolo" (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfdF0x68r10

and:
ENNIO MORRICONE -"Il Mercenario (French Vocal)" (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KniGGxnxgD8

THE VENTURES -"The Mercenary" (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C82x-yXXpLg


This music is used in a powerful scene in KILL BILL 2.


Resources:
http://www.enniomorricone.com/

http://www.chimai.com/

http://www.myspace.com/enniomorricone

http://www.myspace.com/morriconemood

http://www.myspace.com/eddadell39orso

http://www.myspace.com/alessandroalessandroni


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[nff87]

I wanted this song to be played at my funeral, but then I realized I would come out of the coffin so I changed the testament.

[stendeb]

Ok Pai mei, here I go

[Raynor9X9]

@PaulRietvoorn who cares where they heard it. That's a little selfish to think people should only appreciate something good because of one source. I heard this from Kill Bill, but then I wanted to know who wrote the song, and before I knew it I was watching Fistful of Dollars, Magnificent Seven, etc. Hearing this music in a non-western film doesn't make it sound worse, if anything it's good that people are getting exposed to something they might not have considered before.

[AgentMelton]

Heard this on Pandora. Oh wow. It's great!

[kallo182]

@xmastamurfx

This what you say is very wise, and you are damn right.

90% of People dont understand the difference between own opinion and facts....

[Kyozura]

this song should sound in the end times.

[javiikiller]

@FesteringHeadsFilm There's no point of comparision, they're two very different kinds of cinema.

[poisonapple1991]

@PaulRietvoorn The Mercenary is sik, so is Kill Bill. Two different interpretations that work just as well as each other! Such is the magic of Tarantino.

[PaulRietvoorn]

as a spaghetti western lover, I dislike it that most people know this song because of Kill Bill. I should actually be glad that Tarantino makes much more people appreciate Morricone's work, but no-one knows the original meaning of this music.

[wulfranian1985]

great ennio great movie

[xmastamurfx]

@FesteringHeadsFilm Hate to break it to you but, opinions aren't equivalent to facts.

[FesteringHeadsFilm]

@PedanticNo1 Hundreds of comments about Tarantino is fine, but when a couple of people mention that this ISN'T originally from a Tarantino film (and mentioning that Corbucci is a better filmmaker) and you think you're under attack. Grow a pair and watch better movies.