Hugo Montenegro- The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

Video made 2/2009, reformatted to HD for better audio quality.

From the 1968 RCA 45
(47-9423)

Theme from the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western.

EMI Publishing

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• 60's
• rock
• movie
• theme
• vinyl
• record
• 45rpm
• turntable
• Hugo
• Montenegro

[jenzeppelin]

I'm only familiar with Ennio Morricone's version. I only started listening to Hugh this year and had not heard this. Thanks for expanding my ears! :)

[727JeffN]

@jenzeppelin Thanks to you and Ishin80 for expanding my ears! I knew Morricone wrote it, but I thought that this version was also the original theme in the movie. I didn't realize there were 2 different versions. I haven't seen this movie in over 10 years, even though I have it on VHS. Going to have to dig it out soon and give it a look.

[lshin80]

@727JeffN Morricone usually performed and recorded with his orchestra all the themes he wrote for movies; occasionally he let other fellow Italian music directors do the job. For The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, he wrote all the musics, but they were directed and performed by Bruno Nicolai.

This is the original version (Morricone, Nicolai):

watch?v=g2WvIPfJiiU

[727JeffN]

@lshin80 Ahh. Thanks. Now I see the difference. I don't remember hearing Morricone's version on the radio though.

[MrSkyColours]

@727JeffN

Reformatted to HD for better audio quality? How come it sounds inferior and mono?

Look at the one uploaded by snapshotofharlech. It's in full stereo and is very clear.

[727JeffN]

@MrSkyColours It sounds a bit better than if I just uploaded the original file, which would only play in 240P. The difference is subtle though. This is one of my older videos.

The reason it is in mono is because the record is in mono. Stereo 45's didn't start coming out until around 1971 or 72.

[MrSkyColours]

@727JeffN

Okay ,it's from a mono vinyl. This is something I wonder about the early part of the music industry. The other upload I'm referring to (the stereo one) sounds identical to yours. I suppose they both came from the same master recording. Most early masters were on tape. Does it suggest that stereophonic recordings could be achieved earlier on tapes and only later on records?

[codelyokog123]

i like the original but that because i got the LP Music from the Original Sound Track of A Fistful Of Dollars & For A Few Dollars More on RCA Camden (CDS 1052) and i just bought the film and For a few dollars more

[lshin80]

This theme music has been covered a lot, but I didn't know this version. I like better the original, though (I'm a big Ennio Morricone fan).

[MrBuckwilliam]

great tunage... lol, i always thought that fast forwarding the vhs on the tv was a good way to watch the movie... it's good but so long. eli wallach is the best. "blondie, you bastard", lol.

great post :)