Once Upon a Time in the West (score)

E175142
film score soundtrack

Once Upon a Time in the West (score) is Ennio Morricone’s iconic, lyrically haunting film soundtrack for Sergio Leone’s 1968 Spaghetti Western, renowned for its evocative themes and innovative use of leitmotifs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Once Upon a Time in the West (score) canonical 2
Main Theme (Once Upon a Time in the West) 1
Once Upon a Time in the West (film score) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film score ⓘ
soundtrack ⓘ
associatedWithDirector Sergio Leone ⓘ
basedOn Once Upon a Time in the West ⓘ
surface form: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968 film)
composer Ennio Morricone ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
firstReleaseDate 1968 ⓘ
follows The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ⓘ
surface form: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (score)
forWorkBy Sergio Leone ⓘ
genre Spaghetti Western score ⓘ
film music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasInstrumentation brass ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
soprano voice ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
hasPart Cheyenne’s Theme ⓘ
Finale ⓘ
Harmonica’s Theme ⓘ
Jill’s Theme ⓘ
Once Upon a Time in the West (score) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Main Theme (Once Upon a Time in the West)

Man with a Harmonica ⓘ
The First Tavern ⓘ
The Second Tavern ⓘ
The Transgression ⓘ
hasStyle dramatic ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
melodic ⓘ
influenced later Western film scores ⓘ
influencedBy American Western film music tradition ⓘ
movement Spaghetti Westerns ⓘ
surface form: Spaghetti Western
notableFeature extensive use of leitmotifs ⓘ
integration of music with character psychology ⓘ
lyrically haunting themes ⓘ
use of harmonica as central musical motif ⓘ
use of wordless soprano voice ⓘ
notableWorkOf Ennio Morricone ⓘ
originalWorkLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Once Upon a Time in the West ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
recordedForStudio Paramount Pictures ⓘ
usesLeitmotifsFor Cheyenne (character) ⓘ
Frank (character) ⓘ
Harmonica (character) ⓘ
Jill McBain ⓘ

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Ennio Morricone → notableWork → Once Upon a Time in the West (score) ⓘ
Once Upon a Time in the West (score) → hasPart → Once Upon a Time in the West (score) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Main Theme (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Maria Travia → workedOn → Once Upon a Time in the West (score) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Once Upon a Time in the West (film score)
Ennio → notableWork → Once Upon a Time in the West (score) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ennio Morricone