"Hell on Wheels" by Gustavo Santaolalla

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instrumental composition television theme song

"Hell on Wheels" by Gustavo Santaolalla is a moody, Western-inspired instrumental piece composed as the main theme for the television series Hell on Wheels.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hell on Wheels (theme by Gustavo Santaolalla) 0
Hell on Wheels (Original Television Soundtrack) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental composition ⓘ
television theme song ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Bohannon (Cullen Bohannon) ⓘ
associatedWithNetwork AMC ⓘ
associatedWithSetting First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Transcontinental Railroad

post–Civil War American West ⓘ
basedOnStyle Old West ⓘ
surface form: American Old West
composer Gustavo Santaolalla ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument acoustic guitar ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
slide guitar ⓘ
firstAppearanceIn Hell on Wheels ⓘ
surface form: Hell on Wheels season 1
genre Western ⓘ
instrumental ⓘ
soundtrack ⓘ
hasComposerAward Academy Award ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
hasComposerNationality Argentine ⓘ
hasMood dark ⓘ
moody ⓘ
hasStyle cinematic ⓘ
minimalist arrangement ⓘ
hasTitle Hell on Wheels ⓘ
notableFor evoking Western frontier atmosphere ⓘ
originalLanguage instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ
partOf Hell on Wheels ⓘ
surface form: Hell on Wheels (TV series)
relatedWork "Hell on Wheels" by Gustavo Santaolalla self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hell on Wheels (Original Television Soundtrack)
usedAs main theme ⓘ
usedInMedium television ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Hell on Wheels → openingTheme → "Hell on Wheels" by Gustavo Santaolalla ⓘ
"Hell on Wheels" by Gustavo Santaolalla → relatedWork → "Hell on Wheels" by Gustavo Santaolalla self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Hell on Wheels (theme by Gustavo Santaolalla)
this entity surface form: Hell on Wheels (Original Television Soundtrack)