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"The Ecstasy of Gold" (Italian: "L'estasi dell'oro") is a musical composition by Ennio Morricone, part of his score for the 1966 Sergio Leone film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It is played while Tuco ( Eli Wallach ) is frantically searching a cemetery for the grave that holds $200,000 in gold coins.
Among other elements, the score complements the film's American Civil War scenes, containing the mournful ballad "The Story of a Soldier", which is sung by prisoners as Tuco is being tortured by Angel Eyes. [3] The film's famous climax, a three-way Mexican standoff, begins with the melody of "The Ecstasy of Gold" and is followed by "The Trio".
"The Ecstasy of Gold" has also been used ceremoniously by the Los Angeles Football Club to open home games. [69] XM Satellite Radio's The Opie & Anthony Show also opens every show with "The Ecstasy of Gold". Punk rock band the Ramones played the main theme as the opening for their live album Loco Live as well as in concerts until their ...
"The Ecstasy of Gold" became one of Morricone's best-known compositions. The opening scene of Jeff Tremaine's Jackass Number Two (2006), in which the cast is chased through a suburban neighbourhood by bulls, is accompanied by this piece.
The American punk rock group Ramones were known to play a recording of this piece at the beginning of their concerts, while at the end of their shows, a snippet of "The Ecstasy of Gold" was played. [12] The song was used in Argentinian and Portuguese TV commercials for Camel Cigarettes in 1981.
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone is a 2004 album of recordings from Morricone's various film scores by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Ennio Morricone.The album was recorded with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and Gilda Buttà on piano.
Oct. 16—In the late 1960s there was a western movie that filmed some of their scenes along the Rogue River. I've been trying to remember the name of the movie but keep coming up blank. I don't ...
"The Story of a Soldier" ("La storia di un soldato" in Italian) is a song from Sergio Leone's 1966 Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. [1] Like the rest of the film's score, it was composed by Ennio Morricone, and it is the only song in the score accompanied by lyrics written by Tommie Connor.