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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".
Tuco is rescued from more bounty-hunters by an unnamed drifter whom he nicknames "Blondie". Blondie delivers Tuco to a sheriff and collects his $2,000 (equivalent to $60,000 in 2023) bounty. As Tuco is about to be hanged, Blondie severs the noose by shooting it and sets him free. The two escape and split the bounty.
"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.
The killing off of a character is a device in fiction, whereby a character dies, but the story continues.The term, frequently applied to television, film, video game, literature, anime, manga and chronological series, often denotes an untimely or unexpected death motivated by factors beyond the storyline.
Jesse gains a meeting with Tuco after getting his friend Skinny Pete, who served time in prison alongside Tuco, to vouch for him. Though Tuco is willing to pay $35,000 for a pound of meth, he insists on paying only after his dealers have completed the sales. When Jesse refuses and attempts to take back the drugs, Tuco severely beats him.
A few weeks later Walt and Jesse are kidnapped by their psychotic distributor, Tuco Salamanca, and taken to a house in the desert. (Road Trip Song [Tuco, Tuco!]) At the house, Walt plans to kill Tuco using ricin but they are spotted by Tuco's disabled uncle, Hector Salamanca. Hector (who can only communicate with a bell strapped to his ...
Despite its blue hue, it is still the same quality and Tuco pays. When No-Doze makes an offhanded remark to Walt, however, an intoxicated Tuco wrongly perceives it as an insult and beats him unconscious, terrifying Walt and Jesse. Tuco then tells Walt to meet next week before he and Gonzo, carrying the beaten No-Doze, drive off.
Nacho Varga and Mike monitor a restaurant and Nacho says he fears retaliation from Tuco Salamanca if Tuco discovers his secret drug dealing. [b] Nacho tells Mike he and Tuco meet there to settle accounts with their street dealers, so Nacho thinks it is an ideal place to kill Tuco. Mike refuses, saying it would attract retaliation by the Salamancas.