Top 20 Spaghetti Western Songs

Very nice, Corbett! Haha, now I kind of think there should be a top 20 themes list, as in with lyrics. Could this be considered?

Other songs that I like:
ā€œTrinityā€ sung by Annibale

ā€œThey Called Him Djangoā€ sung by John Balfour

ā€œHey Amigo, Your Deadā€ sung by Don Powell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktBv4UAzdg

ā€œThe Wind in My Faceā€ sung by Stephen Boyd

ā€œThe Price of Goldā€ sung by Roberto Matano

This one should be in the top 20 too. ;D

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Heh. ;D

::slight_smile: Iā€™m sure Captain Apache will get tossed in there if a list ever comes around

Some of the my favorite soundtracks:

Top 20 with vocals:

Find A Man - De Masi
Laredo - Giombini
A Man Must Fight - De Masi
Pastures Of Plenty - Morricone/Tevis
Return Of Ringo - Morricone
They Call It Gold - Cipriani
The Moment To Kill - De Masi
Rocks Blood and Sand - Savina
The Price Of Gold - Lavagnino
Ehi Amigoā€¦ Sei Morto - Savina
La Morte Non Conta I Dollari - Orlandi
Roy Colt & Winchester Jack - Umiliani
Gray Skies - Alessandroni
Pochi dollari per Django - Savina
The Last Game - Ferrio
Lanky Gunman - Fidenco
A Gringo Like Me - Morricone
Stranger - De Masi
Back Home Someday - Gori
Tequila Joe - De Masi

Top 20 instrumentals is harderā€¦ gotta think about that one.

hard to pick, some of these are instrumentals and some of these arenā€™t, but they are the best soundtracks I think out there in the spaghetti western world.

  1. for a few dollars more- ennio morricone
    2.Boot hill -Carlo Rustichelli
  2. The Great Silence- Ennio Morricone
  3. Johnny Oro- Carlo Savina
    5.Arizona Colt- Francesco De Masi
  4. Tepepa (Viva La Revolucion) - Ennio Morricone
  5. El Desperado- Gianni Ferrio
    8ā€¦ A sky full of stars for a roof- Ennio Morricone
    9ā€¦ His name was Holy Ghost- Bruno Nicolai
  6. Sartana is Coming- Bruno Nicolai
  7. Ringo the lone rider- Francesco De Masi
  8. Shoot the Living pray for the dead- Mario Migliardi
  9. Sycamore Trails- Piero Piccioni
  10. Colt in the hand of the devil- Piero Piccioni
  11. Navajo Joe- Ennio Morricone
  12. The ugly ones- stelvio Cipriani
  13. The Hellbenders- Ennio Morricone
    18.KIll them all and come back alone- Francesco De masi
  14. death rides a horse- Ennio morricone
    20.Minnesota Clay- Piero Piccioni

No love for The Rope and The Colt? I havenā€™t made a list yet, but it will definitely be in my top ten.

Definitely: Scott Walker. A favorite of mine since ā€¦ ever.

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For me, after the Morricone-for-Leone works, it begins and ends with Egisto Macchiā€™s theme for Bandidos, and indeed, the entire score for this film. Itā€™s a shame this was his only western:

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Off the top of my headā€¦

  1. The Man with the Harmonica-Morricone
  2. Jillā€™s theme-Morricone
  3. The Trio-Morricone
  4. The Ecstasy of Gold-Morricone
  5. La Resa dei Conti-Morrricone
  6. GBU Main Theme-Morricone
  7. Find a Man-Francesco De Masi
  8. The Big Gundown-Morricone
  9. La Arena-Morricone
  10. The Return of Ringo-Morricone
  11. The Forgotten Pistolero-Pregadio
  12. Vamos a Matar Companeros-Morricone
  13. Long Days of Vengeance-Trovaioli
  14. A pistol for Ringo-Morricone
  15. FAFDM Main theme-Morricone
  16. Farewell to Cheyenne-Morricone
  17. El Desperado-Ferrio
  18. Navajo Joe-Morricone
  19. The Rope and The Colt-Hossein
  20. Shoot the Living, Pray for the Dead-Migliardi (Strange lyrics, but it works)

Itā€™ll be a different list this time tomorrow.

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Just finished re-watching -The Moment to Kill - and now I canā€™t get the song out of my head. It definitely moves up a couple of notches on my top 10 for sure.

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Iā€™m going with vocal songs here. Iā€™m pretty confident about the placing of this list.

1.Youā€™d Better Smile - Gian Piero and Gianfranco Reverebi
2. Django - Luis Bacalov
3. Pastures of Plenty - Ennio Morricone
4. An Eye For An Eye - Ennio Morricone
5. Return of Ringo - Ennio Morricone
6. Come Mai / Gold - Francesco De Masi
7. Lo Chiamavanos Trinita - Franco Micalizzi
8. Una Bara Per Lo Scriffo - Francesco De Masi
9. Stranger - Francesco De Masi
10. Angel Face - Ennio Morricone
11. Run Man Run (La Resa Dei Conti) - Ennio Morricone
12. The Wind In My Face - Nico Fidenco
13. Amica Colt - Robby Poitevin
14. A Man Is Made of Love - Danielle Patucchi
15. Let It Rain, Let It Pour - Gianni Ferrio
16. God Said To Cain - Carlo Savina
17. The Last Game - Gianni Ferrio
18. Can Be Done - Luis Bacalov
19. Laredo - Marcello Giombini
20. Non Mi Aspertavvi Piu - Vasco And Mancuso

And a few extra:
Adios Gringo - Benedetto Ghiglia
Grey Skies - Alessondro Alessondroni
Vengeance - Carlo Savina
Gli Specialisti (Johnny Hallydayā€™s Single)
Kidnapping - Michelle Lacerenza
Jesus We Love You - Franco Micalizzi

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1.Youā€™d Better Smile - Gian Piero and Gianfranco Reverebi[/quote]

Thought Iā€™d be the only one to have this as my #1 :slight_smile:

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Thank goodness somebody else agreeā€™s with me! In all honesty I love Morricone, and his music is ingenious and wonderfully original, but ā€œYouā€™d Better Smileā€ is such an incredibly catchy and well crafted piece of music that I couldnā€™t place it any lower. It manages to be transcend being just a good ā€œSpaghettiā€ song and becomes something that could also be played on the radio (I donā€™t understand why it didnā€™t actually hit any of the charts).

Most of the songs in Spags are cheesy and terrible. One point where Spags really suck.
Funnily I think while in 50s westerns after High Noon songs for the credit sequences became popular, in the time the Spags copied that, you hardly find those in US westerns.

Strange, I find them cheesy and terrific. Another point where spaghetti westerns really excel. Italian movies in general up through the 70s, 80s really. You got to love the genre I guess :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m with you AvatarDK. Cheesy and terrific sums them up perfectly for me. I will happily listen to a compilation of those songs all afternoon and often do.

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Jesus, and you once listened to Punk ā€¦

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