Random music for a Thursday evening

[nineveh_uk]

Every since I looked up famous Morricone scores to work out which one was being musically referenced in episode 16 of Nirvana in Fire*, YouTube likes to select them for me (although as carbonel points out, the Magnificent 7 is actually by Bernstein). And occasionally I play them, because they are just tremendous. Maybe one day I should see one or two of the films. Anyway, in the meantime here is some music.

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I want the job of the woman who gets to do the singing and whistling. I also would have liked to have gone to that concert.

*The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Instantly recognisable as the one that goes wa-a-a-a-aaa, but alas the title not instantly springing to mind. Also, thanks to the person in the episode comments - which annoyingly I didn't see until later - who points out that there's an extra Sergio Leone reference in that the mysterious swordsman is a man with no name...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've been noticing that quote for the last couple of episodes and thought it was just coincidence. Clearly, nothing is ever coincidence!

[caulkhead]

Sorry, that was me

[nineveh_uk]

There is no such thing as coincidence in the world of Nirvana in Fire!

[antisoppist]

I went on youtube to find out what I had been humming while chopping runner beans and it was the theme tune to Mr Benn.

Subconscious needs more dramatic better theme tunes.

[nineveh_uk]

It's quite jolly music!

[ruric]

The M7 theme has been lodged in my head for decades - I saw the film at an early and impressionable age. *G* HIlariously every damn time I go horse riding I find myself humming it sotto voce as I mount up.

Equally so - viewing at an impressionable age - for the Eastwood movies. I blame my dad. Suffice to say my introduction to music for entertainment was not the chart/pop music of the day but western theme music.

Also can I just say I love the body hanging from the ceiling in the second video. Well played, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, well played!

[nineveh_uk]

It is immensely hummable, I can see how it would stick in the mind.

I too love the body hanging from the ceiling. The singer is wearing themed earrings as well, though these were presumably less visible to the concert audience.

[carbonel]

Just to be pedantic, I should point out that the Magnificent Seven theme is by Elmer Bernstein, not Ennio Morricone. But when I hear it, I think of cigarettes, because I grew up at a time when cigarette commercials were allowed (and common) on TV, and that was the theme for Marlboros.

[nineveh_uk]

Oops, thank you for pointing it out! An excellent composer, if of rather fewer Western scores.