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Once upon a Time the West [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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Once upon a Time the West [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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Once upon a Time the West [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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After deconstructing the classic American Western by way of
and
, director
distilled his intentions with 1968's
, arguably a milestone for both
and his musical cohort,
. For his part,
framed
's meditative camera work and mythic narrative with a mix of hauntingly spacious pieces and reconfigured snatches of
tunes. Just within the stretch of the first four pieces here,
evokes the endless expanse of the West with a
aria (the main title theme), weaves some twisted grit into the showdown theme with loads of guitar fuzz (
), ingeniously combines whistling and a clippity-clop rhythm for a respite piece (
), and conjures the surreal end of the cowboy mythos via a wonderfully disjointed serial-style number (
). And whether sounding upbeat or stark,
informs it all with the dry and windswept vacancy of the West. Beautiful and stunning. ~ Stephen Cook