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Which composer recorded the score for 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (1966) before a single scene had been filmed?
Answer
Ennio Morricone
Morricone wrote and recorded the film's now-iconic theme in advance, and director Sergio Leone played the finished music on set to guide the pacing and blocking of scenes.
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Ennio Morricone recorded The Good, The Bad and The Ugly's theme before the film was shot, forcing the director to edit scenes around existing music.
Other options people guess
- Nino Rota
- Bernard Herrmann
- Henry Mancini
Topics
- film-scores
- westerns
- 1960s
- composers
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