The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live) | REACTION 

English Horn

One of the best Western ever! Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone are the GOATs.

I love the music. But the film is a classic because it's as good as the music.

@@arnodobler1096School classmates & friends !

@@w9gb yes

Well, the film is not a classic because of the music - the film stands on its own feet. However, the music definitely adds to the overall picture. Enough to say that the film is the best western movie ever made and the music is the best film score ever.

DID NOT KNOW THIS!!! That explains a lot!!!!

I second did not know this. And that was an amazing performance too. Thank you for that info.

hey, i love this too :D feeling left out now :( just jk ;)

@@rickharper3940 There is a video from 2006, I believe, of Gary Brooker performing this with the Danish National Orchestra that is next level incredible. Check it out!

Wow I didn't know that!

It's not an oboe though, but an English horn, which is about 1½ times the length of an oboe. That's why an English horn (and also an oboe d'amore) has the curved bocal between the reed and the body unlike an oboe, to create and angle which makes it much more comfortable to hold this long instrument and easier to reach the keys. If you google oboe vs. English horn, you can find videos demonstrating the differences in looks and sound between them.

@@ITubeTooInc "Well, ACTUALLY..."

When I heard this music, I knew I have heard this kind of English Horn/Oboe tunes before. I went several days thinking, "Where have I heard it?", then it struck me. The movie "The Mission" with Robert De Niro. I checked, yes it is very much the same Oboe music as in "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly". Surprise surprise, I found out that Ennio Morricone made the music to both films, so he just reused some of the tunes. The music is very similar. Tip: See the Movie first (get your Handkerchief ready) and then listen to the music separately. The Oboe music is simply called "Gabriel's Oboe", again see the movie first.

I hate to correct you, but those are Sergio Leone movies, Clint being just one of the many actors in them ... Sergio was a genius and his work with Ennio Morricone , the music composer is nothing short than legendary and real masterpieces of cinema..

@@FabioRigokimbaorso I know that. Morricone was the composer of many movies and I did not imply that Eastwood was the only actor, It was one of his early movies I do not need to be mansplained being a 66 year old ex classical musician.

@@deborahscalise3215 no mansplaing whatsoever, just a filthy something Italian slightly irritated by the lack of recognition for one of the greatest movie director coming out from my country.. those movies are not Clint's (he did great later in his career and recognize the influence of Sergio work on his , by the way)

And last but certainly not least, the recording. The balance. It's so amazing, it seems like you can hear every instrument.

@@THOMMGB yes, you're so right!

Is the best western EVER!

aka Chimes

@@MrSmartAlec But tubular....

Speaking of Tubular Bells... The theme from "The Exorcist" is my ringtone.

@@MrSmartAlec No, tubular bells and chimes are not the same. Chimes are considerably smaller in size and have a different sound.

@@Vinterfrid If you see "Chimes" in an English language film score (or, indeed, any English language orchestral score) you can be 90% sure it's tubular bells. If you see "Orchestral Bells", you can be 90% sure it's a glockenspiel. If you see "Bar chimes" or "chime tree", you can be 90% sure it's a mark tree (probably the "chimes" you refer to). So yes, to most English speaking composers, chimes and tubular bells are the same. But it would certainly avoid confusion if everyone (in English) just called them tubular bells, glockenspiel, and mark tree respectively - names no-one seems to misunderstand. And then we have wind chimes, which are also sometimes used orchestrally, and which some composers think are the same as the mark tree. They aren't. 🙂 (The absolute worst is when a composer, orchestrator or arranger just writes "Bells" - which could refer to at least 50 different instruments - 15-20 of them pretty common...).

It's an English horn.

Yes. SalvoG should do "Tubular Bells". I don't know if there is a live video version, but it would be great.

mike oldfields tubular bells album is another

My youngest son played the oboe in middle school and high school.

Look up "Gabriel's Oboe". More movie music from Ennio Morricone.

Actually, its an English Horn. A larger version of an oboe and in a different octave range (or is an oboe a smaller version of an English Horn?). Kind of like Clarinet, Base Clarinet, and Saxophone are in the same musical instrument family and anyone who can play one knows how to play the others as the mouthpiece and keying are identical.

Yes. Tuva really shines in that performance.