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The Hateful Eight (soundtrack)


The Hateful Eight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18)
July 2015
CNSO/Sound Trust Studios, Prague
Film scorealternative rockrock and roll
72:47
DeccaThird Man
Ennio MorriconeQuentin Tarantino
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Review scores
Allmusic
ConsequenceB+
Movie-wave.net
Pitchfork8.0/10
Soundtrack Geek88.5/100
Filmtracks.com

The Hateful Eight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (stylized as Quentin Tarantino's The H8ful Eight) is the soundtrack album to Quentin Tarantino's 2015 motion picture The Hateful Eight. The soundtrack includes the only complete original score for a Tarantino film and is composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone. Morricone composed 50 minutes of original music for The Hateful Eight.

The Hateful Eight was the composer's first score for a Western film since Buddy Goes West (1981) and the first for a Hollywood production since Ripley's Game (2002). The score features notable horror references including Morricone's repurposed score from John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) and "Regan's Theme" from Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), which serve the sinister mood.

In addition to Morricone's music, the album includes three songs which are featured in the film; The White Stripes' "Apple Blossom" (2000), David Hess' "Now You're All Alone" (1972) (originally from The Last House on the Left's soundtrack) and Roy Orbison's "There Won't Be Many Coming Home" (1966), as well as dialogue clips from the film. The trailer used the instrumental version of the song "Same Ol'" from The Heavy.

The soundtrack won a Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Score on 28 February 2016.

The opening track, "L’ultima diligenza di Red Rock" (Versione Integrale), was released as a single online on December 15, 2015. In December 2016, it gained a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Morricone.

Tarantino originally wanted Morricone to compose the soundtrack for Inglourious Basterds. However, Morricone refused because of the sped-up production schedule of the film. He also turned down an offer to write some music for Pulp Fiction in 1994.

Tarantino previously used Morricone's music in Kill Bill, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, and Django Unchained, and Morricone also wrote an original song, "Ancora Qui", sung by Elisa, for the latter.

Morricone had previously made statements that he would "never work" with Tarantino after Django Unchained. The composer stated Tarantino used the music "without coherence" and that he "wouldn't like to work with him again, on anything". He quickly released a statement clarifying that his remarks were taken out of context, Morricone said that he has "great respect for Tarantino" and that he is "glad he chooses my music". He also said that because Tarantino chooses his music "it is a sign of artistic brotherhood".

On June 12, 2015, Tarantino held court at Italy's 59th David di Donatello Awards in Rome, which he attended to collect prizes from several years back for Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained. Tarantino was handed two statuettes by Morricone. Both artists revealed that they met a day earlier and that Morricone agreed to compose music for a Tarantino movie. In July 2015, Tarantino announced after the screening of footage of The Hateful Eight at San Diego Comic-Con that Morricone would score the film, the first Western Morricone has scored since 1981.

Morricone supplied music largely inspired by *The Hateful Eight'*s screenplay. The music is moody, tension-building work with music box nods to the Italian Giallo genre.

The recording sessions began on July 18 at the Czech National Symphony Orchestra ’s studio "soundtrust" in Hostivař, Prague. Morricone previously conducted the orchestra CNSO for his soundtrack to Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer (2013) and during his 60th Anniversary Tour. Quentin Tarantino was also present during the 3-day recording sessions to supervise the work.

In an August 2015 interview with Vulture, when Tarantino was asked how Morricone's score sounded, he joked, "It's horrible. What do you expect me to say?...You'll hear it when you see it. It's absolutely abysmal. No, there’s no whistling in this score."

In a September 2015 interview with Dutch television broadcaster AVROTROS, Morricone stated that he did not want to repeat himself: "Can I repeat for Tarantino what I've done for Sergio Leone? It's not possible, right? It would be absurd. It would make Tarantino's movie look hideous, because that music is old, you see. I had to write it in another way. But I have written very important music for him. I don't know if he directly realized that, or if the others did. They didn't expect that music, that's why they didn't understand it. But he told me, after he had listened to it twice: it's ok, I like it. But at first it had been a shock. He had expected something completely different. But I didn't give that to him, because I didn't want to give him something he knew already."

All tracks composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Ennio Morricone, except where noted:

  1. "Regan's Theme (Floating Sound)"—Ennio Morricone (from Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977))
  2. "Eternity"—Ennio Morricone (from The Thing (1982))
  3. "Silent Night"—Demián Bichir
  4. "Ready for the Times to Get Better"-Crystal Gayle (exclusively used in the Roadshow for the opening of Chapter 4 - Domergue's Got a Secret)
  5. "Bestiality"—Ennio Morricone (from The Thing)
  6. "Despair"—Ennio Morricone (from The Thing)

The film's trailer used Welshly Arms' cover of "Hold On, I'm Coming", although this is not used in the film itself.

The Hateful Eight (For Your Consideration)
July 2015
CNSO/Sound Trust Studios, Prague
Film score
30:02
The Weinstein Company

As with all awards seasons, a For Your Consideration album leaked online, featuring a number of differences from the general release album.

Score composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Ennio Morricone.

  • Czech National Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
  • Jan Hasenöhrl – trumpet
  • Fabio Venturi – recording and sound mix
  • Dusan Mihely – orchestra coordinator
Awards
Academy AwardsFebruary 28, 2016Best Original ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Austin Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 29, 2015Best ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
British Academy Film AwardsFebruary 14, 2016Best Original MusicEnnio MorriconeWon
Chicago Film Critics AssociationDecember 21, 2015Best Original ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Central Ohio Film Critics AssociationJanuary 7, 2016Best Original ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 17, 2016Best ComposerEnnio MorriconeWon
Denver Film Critics SocietyJanuary 11, 2016Best Original ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Houston Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 17, 2016Best Original ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 10, 2016Best Original ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Indiana Film Journalists Association AwardsJanuary 4, 2016Best Musical ScoreEnnio MorriconeNominated
New York Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 2, 2015Special AwardEnnio MorriconeWon
San Diego Film Critics SocietyDecember 14, 2015Best Use of Music in a FilmThe Hateful EightWon
Los Angeles Film Critics Association, 2nd placeDecember 2015Best ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics AssociationDecember 2015Best ScoreEnnio MorriconeNominated
AWFJ AwardJanuary 12, 2016Best Film Music Or ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
DFWFCA Award 2nd place2015Best Musical ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
FFCC Award2015Best ScoreEnnio MorriconeNominated
Georgia Film Critics AssociationJanuary 8, 2016Best Original ScoreEnnio MorriconeWon
Chart (2015–16)Peak position
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