History Main / EnnioMorriconePastiche

** There's [[https://youtu.be/A2QpThyVL8s "The Calm,"]] the theme to the Mann vs. Machine trailer. Towards the end, though, [[GenreShift it opts for a more theremin-heavy retro sci-fi feel]], which makes sense given the [[RobotWar nature of the]] [[TheWarSequence gamemode being announced]].

* "Sunny's Theme" from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4''.

* Sound effects baked into the soundtrack, primarily ones that hail from westerns (ex. gunshots, a whipcrack, a rattlesnake's rattle, etc.)

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKgC_-BM5_o This]] "Got Milk?" ad uses the actual Morricone music from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.''

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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' has the ''The Good, The Bad and the Ugly'' theme in a "standoff" between Alex and the [[WhenEldersAttack Nana]] -- albeit instead of the gun showdown the song usually scores, it's a straight-up physical fight. To fit the faster pace of the scene, the music is sped up and set to a polka beat.
* The duel between Mister Fox and Rat in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' features a theme strongly reminiscent of the track from ''For A Few Dollars More''- complete with galloping pace and spring and whistle sounds.

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* Done in the film ''Film/HababamSinifi'' (1975) where the iconic music from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' is used in the scene where the class members confront the bright guys chosen for the quiz.
* ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'': The Clint Eastwood caricature type villain is accompanied by Morriconesque music.

* In ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', the ''GBU'' theme is used as Gadget and [=RoboGadget=] enter a "duel stance" on a bridge.
* In ''Film/KellysHeroes'' Morricone-style music accompanies Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/TellySavalas and Creator/DonaldSutherland (wearing WWII American army uniforms with side arms in holsters) as they walk side-by-side slowly along a dusty street in a deserted village towards a German Tiger tank that is rotating its turret.

* ''Series/TheATeam'': Murdock once dressed up as a cowboy, while Morricone style music was playing.

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' Series 9 episode "Hell Bent" has the Twelfth Doctor returning to Gallifrey, in order to settle some old scores. Not only do several scenes invoke Spaghetti Western tropes, but Murray Gold's score for the ep includes a new arrangement of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyIP5nrJ8gY The Doctor's Theme]]" (used originally for the Ninth Doctor). Said [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05JO0FgzC9U new]] [[https://youtu.be/Ku26WoGCfCI?t=264 arrangement]] has "Morricone" written all over it.
* The theme song for the ''Franchise/StarWars'' streaming series ''Series/TheMandalorian'' is a homage to the style, with some SpaceWestern vibes sprinkled on top. [[https://youtu.be/2YDKxcdIXBs Have a listen]].

* Broken Bells' "Mongrel Heart" contains a very Morricone-like midsection. The band themselves admitted they went a bit over-the-top with it, but said it would have been a shame to leave it on the cutting room floor:
---> "It's not like we're trying to hide that it's this Morricone feel to it. I would hate to have not had it on there and then been, like, oh, but you've got to hear the version that had the horn on it. It was just over the top and crazy. So we just left it."
* "The Big Gundown" (1985) by Music/JohnZorn reinvents several movie soundtracks for which Ennio Morricone wrote the scores.
* Norwegian group Vazelina Bilopphøggers use Blondie's theme in their song "Duellen i La"
* PlayedForDrama in Music/PoetsOfTheFall's [[https://youtu.be/il3c14eR9C8?list=PLjACqN5i5sDUEienDV52g85W6J7chzLXV "The Ballad of Jeremiah Peacekeeper"]] a {{Western}} inspired tale about an implicitly {{Messianic|Archetype}}, ReluctantWarrior lawman that borrows Morricone's tone.
* Music/{{Sabaton}}’s song "To Hell And Back" (the one about Creator/AudieMurphy) features Morricone-style whistles.

* Music/HavalinaRailCo have the Morricone-inspired song "Dark Skies" on their GenreRoulette album ''America''. The liner notes have brief explanations for each song, and the one for "Dark Skies" just reads:
-->''The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly'' is one of the finest westerns ever made. I think westerns have had a huge influence on him.
* Secret Chiefs 3 took their already western-sounding song "The Exile" and rearranged it with heavy guitars to sound more Morricone-ish, retitling the result "The Western Exile". They also had an unintentional example with "Book T: Exodus"--Trey Spruance took Ernest Gold's main theme from ''Film/Exodus1960'' and rearranged it for "surf band and orchestra". Many, many reviewers thought the result sounded a lot like Morricone.
* Seminal PostRock act Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor have done this quite a few times, with one of their earliest examples being fittingly named "The Cowboy". Another early example is "Kicking Horse on Brokenhill". Their latest album (as of 2020), ''"Luciferian Towers"'', also has examples with "Bosses Hang" and the second half of "Anthem for No State".

* The soundtrack of the ''VideoGame/WildArms'' franchise (more specifically the works scored by Michiko Naruke) seems to have been heavily inspired by Morricone's work.
* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRevolver'', the soundtrack has a Morricone style feeling to it.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxowfL5cl9s This]] remix of [[Franchise/TouhouProject Sanae Kochiya's]] theme.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVg9ZmP8PM "Windy Day"]] from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 5''.
* ''VideoGame/DandyDungeon'': Yamada's rival programmer Bronson Kawada is always introduced by a Morricone-esque riff.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has the Hidden Village, an OutOfGenreExperience where Link clears a SpaghettiWestern-style town of monsters with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3s39EvaqEY Morricone-style music]] as the soundtrack.
** ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'': The "peaceful" arrangements[[note]]There are two different versions of this arrangement, one with an organ and one without, but they are otherwise identical[[/note]] of the Gerudo Desert theme[[note]]based on the Gerudo Valley theme from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', which was originally arranged in a flamenco style[[/note]] goes down this route, and just in case you hadn't already figured out that it was a Morricone tribute, the arrangement quotes the first five notes of his main theme from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' near the end of each loop. The Morricone quote ''only'' appears in the peaceful arrangements, notably; the other arrangements, which aren't Morricone pastiches, don't have it.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': The tumbleweed-themed Pokémon Bramblin has a cry that sounds like the iconic whistle from ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' theme.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner:'' In [[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand "Marshmallow's Last Stand"]], the riff from ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' gets quoted during an {{Eyedscreen}} shot.

%% * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Done in "The Silence Of The Clamps".

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': When he's not partying, Cheese Sandwich is a parody of Clint Eastwood's character from the Film/DollarsTrilogy, so it's only natural he's always accompanied by Morricone-esque folk instrumentals.
%% * Samurai Jack: Just wow.

* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' has the ''The Good, The Bad and the Ugly'' theme in a "standoff" between Alex and the [[WhenEldersAttack Nana]] -- albeit instead of the gun showdown the song usually scores, it's a straight-up physical fight.

* Music/{{Muse}}'s "Knights of Cydonia" sounds as though Matt Bellamy read this article while composing it in order to make sure it contained as many necessary elements as would fit. Focus on guitar? Check. Trumpets? Check. Sound effects from Westerns? Check. Galloping rhythm? That's a ''big'' check. Just in case you didn't get it, live versions since 2008 have contained a quote from "L'uomo dell'armonica" ("The Man with a Harmonica") from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' (although the song's main melody seems more inspired by the main theme from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'').

* Sound effects baked into the soundtrack, primarily ones that hail from westerns (ex. gunshots, a whipcrack, an eagle's cry, etc.)

* Sound effects baked into the soundtrack, primarily ones that hail from westerns (ex. gunshots, a whipcrack, a rattlesnake's cry, etc.)

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': "Go Go Cactus Man!", the {{leitmotif}} of Cowboy Andy from the episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession22CowboyFunk Cowboy Funk]]", is a pretty blatant homage to the theme from ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''.

* The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession22CowboyFunk Cowboy Funk]]" uses a pretty blatant homage to ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' as Andy's {{Leitmotif}}, since he's obsessed with westerns.

* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' has the ''The Good, The Bad and the Ugly'' theme in a "standoff" between Alex and the [[WhenEldersAttack violent old woman]] - albeit instead of the gun showdown the song usually scores, it's a straight up physical fight.

* In ''Film/InspectorGadget'', the GBU theme is used as Gadget and [=RoboGadget=] enter a "duel stance" on a bridge.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has the Hidden Village, an OutOfGenreExperience where Link has to clear a SpaghettiWestern-style town of monsters with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3s39EvaqEY Morricone-style music]] as the soundtrack.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has OutOfGenreExperience called the Hidden Village, a SpaghettiWestern-style town that Link has to clear of monsters while Morricone-style music plays in the background.

* ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'': The "peaceful" arrangements[[note]]There are two different versions of this arrangement, one with an organ and one without, but they are otherwise identical[[/note]] of the Gerudo Desert theme[[note]]based on the Gerudo Valley theme from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', which was originally arranged in a flamenco style[[/note]] goes down this route, and just in case you hadn't already figured out that it was a Morricone tribute, the arrangement quotes the first five notes of his main theme from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' near the end of each loop. The Morricone quote ''only'' appears in the peaceful arrangements, notably; the other arrangements, which aren't Morricone pastiches, don't have it.

* The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Cowboy Funk" uses a pretty blatant homage to ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' as Andy's {{Leitmotif}}, since he's obsessed with westerns.

* Samurai Jack: Just wow.