William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Soundtrack ; Year: 1966; Genre: Soundtrack/Classical It seems that a lot of great musical artists are passing away this year; I heard about the film maestro Ennio Morricone dying the other day. I really could not let it go without picking one of his compositions. This is among my favourites of his works; I love the way this one builds the tension in the movie. Hear The Ecstasy of Gold on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - Clockwork Angels My song pick 2 years ago today: The Kinks - Living on a Thin Line My song pick 3 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Slow Marching Band My song pick 4 years ago today: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo My song pick 5 years ago today: Mastodon - Creature Lives My song pick 6 years ago today: Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed My song pick 7 years ago today: Soundgarden - Live to Rise My song pick 8 years ago today: Shocking Blue - Venus My song pick 9 ...

From: Original Soundtrack from the Film Sacco and Vanzetti ; Year: 1971; Genre: Folk/Soundtrack I've had this classic track from the master composer Ennio Morricone on my mind for the last few days; I thought I would go ahead and pick it. Kind of a simple melody for such an epic track and dare I say; "anthem," but it does exactly as needed and then some. Hear Here's To You on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky is Crying My song pick two years ago today: Maddy Prior - Gutter Geese My song pick three years ago today: Pink Floyd - Hey You My song pick four years ago today: Return to Forever - Dayride My song pick five years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Hot Rails to Hell My song pick six years ago today: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Cover of the Rolling Stone My song pick seven years ago today: Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze My song pick eight years ago today: Jethro Tull - Crazed Institution

1281 Spaghetti Western Orchestra - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Later... with Jools Holland is one of the shows I've been into for quite some time now, however the only time I seem to get to watch it is when I'm having a bout with insomnia due to it only being available at 1:00 in the morning. Anyway, the other night I happened upon a re-run of the show which featured the Spaghetti Western Orchestra. As their name implies, they play selections from the Spaghetti Westerns as well as other Westerns; the music written by Ennio Morricone in particular. From what I understand they were originally called the "Ennio Morricone Experience," but for some reason they are now known as the Spaghetti Western Orchestra. Anyway, this is, of course, the theme to Sergio Leone's epic masterpiece film: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly written by Ennio Morricone; the original theatrical version of the song can be heard here on YouTube . Watch the live performance from ...