The Ecstasy of Gold

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See also: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (soundtrack)
"The Ecstasy of Gold"
Song by Ennio Morricone
from the album The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Released1966
GenreFilm score, western
Length3:22
Songwriter(s)Ennio Morricone

"The Ecstasy of Gold" (Italian: L'estasi dell'oro) is a musical composition by Ennio Morricone, part of his score for the 1966 Sergio Leone film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It is played while Tuco (Eli Wallach) is frantically searching a cemetery for the grave that holds $200,000 in gold coins. Sung by Edda Dell'Orso, it stands as one of the most well known of Morricone's themes.

Appearances in other media[]

By other musicians[]

  • An instrumental metal cover by Metallica appears on the 2007 Morricone tribute album We All Love Ennio Morricone. It reached #21 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts[1] and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance.[2]

Films[]

  • Appears in the 2014 film The Book of Life as Manolo fights a bull.[citation needed]

Television[]

  • The episode "XCIII" in Samurai Jack's 5th season pays homage to the cemetery scene when Jack hides from the Daughters of Aku in a stone coffin within a ruined temple (complete with a reimagining of The Ecstasy of Gold).[citation needed]

Commercials[]

  • A commercial for KFC in the UK showing a Mexican standoff between a chicken and a turkey used the song.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chart history: Metallica". Billboard.com.
  2. ^ "Metallica | Artist". Grammy.com.
  3. ^ "KFC UK Christmas Advert 2018". November 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018 – via YouTube.
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