The Hateful Eight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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Released | December 18, 2015 | |||
Recorded | July 2015 | |||
Studio | CNSO/Sound Trust Studios, Prague | |||
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Length | 72:47 | |||
Label | Decca Third Man | |||
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Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology | ||||
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Consequence | B+ [2] |
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Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [4] |
Soundtrack Geek | 88.5/100 [5] |
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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 first 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). [7] The score features notable horror references including Morricone's repurposed score from John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) and "Regan's Theme" from The Exorcist II, which serve the sinister mood. [8]
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 [9] 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. [10] In December 2016, it gained a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Mr. 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. [11] [12] He also turned down an offer to write some music for Pulp Fiction in 1994. [13]
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. [14] [15]
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". [16] He quickly released a statement clarifying that his remarks were taken out of context, [17] Morricone said that he has "great respect for Tarantino" and that he is "glad he chooses my music". [18] He also said that because Tarantino chooses his music "it is a sign of artistic brotherhood". [19] [20]
Ultimately, Morricone changed his mind and agreed to score The Hateful Eight. [16]
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. [21] In July 2015, Tarantino announced after the screening of footage of The Hateful Eight at the San Diego Comic-Con International that Morricone will score the film, the first Western Morricone has scored since 1981. [22]
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. [23]
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. [24]
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." [25]
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." [26]
All tracks composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Ennio Morricone, except where noted: [27] [28]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "L’ultima diligenza di Red Rock" (The Last Stage to Red Rock) [Versione Integrale]" | 7:30 | ||
2. | "Ouverture" | 3:11 | ||
3. | "Major Warren Meet Daisy Domergue" (Dialogue) | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson | 0:32 | |
4. | "Narratore letterario (Literary Narrator)" | 1:59 | ||
5. | "Apple Blossom" | Jack White | The White Stripes | 2:13 |
6. | "Frontier Justice" (Dialogue) | Tim Roth and Kurt Russell | 1:50 | |
7. | ""L’ultima diligenza di Red Rock" (The Last Stage to Red Rock) [#2]" | 2:37 | ||
8. | "Neve (Snow)" | 12:16 | ||
9. | "This Here Is Daisy Domergue" (Dialogue) | Kurt Russell and Michael Madsen | 1:01 | |
10. | "Sei cavalli (Six Horses)" | 1:21 | ||
11. | "Raggi di sole sulla montagna (Rays of Sun on the Mountain)" | 1:41 | ||
12. | "Son of the Bloody Nigger Killer of Baton Rouge" (Dialogue) | Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins and Bruce Dern | 2:43 | |
13. | "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" (Song and dialogue) | Traditional | Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kurt Russell | 4:10 |
14. | "Neve (Snow) [#2]" | 2:05 | ||
15. | "Uncle Charlie’s Stew" (Dialogue) | Samuel L. Jackson, Demián Bichir and Walton Goggins | 1:41 | |
16. | "I quattro passeggeri (The Four Passengers)" | 1:49 | ||
17. | "La musica prima del massacro (Music Before the Massacre)" | 2:00 | ||
18. | "L’inferno bianco (White Hell) [Synth]" | 3:31 | ||
19. | "The Suggestive Oswaldo Mobray" (Dialogue) | Tim Roth, Walton Goggins and Kurt Russell | 0:47 | |
20. | "Now You’re All Alone [fn 1] " | David Hess | David Hess | 1:29 |
21. | "Sangue e neve (Blood and Snow)" | 2:05 | ||
22. | "L'inferno bianco (White Hell) [Ottoni]" | 3:31 | ||
23. | "Neve (Snow) [#3]" | 2:02 | ||
24. | "Daisy’s Speech" (Dialogue) | Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michael Madsen | 1:32 | |
25. | "La lettera di Lincoln (The Lincoln Letter) [Strumentale]" | 1:41 | ||
26. | "La lettera di Lincoln (The Lincoln Letter) [Con dialogo]" | 1:46 | ||
27. | "There Won’t Be Many Coming Home [fn 2] " |
| Roy Orbison | 2:44 |
28. | "La puntura della morte (The Sting of Death)" | 0:27 | ||
Total length: | 72:47 |
The film's trailer used Welshly Arms' cover of "Hold On, I'm Coming", although this is not used in the film itself. [30]
The Hateful Eight (For Your Consideration) | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Recorded | July 2015 |
Studio | CNSO/Sound Trust Studios, Prague |
Genre | Film score |
Length | 30:02 |
Label | 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.
All tracks are written by Ennio Morricone
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ouverture" | 3:11 |
2. | "Titoli Principali" | 4:40 |
3. | "Capitolo Tre" | 3:23 |
4. | "Cominciando A Vedere" | 3:23 |
5. | "La Pugnalata Della Morte" | 0:33 |
6. | "Andiamo Un Po' Indietro" | 1:00 |
7. | "Io Non Ho La Pistola" | 1:03 |
8. | "Narratore letterario" | 1:59 |
9. | "I quattro passeggeri" | 1:49 |
10. | "La musica prima del massacro" | 2:00 |
11. | "Com'e Il Caffè?" | 1:18 |
12. | "Svegliati Bambino Bianco" | 3:31 |
13. | "La lettera di Lincoln" | 1:44 |
14. | "Titoli Finali" | 1:39 |
Total length: | 30:02 |
Score composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Ennio Morricone.
Awards | ||||
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Award | Date of Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
Academy Awards [31] | February 28, 2016 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards [32] | December 29, 2015 | Best Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
British Academy Film Awards [33] | February 14, 2016 | Best Original Music | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Chicago Film Critics Association [34] | December 21, 2015 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association [35] | January 7, 2016 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards [36] | January 17, 2016 | Best Composer | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Denver Film Critics Society [37] | January 11, 2016 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards [38] | January 17, 2016 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Golden Globe Awards [39] | January 10, 2016 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards [40] | January 4, 2016 | Best Musical Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominated |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | December 2, 2015 | Special Award | Ennio Morricone | Won |
San Diego Film Critics Society [41] | December 14, 2015 | Best Use of Music in a Film | The Hateful Eight | Won |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association, 2nd place | December 2015 | Best Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | December 2015 | Best Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominated |
AWFJ Award | January 12, 2016 | Best Film Music Or Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
DFWFCA Award 2nd place | 2015 | Best Musical Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
FFCC Award | 2015 | Best Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominated |
Georgia Film Critics Association [42] | January 8, 2016 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Won |
Chart (2015–16) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [43] | 54 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [44] | 18 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [45] | 69 |
French Albums (SNEP) [46] | 126 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [47] | 82 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [48] | 96 |
Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI) [49] | 3 |
Italian Vinyl Records (FIMI) [50] | 8 |
UK Soundtrack Albums (VG-lista) [51] | 11 |
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