The Hateful Eight (soundtrack)

The Hateful Eight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Ennio Morricone
ReleasedDecember 18, 2015 (2015-12-18)
RecordedJuly 2015
StudioCNSO/Sound Trust Studios, Prague
Genre
Length72:47
LabelDecca
Third Man
Producer
Ennio Morricone chronology
En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait
(2015) 		The Hateful Eight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2015) 		The Correspondence
(2016)
Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology
Django Unchained
(2012) 		The Hateful Eight
(2015) 		Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
ConsequenceB+[2]
Movie-wave.net[3]
Pitchfork8.0/10[4]
Soundtrack Geek88.5/100[5]
Filmtracks.com[6]

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.

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Consequence of Sound review
  3. ^ Southall, James (2015). Movie Wave review, Movie-wave.net.
  4. ^ Pitchfork review
  5. ^ Soundtrack Geek review[usurped]
  6. ^ "Filmtracks: The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)".
  7. ^ Russ Fischer (11 July 2015). "'The Hateful Eight' Will Have an Original Score by Ennio Morricone". slashfilm.com. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  8. ^ Hollis Robbins "U.S. History in 70 MM". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 15 (3): 368–370. July 2016
  9. ^ factmag (10 December 2015). "Ennio Morricone, Ryuichi Nakamoto nominated for Golden Globes". factmag.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Amazon.com: L'Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock (From "The Hateful Eight" Soundtrack / Versione Integrale): Ennio Morricone: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.