Main Theme from ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ for Flute Choir

“The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” Main Theme by Ennio Morricone

Arranged for Flute Choir by Steven Verhaert

Instrumentation: 3 c flutes (flute 3 doubles on claves), alto flute, bass flute (bass flute doubles on “foot stomps”)

Score and parts

Duration: 3:00

“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” was a 1966 Italian “spaghetti western” film starring Clint Eastwood as “The Good”, Lee Van Cleef as “The Bad”, and Eil Wallach as “The Ugly”, with a film score by Italian composer Ennio Morricone.  Morricone’s distinctive original compositions containing gunfire, whistling and yodeling permeate the film.  The main theme is a two-note melody, resembling the howling of a coyote.  It was used for the three main characters, with a different instrument used for each – a flute for “Blondie” (Man with No Name), and ocarina for “Angel Eyes”, and human voices for “Tuco”.