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Apollo 440 — The Man with the Harmonica
Album: Morricone Rmx
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Released: 2001
Length: 5:49
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such a magnificent segue from Bob Marley's Natural Mystic, produces sunshine in my brain
Posted 6 months ago by Exebeche    [ Reply ]
is it just me or is this arrangement similar to the Succession theme?
Posted 10 months ago by MrDill    [ Reply ]
 jbuhl wrote:
Somebody mentioned earlier about Claudia Cardinale being in this movie.  How can anyone forget! 




I  Agree!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
This is the 1st time that I have heard this.  IDK?  I will have to listen to it a few more times to decide if I like it.  That is why we come here.  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ninjacatpuppet wrote:

The original version of this song was spread across the internet during the kazaa/napster days under the title "Last Flowers till the Hospital".  It was supposedly a Radiohead b-side.  For years I thought that was so, until I learned it was actually the theme to a spehgetti western.  Its strange how much the original sounds like a Radiohead track.




I recall downloading it as a Radiohead song back then too, but recognized it as a Morricone creation straight off :-)
Posted 1 year ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
 nightdrive wrote:

Hard to forget indeed.



She's still beautiful. So full of ego, the young...
Posted 1 year ago by rezadent    [ Reply ]
Strange but wonderful.
Posted 1 year ago by peterblair    [ Reply ]
 ninjacatpuppet wrote:

The original version of this song was spread across the internet during the kazaa/napster days under the title "Last Flowers till the Hospital".  It was supposedly a Radiohead b-side.  For years I thought that was so, until I learned it was actually the theme to a spehgetti western.  Its strange how much the original sounds like a Radiohead track.



Check out the movie, it is probably one of Sergio Leone's best despite the lack of a Clint. It does have a Bronson, a Robards, and a Fonda in a rare appearance as a villain. Absolute classic.
Posted 1 year ago by robmerkeldesigns    [ Reply ]
Someone should teach that man another riff. Sounds like the Jimmy Dean commercials.
Posted 1 year ago by CruzanBits    [ Reply ]
I want to be that man…
Posted 1 year ago by Sweet_Virginia    [ Reply ]
Dub Be Good to Me by Beats International sampled the same, I think.

Tank fly boss walk jam nitty-gritty.... etc..
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 CowboyJJ wrote:

What were the skies like when you were young?


Yep, The Orb also sampled "The Man With The Harmonica (L'uomo Dell'armonica)" when they produced "Little Fluffy Clouds".
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 CowboyJJ wrote:

What were the skies like when you were young?


There were little fluffy clouds. 
Posted 2 years ago by givendale    [ Reply ]
 jbuhl wrote:
Somebody mentioned earlier about Claudia Cardinale being in this movie.  How can anyone forget! 



As Burt Lancaster commented in 'The Professionals' - "What a woman!"
Posted 2 years ago by pktinkler2984    [ Reply ]
 ninjacatpuppet wrote:

The original version of this song was spread across the internet during the kazaa/napster days under the title "Last Flowers till the Hospital".  It was supposedly a Radiohead b-side.  For years I thought that was so, until I learned it was actually the theme to a spehgetti western.  Its strange how much the original sounds like a Radiohead track.




Ehm... maybe it´s the Radiohead track which sounds like the original !!
Posted 2 years ago by mrctrm    [ Reply ]
I'm going to follow Apollo 440 a bit on spotify and let you know....


(But this gets a 9 for sheer guts to cover Morricone)
Posted 2 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Should've called this one The Man With The Noisy Drums.
Posted 2 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
What were the skies like when you were young?
Posted 3 years ago by CowboyJJ    [ Reply ]
Spectacular segue from CSN “Long Time Gone”. Sweet Jesus.
Posted 3 years ago by SteveInVa    [ Reply ]
 hopper99 wrote:


Nothing beats the original version though. 
 
It's not a question of beating it.
Posted 3 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
R I P     Ennio Morricone  who scored as many as 20 films a year!  it is said 
Sergio Leone shot scenes based on the music Ennio had pre-written and make
scenes as long as the SCORE DICTATED.    wow.  
Posted 4 years ago by wildmanfromSB    [ Reply ]
Somebody mentioned earlier about Claudia Cardinale being in this movie.  How can anyone forget! 

Posted 4 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 rate 8
Posted 4 years ago by sonymagellan    [ Reply ]
 ninjacatpuppet wrote:
The original version of this song was spread across the internet during the kazaa/napster days under the title "Last Flowers till the Hospital".  It was supposedly a Radiohead b-side.  For years I thought that was so, until I learned it was actually the theme to a spehgetti western.  Its strange how much the original sounds like a Radiohead track.

I would have guessed  Gorillaz !

Posted 4 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
It sounds to me like many of these remix things use the same bass line - different notes, maybe, but same rhythm.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
 jpeaton wrote:

Great film, great score, and I love this cover, too!
 

Nothing beats the original version though. 
Posted 5 years ago by hopper99    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:

still chilling
 
Great film, great score, and I love this cover, too!
Posted 6 years ago by jpeaton    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:


my favorite Henry Fonda flick

 
still chilling
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Two covers in a row. (Portishead covered previously)

Bill should do a Only Covers play list one day.

This is good stuff...
Posted 6 years ago by alain.brault    [ Reply ]
 yofitofu wrote:
And has some overtones in the harmonica of Supertramp's School.


 Imkirok wrote:

That's what I thought it was at first, too.

 
  It was brought up a few times in this thread: this song is a cover of Ennio Morricone's "Man With A Harmonica" from the soundtrack to Sergio Leone's 1968 classic film, "Once Upon A Time In The West", which preceded Supertramp's song by several years.  Many of the samples in this song are directly from that soundtrack, including the harmonica.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Can I recommend a follow up?

Harmonicas Are Shite - Fila Brazillia

Don't let the name put you off, it's a good song!
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the musical overlay on a Cirque du Soleil act...
Posted 8 years ago by ProjectGemini07    [ Reply ]
 yofitofu wrote:
And has some overtones in the harmonica of Supertramp's School.

 
That's what I thought it was at first, too.


Posted 8 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
The opening is a little Supertrampy.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
That bass. . . oh my!
Posted 8 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Sergio Leone's "Sesame Street".
Posted 8 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Superb.
Posted 8 years ago by musicforme    [ Reply ]
 jbuhl wrote:

Yep this movie is a must see.

 
"...when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen."
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 OHMish wrote:
Do yourself a favor and see the movie Once Upon A Time In The West, 1968
(this track uses one of the themes) 

 
Yep this movie is a must see.
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
RP does me a big favour everyday that I listen in. My bank balance thinks otherwise! This track is great stuff.
 
Posted 8 years ago by kudubundu    [ Reply ]
Wow, I really like this. My tastes must be changing. Thanks RP. You're going to cost me even more money in music. 3TB and climbing...
Posted 8 years ago by schitfitz    [ Reply ]
And has some overtones in the harmonica of Supertramp's School.
Posted 8 years ago by yofitofu    [ Reply ]

Posted 9 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Do yourself a favor and see the movie Once Upon A Time In The West, 1968
(this track uses one of the themes) 
Posted 9 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]

Mix from one of the best westerns of all time.  If you have not seen Once Upon A Time In The West , check it out


Posted 9 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
I don't remember ever hearing this, but I previously gave it a 6.
Don't know why, because hearing it now, I really like it. 8.
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
You had to be there.

And i was. ;-)
Posted 9 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
good one exciting
Posted 9 years ago by hansol1957    [ Reply ]
Bloody hell. That's the way to sing it
 
Posted 9 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 ...and I love it that you say that.!
Bleyfusz wrote:
I love it when music sounds cynical.

 


Posted 9 years ago by laserace    [ Reply ]
Yeah, Charles Bronson on his knees before smashing down with his bro over the shoulders ... that is a begining for a great film, everhing else just makes it even better. Agree with your list!
kingart wrote:
the drum with no brain.

I wouldn't say the greatest western ever, yippee. Kai yay.
Shane.
The Searchers.
The Wild Bunch.
To name just a few likely to be mentioned before Once Upon a Time in the West. 

But Henry Fonda is one bad guy you love to hate.  And it certainly is a candidate for the greatest music ever for a movie set in the west. 
 

 


Posted 9 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
the drum with no brain.

I wouldn't say the greatest western ever, yippee. Kai yay.
Shane.
The Searchers.
The Wild Bunch.
To name just a few likely to be mentioned before Once Upon a Time in the West. 

But Henry Fonda is one bad guy you love to hate.  And it certainly is a candidate for the greatest music ever for a movie set in the west. 
 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:
This song scares me

 
Ha, that’s too funny  {#Lol}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:


my favorite Henry Fonda flick

 
Film is a visual medium and music often gets in it's way.  Ennio Morricone's soundtracks do not. 
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
greatest western ever
Posted 9 years ago by yippee    [ Reply ]
Nice ambient take on Morricone. Dig.
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
This song scares me
Posted 10 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]


my favorite Henry Fonda flick
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
The Man With No Name checks into Hotel Costes.
Posted 10 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

This is not a blatant ripoff.

This album is remixes of Ennio Morricone movie soundtrack tunes.  The "Man with the Harmonica" was the theme song for Once Upon a Time in the West, filmed in 1965 according to IMDB.  (Apparently Gatlinburger and I both failed to read prior comments before posting.)So, it appears this song predated Supertramp by 8 or 9 years, although the remix may indeed have been arranged to mimic Supertramp's soundscape.  If you're suggesting Supertramp ripped off Signore Morricone, well, I completely missed that interpretation of your comment.

 
Yes, and aside from the fact that Supertramp's arrangement was influenced by the work of Ennio Morricone, three notes played on a harmonica does not constitute "a blatant rip-off".  More importantly: why would anyone bother ripping off Supertramp?
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Gatlinburger wrote:
EXACTLY!  I've been listening to 'Supertramp's' "Crime of the Century" since 1974, when it first came out , I believe, or shortly thereafter.  Granted, the harmonica was/is probably the best part...  Someone tell me that this isn't a BLATENT RIP-OFF!!!
 
This is not a blatant ripoff.

This album is remixes of Ennio Morricone movie soundtrack tunes.  The "Man with the Harmonica" was the theme song for Once Upon a Time in the West, filmed in 1965 according to IMDB.  (Apparently Gatlinburger and I both failed to read prior comments before posting.)

So, it appears this song predated Supertramp by 8 or 9 years, although the remix may indeed have been arranged to mimic Supertramp's soundscape.  If you're suggesting Supertramp ripped off Signore Morricone, well, I completely missed that interpretation of your comment.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
EXACTLY!  I've been listening to 'Supertramp's' "Crime of the Century" since 1974, when it first came out , I believe, or shortly thereafter.  Granted, the harmonica was/is probably the best part...  Someone tell me that this isn't a BLATENT RIP-OFF!!!
Posted 11 years ago by Gatlinburger    [ Reply ]
 MsJudi wrote:
Fools me every time, I think it's School, by Supertramp. {#Sad}

 
Exactly! And I would love to hear that now. {#Yes}
Posted 11 years ago by ferwoman    [ Reply ]
Fools me every time, I think it's School, by Supertramp. {#Sad}
Posted 11 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Harp riff was also used in a fantastic song by an Australian band from the 1990's called The Clouds.  The song in question (Pocket) is from a terrific album called Penny Century - well worth a listen if you can find it.
Posted 12 years ago by symthy    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:
I love it when music sounds cynical.
 

Perfect. And I'm sure the intro was used by The Orb. Little Fluffy Clouds if I'm not mistaken.
Posted 12 years ago by funkyalfonso    [ Reply ]
Watched the movie very recently. So atmospheric (if a little over done).
Posted 12 years ago by gazinroze    [ Reply ]
I love it when music sounds cynical.
Posted 12 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
good vibe!!
 
Posted 12 years ago by ilaialor    [ Reply ]
 tallboy1968 wrote:

Harmonica is sampled from Supertramp, yes?  I think it's the opening riff from "School" from Crime of the Century (1974).

Either that, or Supertramp sampled from the same harmonica?

Any experts on this one? 
 
Um, if it sampled it is from 'Once Upon a Time in the West', a Sergio Leone movie with Charles Bronson (as The Man with the Harmonica), Jason Robards, Henry Fonda, Jack Elam, and Claudia Cardinale (drool...)
Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Awesome!
Posted 12 years ago by Xing    [ Reply ]
I immediately thought Ennio Morricone's 'Untouchables' soundtrack from the first wail.
Posted 12 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 meauclaire wrote:
Sounds Supertramp-ish
 
Harmonica is sampled from Supertramp, yes?  I think it's the opening riff from "School" from Crime of the Century (1974).

Either that, or Supertramp sampled from the same harmonica?

Any experts on this one? 
Posted 12 years ago by tallboy1968    [ Reply ]
 MinMan wrote:
Unless I'm mistaken, the introductory synthesizer tone on this re-mix sounds just like the start of KC's "One More Red Nightmare" on Red.
 

Also sounds like a Radiohead song, can't think of name right now. I think they are both using the exact harmonica sample or something.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Unless I'm mistaken, the introductory synthesizer tone on this re-mix sounds just like the start of KC's "One More Red Nightmare" on Red.
Posted 13 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:


Is this a comment remix?
 
This is a remix comment comment. A remix comment. A remix comment remix.

Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Toss
Posted 13 years ago by Zimmerman84    [ Reply ]
Sounds Supertramp-ish
Posted 13 years ago by meauclaire    [ Reply ]
Nice mix - sort of 'spaghetti dub' :o). 7 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 milchschnitte wrote:
actually, this gate looks a little bit "placed". {#Lol}

 

 

I guess you'd say, he's bell hung.
Posted 14 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
MUSIC FOR CINEMAS,
NOT FOR RP.
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
It's hard to get excited about a loop-based instrumental these days, but given the release date, I'd say this track has aged well.
Posted 14 years ago by james_of_tucson    [ Reply ]
 doctec wrote:
I always wondered where the little harmonica lick at the start of "Little Fluffy Clouds" (The Orb, 1991) came from!!!
 
omg — thank you!  i was having the hardest time placing the familiarity.....  knew i had heard it somewhere before 
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Nah, gotta think back.................waaaaay back to the "Strand" cigarettes adverts in the early 60's for that intro.
And yes, they were discontinued, attributed to the 'too lonely' advertising music.
There is such a thing as irony.

NB I did like this after the intro however, plus the Harlem Nocturne following.

Posted 14 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
ti quoto anch'io!!!

 lucanecchi wrote:

I quote myself!!!

 


Posted 14 years ago by mauflex    [ Reply ]
dmax wrote:

    I can see you in the morning on your way to schooooooooool....

 fingerpin wrote:

Haaaaaaaaaaaa! My thought exactly! {#Cowboy}
 

Which reminds me of my second trip to Morocco, way back in summer of '89. Me and my friends were sitting outside a café in the blistering heat, dust clouds rolling by and all, and made comments on each other's faces which where clearly based on certain cinematographic references. And eventually, the owner of the, well: saloon, had nothing better to do than putting on a Supertramp tape.

During the intro, we sat there almost petrified. And then ordered another coffee.



Posted 14 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Crime of the century.
But where's the guitar sample from?
Posted 14 years ago by Dillinquent    [ Reply ]
This should be part of the soundtrack for Stephen King's The Gunslinger - Part One of the Dark Tower series movie
Posted 14 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
 lucanecchi wrote:

I quote myself!!!

 

Is this a comment remix?
Posted 14 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
 doctec wrote:
I always wondered where the little harmonica lick at the start of "Little Fluffy Clouds" (The Orb, 1991) came from!!!
 
And now we know!

Posted 14 years ago by sub-arctic    [ Reply ]
 lucanecchi wrote:
Why not the original from Ennio Morricone??

(remix sucks!)
 
I quote myself!!!

Posted 15 years ago by lucanecchi    [ Reply ]
 oldviolin wrote:

Great, except he wasn't in this movie.

  And he never rode a burro. Except, MAYBE, in 'Two Mules for Sister Sarah'.


Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 dmax wrote:
I can see you in the morning on your way to schooooooooool....
 
Haaaaaaaaaaaa! My thought exactly! {#Cowboy}
Posted 15 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
A very nice rendition for the younger generation!
Posted 15 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
The original version of this song was spread across the internet during the kazaa/napster days under the title "Last Flowers till the Hospital".  It was supposedly a Radiohead b-side.  For years I thought that was so, until I learned it was actually the theme to a spehgetti western.  Its strange how much the original sounds like a Radiohead track.
Posted 15 years ago by ninjacatpuppet    [ Reply ]
Why not the original from Ennio Morricone??

(remix sucks!)
Posted 15 years ago by lucanecchi    [ Reply ]
that harmonica takes me Right in the center of the song, into the layers of some odd universe
Posted 15 years ago by SuzenJueL    [ Reply ]
actually, this gate looks a little bit "placed". {#Lol}

 

Posted 15 years ago by milchschnitte    [ Reply ]
 Tattoo wrote:
Grandissimo MORRICONE
 

Indeed
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
Grandissimo MORRICONE
Posted 16 years ago by Tattoo    [ Reply ]
tobstar wrote:
normally I'd say not as good as the original but quite franky anything that makes me think about Once Upon A Time In The West is a good thing

Oh man yes. That scene where you first see Claudia Cardinale, sticking her head out the window of the train? Holy smokes that woman was hot!

The opening scene, with Jack Elam and the fly, is priceless too. Great movie.

c.

Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
not porcupine tree?

Posted 16 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
tobstar wrote:
normally I'd say not as good as the original but quite franky anything that makes me think about Once Upon A Time In The West is a good thing
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
healyf52 wrote:
This is the harmonica riff from the movie "Once Upon A Time in the West". Charles Bronson played this riff as he hunted down the men(Henry Fonda) that killed his dad.
Actually, it was his brother, and the scene (recurring nightmare) where his brother is perched on young Bronson's shoulders with a noose around his neck plays out in the end and the significance of the harmonica is revealed is chilling and vintage Leone.
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
normally I'd say not as good as the original but quite franky anything that makes me think about Once Upon A Time In The West is a good thing
Posted 16 years ago by tobstar    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
Clint needs to ride in here on his burro and blow some muthafuckas away
Great, except he wasn't in this movie.
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
It's a nice, smooth interpretation. I like it. But doesn't reach the original, which gets more and more haunting as the music goes on - until the climax with the guitar/tubular bells combination.
Posted 16 years ago by spaceman    [ Reply ]
Clint needs to ride in here on his burro and blow some muthafuckas away
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Faith-o-gram wrote:
Once Upon a Time in the West
That's the one! Thanks!
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
Once Upon a Time in the West
Posted 16 years ago by Faith-o-gram    [ Reply ]
Great reference! Loved that spaghetti western. Anyone remember the name?
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
Anything that evokes memories of Claudia Cardinale is a very, very good thing.
Posted 16 years ago by jenseda    [ Reply ]
The man with the harmonica needs to step away from the microphone, he's driving me crazy!
Posted 16 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
I always wondered where the little harmonica lick at the start of "Little Fluffy Clouds" (The Orb, 1991) came from!!!
Posted 16 years ago by doctec    [ Reply ]
mememu wrote:
Techno-morricone, yeah!
Me likey!
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Bought this CD a while ago, and it's amazing. I suggest you pick it up.
Posted 16 years ago by iransofaraway    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah, that harmonica blast does it for me everytime, no matter in what shape or form. Bring it on!
Posted 17 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
It's so good to get a really large burst of harmonica - rather than just an enticing little piece peeping out from amongst the other instruments.
Posted 17 years ago by crushedvelvet    [ Reply ]