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"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 and one of the most iconic pieces of cinematic score in history.

"The Ecstasy of Gold"
Song by Ennio Morricone
from the album The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Released	1966
Genre	Film score, western
Length	3:22
Songwriter(s)	Ennio Morricone

Appearances in other media

This section gives self-sourcing popular culture examples without describing their significance in the context of the article. (March 2017)

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] The band also uses the original recording to open up their concerts.[3]

Films

• Appears in the 2006 film Jackass Number Two as the Jackass crew takes part in a running of the bulls.^{[citation needed]}
• Appears in the 2014 film The Book of Life as Manolo fights a bull.[4]
• Appears in the 2015 film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as Spongebob announces to volunteer in sacrificing himself to save Bikini Bottom.
• Appears in the 2017 film The Battleship Island during the climactic prison escape set piece where Korean prisoners board a boat while fighting off Japanese soldiers.
• Appears in the 2022 documentary film Fire of Love.

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]}
• It was played on the final episode of Brazilian novela Império, during a montage where the characters played by Leandra Leal, Lilia Cabral, Andreia Horta and Marina Ruy Barbosa head to Mount Roraima to scatter the ashes of José Alfredo de Medeiros (played by Alexandre Nero).

Commercials

• A commercial for KFC in the UK showing a standoff between a chicken and a turkey used the song.[5]
• Modelo uses the song in their "Fighting Spirit" commercials.[6]

Video games

• Appears in the NBA 2K14 Next-Gen Intro video.[7]
• Contained in the overworld theme "Lone Bird in the Shire" in Wild Arms (video game).[8]

YouTube

• The Danish National Symphony Orchestra included The Ecstasy of Gold in the second half of their YouTube video "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly". The featured soloist was soprano Christine Nonbo Andersen. Since the video's release on YouTube on January 26 2018, the video has garnered over 104,003,519 views as of 30 August 2022.[9]
• Carolina Eyck has covered The Ecstasy of Gold both singing and playing the theremin. Since the video's release on YouTube on April 8 2017, the video has garnered over 8.7 million views as of April 2022.[10]

Radio

• Used on the XM Radio show Opie and Anthony as its opening song preparing its listeners for the ensuing battle they had daily.^{[citation needed]}

References

На других языках

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[ru] The Ecstasy of Gold

«The Ecstasy of Gold» (в переводе с англ. — «Золотой экстаз») — инструментальная композиция Эннио Морриконе, записанная для саундтрека к фильму Серджо Леоне «Хороший, плохой, злой». Мелодия музыкальной темы звучит, когда один из героев ленты — Туко (Илай Уоллак) лихорадочно ищет могилу на кладбище, в которой зарыто 200 000 долларов золотыми монетами. Вокальная фонема композиции, исполненная итальянской певицей Эддой Делл'Орсо  (англ.) (рус. в стиле сопрано, символизирует золото[1]. «The Ecstasy of Gold» является одной из самых известных музыкальных тем Морриконе.

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