Ennio Morricone's 10 Greatest Film Soundtracks

Film visionary Quentin Tarantino has a very distinctive style to his productions, most notably a carefully selected list of tracks that accompanies the on-screen action and ties in closely with the narrative.

For his eighth film, appropriately titled The Hateful Eight, he would use an original score for the first time and the director knew exactly who he wanted to compose it. Morricone hadn't created a Western score in years, despite some of his music having appeared in Tarantino's previous works. Having already composed Ancora Qui for Django Unchained back in 2012, he got to work quickly.

Creating over fifty minutes of music, the finished product rises and falls to match the film's rising tension, though reportedly Tarantino wasn't wholly pleased with the music, saying it lacked the whistles and other elements that made the classical Westerns so memorable. Morricone has said he felt he couldn't repeat what he did with Sergio Leone, feeling it was outdated and would drag the final film down.

Ironically enough, the score for The Hateful Eight has become arguably the most acclaimed of the composer's work, earning a total of fifteen awards across the film industry. It's certainly a memorable work for a modern Western.