DirectorQuentin Tarantinoand the cast of his upcoming WesternThe Hateful EightinvadedHall HatComic-Contoday, revealing the first footage to the massive crowd, although it hasn’t gone online yet. But we did get a new poster. At the end of the panel,Quentin Tarantinomade a surprise announcement that legendary composerEnnio Morriconewill craft the score forThe Hateful Eight, his first original Western score in over 40 years. Here’s what the filmmaker had to say during the panel.
“I want to make one announcement that people don’t know yet. It wasn’t for sure, but we just settled it. You guys know that I don’t use an original score in my movies, I kinda take scores from other movies and put ‘em in there. This one, I thought should have an original score. So I’m here to announce that the greatEnnio Morriconewill be doing the score forThe Hateful Eight. He’s writing right now, and recording in Prague in the next couple of weeks.”
Ennio Morriconehas over 500 scoring credits to his name, including timeless classics such as Once Upon a Time in the West,A Fistful of Dollars,For a Few Dollars More,The Good the Bad and the Ugly,The Untouchablesand Bugsy, just to name a few. Quentin Tarantino has frequently used his work while putting together thesoundtracksfor his previous movies, and the composer provided an original song, “Ancora Qui,” for 2012’sDjango Unchained. The seven-minute clip that the director showed featured music from the composer’s work on the 1982 classicThe Thing.
The Hateful Eightmarks Quentin Tarantino’s secondWestern movie, followingDjango Unchained, and the filmmaker teased during the panel that he will make another Western in the future.
“You have to make at least 3 westerns to call yourself a ‘Western Director.’ I’ll make a 3rd so I can call myself that.”
It isn’t known if or when the director plans on releasing the seven-minute clip fromThe Hateful Eightto the public, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted as soon as more updates come in.The Hateful Eightis slated to open in limited release onChristmas Day, in over 50 theaters with 70MM projectors, before opening nationwide in January. Are you excited that the filmmaker is planning on making another Western?
