# The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 4, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001 "2023-06-04T22:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/1 "2023-06-04T22:45:04Z")
OMG. What an amazing piece of music this is. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/2 "2023-06-04T22:57:58Z")
That was a crazy good version of one of the best theme songs ever. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/3 "2023-06-04T22:59:48Z")
Thanks for posting that. Hands down my favorite piece of music ever composed for a film. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/4 "2023-06-04T23:05:20Z")
Check out the earrings on the soprano. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/5 "2023-06-05T00:08:23Z")
Yep, that’s a top caliber orchestra, I’ve been subscribed to them for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/6 "2023-06-05T00:21:45Z")
I’ve enjoyed that vid for years. Always a treat to hear them do it again. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/7 "2023-06-05T01:16:20Z")
I’d really love to see the movie on the big screen at least once in the time I have left. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/8 "2023-06-05T01:31:24Z")
I remember my brother had an album that was a collection of Spaghetti Western themes that included G.B & U. I wore that album out. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/9 "2023-06-05T08:53:44Z")
If you like this you should check out: > **[Sad Hill Unearthed (2017) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6997426/)** > > Sad Hill Unearthed: Directed by Guillermo de Oliveira. With Ennio Morricone, James Hetfield, Joe Dante, Clint Eastwood. A documentary following film fans working to restore the set of the climatic graveyard scene from the iconic spaghetti western The... Less accomplished - but very hearfelt. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/10 "2023-06-05T09:16:27Z")
Excellent ! My new favorite version ! (Which was previously [this](https://youtu.be/pLgJ7pk0X-s) one by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.) ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/11 "2023-06-05T09:59:10Z")
Here’s an instrumental version by Italian fingerstyle guitarist [Peppino D’Agostino](https://youtu.be/-2w5PIzdUc8?t=94). It starts with something else, so I’ve cued the video to his change in tuning and segue to the movie theme. Back it up to see the whole thing, if you like, it’s pretty good. > [@Banksiaman](#): > > If you like this you should check out: > > [Sad Hill Unearthed (2017) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6997426/) Oh, that looks interesting. I haven’t seen it, but the subject has interested me for some time, and [I posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across/851674/2675) here two years ago about the sets and filming locations. Yeah, everyone thinks the cemetery scene was filmed in Almería, in southern Spain, like the rest of the film and so many other Spaghetti Westerns, but it was actually filmed in Burgos, in northern Spain. You can tell by looking at the film, because the land is much greener. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/12 "2023-06-05T18:39:11Z")
I imagine most of the posters here know this, but the Danish National Symphony Orchestra does a lot of show & pop tunes, and demonstrates a lot of good humor and lack of pompous attitude in how they do them. Their whole channel bears watching / listening. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/13 "2023-06-10T09:30:12Z")
The 1999 Metallica with the San Francisco Orchestra concert (Metallica S&M) also starts with The Ecstasy of Gold - [Metallica - S&M 1999 [Full Concert] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GEwdzDnNps) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/14 "2023-06-10T10:33:54Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > The 1999 Metallica with the San Francisco Orchestra concert (Metallica S&M) also starts with The Ecstasy of Gold - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GEwdzDnNps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GEwdzDnNps) > **[Why Metallica Open Their Concerts With ‘The Ecstasy of Gold’](https://loudwire.com/metallica-ecstasy-of-gold-concert-opener-interview/)** > > The man who made it all happen, Jonny Z, tells Loudwire how it all happened. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/15 "2023-06-10T15:38:53Z")
I was wondering as I watched how all those “serious orchestral musicians” feel about having to play what is essentially pop music. I’m glad they enjoy it! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/16 "2023-06-10T15:44:48Z")
Actual real question on these orchestral symphonies after watching the Danish National team play the theme to Jurassic Park-- Do the cymbal players play only cymbals? If so, that has to be the easiest job in the whole orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/17 "2023-06-10T15:58:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Actual real question on these orchestral symphonies after watching the Danish National team play the theme to Jurassic Park-- Do the cymbal players play only cymbals? If so, that has to be the easiest job in the whole orchestra. - Their role is strictly cymbolic. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/18 "2023-06-10T16:01:34Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Their role is strictly cymbolic. Yellow card! Your next pun violation will result in a red card and you will have to skip the next thread. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/19 "2023-06-10T16:08:02Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I imagine most of the posters here know this, but the Danish National Symphony Orchestra does a lot of show & pop tunes, and demonstrates a lot of good humor and lack of pompous attitude in how they do them. I liked the guy hanging from the rafters. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001/20 "2023-06-10T16:29:50Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > I imagine most of the posters here know this, but the Danish National Symphony Orchestra does a lot of show & pop tunes, and demonstrates a lot of good humor and lack of pompous attitude in how they do them. - > > I liked the guy hanging from the rafters. The first time I saw the video, that threw me as I had never seen the movie and didn’t know the plot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-danish-national-symphony-orchestra/985001.md?page=2)