# What musical instrument is used in western movies?

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**Created:** [December 7, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instrument-is-used-in-western-movies/383169 "2006-12-07T03:35:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instrument-is-used-in-western-movies/383169/21 "2006-12-07T17:32:50Z")

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Yep. Ocarina all right. I can hear the plastic tone.

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**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-instrument-is-used-in-western-movies/383169/22 "2006-12-07T18:07:30Z")

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I’ve no idea if the info is correct, but the [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocarina) article on ocarinas lists the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as someplace the ocarina is used.

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