Ennio Morricone - Ecstasy of Gold (fingerstyle guitar)

Classic Ennio Morricone tune, from the movie "The Good The Bad and The Ugly". When "The Ugly" was running around Sad Hill Cemetery looking for Arch Stanton's grave. Who doesn't want to play this tune?!
There weren't many solo guitar arrangements around, I particularly liked Luciano Renan's version, but I wasn't keen on some of his neck positions so I changed them. I also stayed in my style, I didn't want to make an epic out of this, keep it simple for me!
I really wanted to have a really clean flawless play through; I played it every day for weeks, I tried to record it a few times, and even this take was probably the 10th attempt in one sitting. Hence the big "sigh" at the start, which I though fit really well :-) I did chop one or two errors out of the audio for the listeners, but there are plenty of errors still left in it for the guitarists, it's not easy to play clean and flawless. Still human.
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[@leshurlementsdelacave9563]

This video : perfect way to convice someone to learn guitar.

[@jawmunji]

Nice! Yep, a great song, would not be easy for a beginner but hey, if they start on some easier stuff aiming to play this later, that's great! Any excuse to get someone to start playing guitar is a win!

[@SKM_KB]

Or convince someone to stop playing the guitar

[@jawmunji]

@@SKM_KB ha ha, no! Learn the first bar, play it, enjoy it, perfect it... then learn the second bar... before you know it, it's all yours!

[@prashanthadepu3013]

And also Interstellar theme

[@mcahriman]

​@@jawmunji absolutely great piece, loved the articulation - best of the arrangements here on youtube, but little bit... challenging. Not sure if I'll master that at all, but equivalent of 2 cups of fine macchiato (Lviv prices) goes to you anyway

[@huntersheridan3444]

I cannot believe it only took two hands to produce your sound. You are a true artisan.

[@UltraFan123]

When your in the wild west and some random guy just comes up out of nowhere and plays this

[@mr8ty8]

And you say "you made my day, punk"

[@_Gamble_]

Present Day Guitar Center : No Stairway To Heaven! 1800s Saloon : No Ecstasy Of Gold!

[@LeeRaldar]

There are two types of people, those with guitars and those who dig.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

This spanish guitar has a magnificent tone. To play Ecstacy of Gold on it succeeds where words fail to express the beauty.

[@marcobaldari7031]

I hope Maestro Morricone had a chance to listen to this. I'm sure he would have been very pleased ! BRAVO !!

[@shageevideo]

Bravo, long live Ennio, he was a genius

[@dgibigwad]

The best cover of "ecstasy of Gold" . Magic . 🤩

[@Kim-ft4pr]

Rip Enio Morricone 😭

[@bribblr]

the articulation, your tempo, the feel. this is by far the best and most accurate cover on the platform!!!

[@krishnamurti4577]

Impressive beautiful version. So good. Thank you.❤

[@davidmurray9193]

This is the one spaghetti Western song that gets me every time, well class 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@aaarthur3266]

Pure talent. The best cover that i've ever seen on KZbin.

[@jawmunji]

Ha ha, thanks Arthur! Give this a try, there are some tricky sections but if you have some fingerpicking skills worth a shot!

[@felipepanos1648]

The chug in the begining tell everything. Thank you.

[@scoot77777]

Wow! Very nicely done! Very impressive 🫡😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 one of my all time favorites! You have a gift 👍

[@Life_of_Matthew]

You see my friend, in this world, there's two types of people: those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.

[@af-np4pg]

Love it!

[@Gameworks-gt9di]

Wow, this is fantastic, I got suggested this after searching and eventually finding it after hearing it from a meme. That's kind of how I stumble upon a lot of songs...

[@robertgolden1534]

This is great, really balanced.

[@paulofernandes1375]

I'm learning this no matter what. Thank you

[@sabre2369]

god this is so badass, cant wait to play it like you man

[@jawmunji]

Ha ha, thanks, and yes, do it! It's a great tune!

[@warrenc1829]

Lovely stuff. One of my favourite ever tracks.

[@MoistMusic]

Love it😍😍 going to try and make a video of it

[@MusicIsLife-qx8tj]

Cool I'll check it out x

[@MoistMusic]

@@MusicIsLife-qx8tj I'm not has good as this guy lol not been playing long

[@musicmashups6135]

it's good

[@kennytheguitarfanatic054]

This is the best version i have heard of this song very inspiring !!!

[@jawmunji]

Thanks! Give it a try, it's challenging, but not unachievable!

[@_imnotgoodatnames_]

There’s two types of people in this world my friend. Those with skills, and those who listen. Im sure you can differentiate that between us 🤠

[@My-Nickel]

Right on!

[@Lasgoo]

I need the tabs

[@perkarter]

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[@falcons7783]

no...you dont need the tabs...you need feel the tabs

[@Lasgoo]

@@falcons7783 but how do i achive that?

[@falcons7783]

@@Lasgoo That's the soul...of you how to engage music my dear friend

[@Lasgoo]

@@falcons7783 impossible!

[@bkeavney586]

Absolutely beautiful! Well done

[@golgothapro]

Outstanding man. That was truly beautiful !

[@manuelalbertoaguilargarcia4350]

Thank you for the inspiration...

[@mauriziocalamai8837]

COMPLIMENTI!!! 1 MODO PARTICOLARE DI SUONARE QUESTO MERAVIGLIOSO BRANO!!!!

[@Hamed.hami67]

Hi the best music thanks mr 😃😍😍👍👏👏👏

[@lucadl15]

Great arrangement , man !! Thanks for the tab, you make my "acoustic"day ....

[@jawmunji]

No worries! Check out my latest video, I talk about this song more.

[@epasternak4206]

@@jawmunji This made my Sunday, it reminds me of my Dad, him and I used to watch this movie together all the time. Any chance you could send the tab? I have most of it worked out by ear, but a little stuck on some parts. Thanks

[@jawmunji]

@@epasternak4206You can download this from my website. Enjoy!

[@felixthecat1672]

You smashed it. Well done mate

[@eretic6069]

hmm, and where is the tab?

[@letsgetmoretacos]

so good!!

[@usaf20071989]

Very nice work!

[@ribvicky]

Just beautiful ❤️ There's a scene in which Tuco meets his brother in the Cristian hospital. That piece is marvelous! Try that too.. And another is in the starting when Lee Van Cleef arrives on a horse.

[@Henllan]

Absolutely marvellous - bravo!

[@harivinayak03]

Goosebumps, buddy

[@zarahnator7764]

really good job my friend !!

[@XxXxDominator]

Dam good work I see this dude enjoyed killin it aswell and RIP to that amazing composer of the original piece for giving us such a masterpiece

[@jawmunji]

Amen mate, Mr Moricone is a fair dinkum legend, so much brilliant music.

[@fabiosauge3617]

Excelente

[@LucasOnohara02]

Direto para os favoritos!

[@goldismoney5899]

Thanks a lot. this really helped for me to get it worked out!

[@theyear-pj4sj]

TREMENDOUS!

[@TheSimpleBeatsTV]

Just spectacular! Thanks for uploading this

[@michaelglucksman147]

excellent

[@klmtgablebgk-mimtg710]

Impressive

[@markus-hermannkoch1740]

Nice one! And many thanks for the tab -- best for that classic I found on the web so far; although I have to riddle it with markers of my own for the accentuation that is so very essential for this one to sound right. Well, nothing wrong with being forced to think from time to time.

[@jawmunji]

Yep, good plan. I gave up tabbing an exact transcript, it's too much effort, and anyone who will be able to play them will be able to work it out themselves! I also only do a skeleton of the tab, just the key parts, I don't like seeing tabs with the same phrases repeated over and over again. "Just give me the basic gist, I'll work out the rest" - that's my thoughts on the matter!

[@gustavogomes1581]

that was amazing!

[@jawmunji]

Ha ha, thanks! It feels good to play, you can impart a lot of emotion to it.

[@MP-Fin]

Added to favourites

[@LucianoRenanOfficial]

Hey, nice version friend! Thanks for the mention on the description :) Good job, best regards!

[@jawmunji]

Thanks for the inspiration, keep up the good work!

[@Lymbe06]

Excellent man. Be proud.

[@evancamacho520]

Fantastic!

[@sockenfrank]

Sounds wonderful.

[@jawmunji]

Thanks Frank!

[@lukdrazewski]

Thank you for the arrangement, and very good and clear recording

[@jawmunji]

Thanks! It's important to have good sound for a musical recording!

[@RyanDanielG]

Beautiful song. Great movie too. Glad to hear it! Cheers!

[@jawmunji]

Thanks RG! It's good to have done something with it :-)

[@RyanDanielG]

@@jawmunji Any headway on that live project?

[@jawmunji]

@@RyanDanielG Yes! I have the hardware, but that was the easy part, now it's software and research. Strapped for time, but plan to work on it again soon :-)

[@RyanDanielG]

@@jawmunji Nice. Just hit me up here on youtube when you wanna test (i rarely check my non-work email. It's all spam and garbage fires :)

[@joracer1]

Looks very enjoyable and satisfying to play....

[@jawmunji]

Give it a crack. There are a few tricky bits, but with persistence it's all manageable! :-)

[@DenverChiropractor]

Bravo!

[@Photographja]

Bravo!

[@Androgiron]

Respect

[@manuelvilca8969]

MASTER

[@brownernz862]

Love it

[@locknkopp]

I can feel it

[@gregvargas5104]

Bravo bravo

[@franckfranck6037]

Great!!! "A story of soldier" please!

[@jawmunji]

Ha ha, nah, I've got too much else on! Sorry!

[@rovercoupe7104]

Bravo. M.

[@theartofdiaspora]

Amazing

[@cacahue]

Fingerstyle guitar = Spanish guitar. Brilliantly played song!

[@Magnum44NC]

GREAT!

[@landogar1985]

Awsome i love it :)

[@tajafarov]

Best! Respekt!

[@spectreg100k6]

Had to watch this twice

[@kokeskokeskokes]

You made my guitar playing more fun.

[@jawmunji]

Excellent! It should always be more fun 🙂

[@Monty2598]

Awesome. Great arrangement!

[@jawmunji]

Thanks mate! It is an intense piece, enjoyable to play, give it a try!

[@Cool1st]

100,000 dollars is a lot of money…

[@Javidelacb]

WOW

[@FalseProphet92]

I'm not usually one for commenting but if I didn't make exceptions for this sort of thing then what WOULD I make exceptions for?! Great tune and played fantastically! Thanks for sharing!

[@jawmunji]

Ha, thanks Matt! I try to comment more on videos these days, I quite like feedback so I figure others probably do too. Give this song a try, if you have some fingerstyle skills it is doable, it has a few ugly left hand stretches in it but overall it's playable :-) Thanks for stopping by!

[@CarasTours]

amazing !!

[@richardllevat5032]

im sorry im not able to say anything else than 🤯WOW

[@cosminel1211]

Ennio Morricone used a low-tunned guitar and the sound was deeper...try it! Good cover!

[@jubbaronny]

Nice

[@5tever7272]

Oh yeah 🤘x

[@FPSTR]

can you share the tabs please?

[@lodewijktilanus5965]

jaws.tips/cgi-bin/showtab.cgi?JAW%20-%20The%20Ecstasy%20of%20Gold

[@riffafrank]

Pretty fringing good man!

[@jawmunji]

Thanks mate! This video seems to have become popular over all my other ones, not sure why, it's more obscure than my other videos and not quite as technical etiher. But it's a great song and this arrangement worked out pretty well. Thanks for stopping by!

[@riffafrank]

Metallica use this song for there intro of every show since the early days. Thats why it's so popular. And you did a very good version of it on your classical guitar.

[@maganaga1767]

Holy shit.

[@adzz3930]

Can this be played on an acoustic guitar with steel strings or nylon strings would be better?

[@jawmunji]

Whatever you are comfortable with! All guitars bring their own sound and tone to the piece, even electric guitars 😄

[@spectreg100k6]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@xXChipp3000Xx]

"He discourages a lot of up-and-coming boys"

[@کاظمصدیق-ش6م]

عالی بود ممنون

[@Hill-bu6sr]

Невероятно

[@joaopedrobarbosaduarteferr6933]

One day, i Will play this music

[@jawmunji]

You can! Just keep playing! 🙂

[@shadowcat0201]

Boss Music for Clint Eastwood.

[@alucardhellsing2912]

I want to learn to play guitar like this

[@jawmunji]

Do it! There are a few tricky parts in this song, but it is essentially a classical guitar piece. Any good classical guitar instructional book would help you develop the skills you need, start with something simpler than this and build from there. Good skill to you!

[@alucardhellsing2912]

@@jawmunji thanks for the instructuon

[@jawmunji]

@@alucardhellsing2912Check out a previous video I did of this where I talk about it more. Might inspire you!

[@alucardhellsing2912]

I sure will

[@alucardhellsing2912]

@@jawmunji omggg dude i watch your explanation video and a learned intro,i just showed to my dad and he is impressed thank you so much,sorry for bad english im from montenegro

[@stefans4562]

Where can I find the Tab? I've checked your website but couldn't find it.

[@peropero2307]

What is that first chord? Looks like A but, it don't sound as A?

[@jawmunji]

That's an Asus2 leading into the Am. A great sound 👍

[@peropero2307]

@@jawmunji Sorry It was Am, but I had previous video sped up so, yes :D GJ it sounds really nice on normal speed.

[@jawmunji]

@@peropero2307 heh heh, yeah, normal speed is the go! Or slowed down with unaltered pitch if you are learning it! 😄

[@peterpigna9505]

Ottima esecuzione, dove si può trovare la tab?

[@jawmunji]

Jawmunji.com tabs "the ecstacy of gold"

[@MrDuck-il9in]

very good!! coincidence, I have this guitar and was practicing this song today. I feel motivated, thank you.

[@lockyevvv8276]

hey dude love the video do you have the link to the tabs? :)

[@jawmunji]

I haven't finished them. Think it's worth it? It's all just Am, C, G and an out of chord bridge.

[@lockyevvv8276]

@@jawmunji thanks for the reply man and yeah definetly a can see the cords but have absolutly no idea what your doing with your right hand hahaa

[@sebastiane8835]

@@jawmunji Would love to get the tabs for this. Awesome playing. All the best from Sweden

[@jawmunji]

@@sebastiane8835 Okay, tab is up. Give me a thumb up or a kudos or something for encouragement, tabs are a lot of effort and I don't need to make them as much as I used it, I can do it all in my head mostly these days!

[@sebastiane8835]

@@jawmunji Thank you so much 👍❤

[@rus778]

Better than Luciano Renans version

[@jawmunji]

Ha ha, thanks! It is heavily based on his, I just made it fit my style. Other than one or two left hand finger twisters I reckon it would be easier to play for the punters. Thanks for stopping by!

[@jimmyconway7554]

me and my doggy tuco wanna get are guns now mannnnn lololol my dog tuco loves this song hahahaaaaaa no bull

[@jawmunji]

I love that you called your dog Tuco - "The Ugly" - ha!

[@jimmyconway7554]

@@jawmunji lol ya me too... im 44 and knw nothing but my tuco in life so i call him tuco Dominica Pacifico wan maria remeres lol cant spell lolol my best friend hes in a video or 2 on my youtube... but im a whoop not spanish... spaghetti westerns lolol thanks he love ur toons boss....

[@erenerdem4900]

Very good 👍