The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (theme) 80's R & B band Cameo used the theme's opening whistle in their singles "Word Up!" and "Single Life". Las Vegas, Nevada-based band Sin City Sinners always walk onto stage with a recording of the tune playing in the background. In the film , the character Jacob Moore, played by Shia LaBeouf, had a mobile cell phone ring tone of the opening tune of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", the film coincidentally also starred the actor who played the "Ugly", Eli Wallach. In the film "Faster, "the character "Killer" also had a mobile cell phone ring tone of
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (theme) "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". The song was also used in TV commercials for Camel Cigarettes during the 1980s. It was sampled for the remix of rapper Busta Rhymes's song, "Stop The Party", after T.I.'s verse. It was sampled in the background beat of the chorus in rapper Big Lurch's well-known song "Texas Boy" in conjunction with a sample of Oliver Nelson's "Skull Session". Comedian Eddie Murphy whistled the opening notes during the "Shoe-Throwing Mother" monologue of his 1983 "Delirious" television special. The 1994 video game Jazz Jackrabbit uses the opening notes throughout the music for the level