The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (, ) is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in their respective title roles. Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone (with additional screenplay material and dialogue provided by an uncredited Sergio Donati), based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography, and Ennio Morricone composed the film's score including its main theme.
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