The Hateful Eight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) accompanies the 2015 American western The Hateful Eight, directed by Quentin Tarantino. The original score was composed by Ennio Morricone, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film. Morricone’s music combines tense orchestral motifs, minimalist instrumentation, choral textures, and suspenseful cues, perfectly complementing the film’s claustrophobic setting and narrative tension.
The soundtrack album was released on December 16, 2015 via Varèse Sarabande, containing 28 tracks (including score pieces and dialogue cues) with a runtime of approximately 72 minutes, available on CD, vinyl, Apple Music, and Spotify.
Morricone’s score emphasizes psychological tension, bleak atmosphere, and dramatic suspense. The album also includes diegetic dialogue cues performed by the cast (Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins) and period-inspired songs such as “There Won’t Be Many Coming Home” by Roy Orbison, which enrich the narrative and setting.
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Label: Varèse Sarabande
Tracks: 28 (score + dialogue + licensed tracks)
Genre: Film Score / Western
Score Soundtrack
- Ennio Morricone – L’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / Versione Integrale)
- Ennio Morricone – Overture (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – “Major Warren Meet Daisy Domergue” (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – Narratore Letterario (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- The White Stripes – Apple Blossom
- Tim Roth – “Frontier Justice” (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – L’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / #2)
- Ennio Morricone – Neve (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / Versione Integrale)
- Kurt Russell – “This Here Is Daisy Domergue” (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – Sei Cavalli (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – Raggi di Sole Sulla Montagna (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Samuel L. Jackson – “Son Of The Bloody Nigger Killer Of Baton Rouge” (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – Jim Jones At Botany Bay (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – Neve (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / #2)
- Samuel L. Jackson – “Uncle Charlie’s Stew” (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – I Quattro Passeggeri (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – La Musica Prima del Massacro (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – L’Inferno Bianco (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / Synth)
- Tim Roth – The Suggestive Oswaldo Mobray (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- David Hess – Now You’re All Alone (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – Sangue e Neve (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – L’Inferno Bianco (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / Ottoni)
- Ennio Morricone – Neve (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / #3)
- Walton Goggins – Daisy’s Speech (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – La Lettera di Lincoln (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / Strumentale)
- Ennio Morricone – La Lettera di Lincoln (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack / Con Dialogo)
- Roy Orbison – There Won’t Be Many Coming Home (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
- Ennio Morricone – La Puntura Della Morte (From “The Hateful Eight” Soundtrack)
