Charles Leinberger is a professor of music at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has been a private trumpet instructor throughout the American Southwest and holds a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Arizona in Tucson.

• Chapter 1 List of FiguresChapter 2 Editor's ForewordChapter 3 PrefaceChapter 4 AcknowledgmentsChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 Chapter 1: Ennio Morricone's Musical BackgroundChapter 7 Chapter 2: Morricone's Technique of Film ScoringChapter 8 Chapter 3: Historical and Critical Context of The Good, the Bad and the UglyChapter 9 Chapter 4: The Music and Its ContextChapter 10 Chapter 5: Analysis of the ScoreChapter 11 Appendix: Selected Filmography of Ennio MorriconeChapter 12 NotesChapter 13 BibliographyChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 About the Author

The famous score with its tootling theme song that may be Morricone's best-known work is the subject of a close reading by Leinberger, a music theorist at the U. of Texas at El Paso. Morricone is a five-time Academy Award nominee who's scored films in many genres, but it's his work for westerns that has tuck in most filmgoers' minds. Leinberger traces the composer's musical background and experience in Italy and in Hollywood; explores the techniques that distinguish his music; and examines the cultural and historical contexts of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and its score. A final chapter analyzes the score's compositional techniques from the opening credits to the climactic ending. Includes a selected filmography of Morricone's work.