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Refimprove|date=June 2009Hugo Montenegro (September 2, 1925 - February 6, 1981 http://www.pscemetery.com/pdfs/interments.pdf Palm Springs Cemetery District "Interments of Interest") was an United States|American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtrack s. His best known work is derived from interpretations of the music from Spaghetti western s, especially his cover version of the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (theme)|main theme from the 1966 film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly . He composed the musical score for the 1969 Western Charro! which starred Elvis Presley .
Biography
Hugo Mario Montenegro was born in New York City in 1925. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years, mostly as an arranger for the Newport Naval Base band in Newport, Rhode Island. After the war he attended Manhattan College while studying composition and leading his own band (music)|band for school dances.
In the middle 1950s, he was directing, conducting, and arranging the orchestra for Eliot Glen and Irving Spice on their Dragon and Caprice labels. It was he who was directing the Glen-Spice Orchestra on Dion DiMucci 's first release when Dion was backed by Dragon recording artists, the Timberlanes. Released on Mohawk #105 in 1957, the songs were "Out In Colorado" and "The Chosen Few", which were soon issued on the Jubilee label for better distribution.
He was later hired by Time Records as a musical director producing a series of albums for the label, and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s where he began working for RCA Records , producing a series of albums and soundtrack s for motion picture s and television themes, such as two volumes of Music From The Man From U.N.C.L.E. , an album of cover version s of spy music themes Come Spy With Me and an album of cover versions of the Clint Eastwood The Man With No Name series of spaghetti western s that led to major chart hits.
Montenegro began scoring motion pictures with the instrumental music from Advance to the Rear in 1964. Following the success of his albums, he was contracted by Columbia Pictures where he did such films as Hurry Sundown (film) and two Matt Helm pictures. He composed the musical score and conducted the recording sessions for the 1969 Elvis Presley Western film Charro! (1969). Montenegro was also contracted to Columbia's television production company Screen Gems where he is most famous for his theme from the second season of the television series I Dream of Jeannie , his theme song " Seattle (song)|Seattle " and music from Here Come the Brides and The Outcasts (TV series)|The Outcasts . During the mid-60s he started producing some of the most renowned works from the space age pop era, featuring electronics and rock music|rock in albums such as Moog Power and Mammy Blue.
Montenegro's electronic works were decisive and influential for the future generations of electronic music ians, giving a retro/futuristic edge by the use of the Moog synthesizer , and helped to push its popularity.Citation needed|date=February 2008 He will be also remembered by his versions of classics such as the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (song)|main theme to Sergio Leone 's film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly , originally composed by Ennio Morricone . This was Montenegro's biggest pop hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 chart Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel (2004) The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits , 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 435., #3 in the Canadian RPM (magazine)|RPM Magazine charts, and spending four weeks atop the UK Singles Chart http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php? id=4967 UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 13 June 2009. in 1968. It sold over one and a quarter million copies and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc .cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 244 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6
His version of the theme from '' Hang 'em High reached #59 in Canada. In 1968, his hit "Aces High" placed at #11 on the Billboard Year End Chart of the Top Hits of 1968.
In the late 1970s severe emphysema forced an end to his musical career, and he died of the disease in 1981. His remains were buried at Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs, California .
Montenegro at Space Age Pop http://www.spaceagepop.com/monteneg.htm
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