Hugo Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best known work is derived from interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of the 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.
Upon his death, his remains were interred at Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA. His location plot is 11-3, #G.
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His recording of the theme song from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" reached #2 on the U.S. charts in June of 1968. In this highly stylized instrumental recording, the distinctive grunting on the soundtrack is Montenegro himself mumbling nonsensical syllables in Italian.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Farmer
1977
Too Hot to Handle
1977
The Partridge Family
1971-1973
TV Series 48 episodes
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
TV Movie
Getting Together
1971
TV Series
Nanny and the Professor
1971
TV Series 1 episode
The Interns
1970
TV Series 2 episodes
Mission: Impossible
1970
TV Series 1 episode
Bracken's World
1970
TV Series 2 episodes
Toomorrow
1970
I Dream of Jeannie
1966-1970
TV Series 104 episodes
Here Come the Brides
1968-1970
TV Series 26 episodes
Viva Max
1969
The Undefeated
1969
The Outcasts
1968-1969
TV Series 26 episodes
Charro!
1969
The Wrecking Crew
1968
Lady in Cement
1968
The Monkees
1968
TV Series 1 episode
The Ambushers
1967
The Flying Nun
1967
TV Series
Hurry Sundown
1967
Goober Hill
1966
TV Movie
Sidekicks
1966
TV Movie
Gidget
1966
TV Series 1 episode
Camp Runamuck
1965
TV Series 1 episode
Hazel
1965
TV Series 1 episode
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Farmer
1977
conductor
Call Her Mom
1972
TV Movie composer: stock music - uncredited
Mission: Impossible
1970
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
Toomorrow
1970
conductor
I Dream of Jeannie
TV Series composer - 109 episodes, 1966 - 1970 theme song - 26 episodes, 1968 - 1969
Here Come the Brides
1968-1970
TV Series composer - 52 episodes
The Undefeated
1969
conductor
The Outcasts
1968-1969
TV Series composer - 26 episodes
Charro!
1969
conductor
The Wrecking Crew
1968
conductor
Lady in Cement
1968
conductor
The Monkees
1968
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
The Ambushers
1967
conductor
Advance to the Rear
1964
conductor / music adaptor
Teenage Millionaire
1961
composer: additional music - uncredited
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
performer: "Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Theme Instrumental"
Date and Switch
2014
writer: "I Dream of Jeannie"
Labor Day
2013
performer: "All I Have To Do Is Dream"
Dancing Stars
2012
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Marty Stuart Show
2011
TV Series music - 1 episode
Dancing with the Stars
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Other Guys
2010
writer: "Jeannie"
How to Boil a Frog
2009
Documentary writer: "I Dream of Jeannie"
The Lovely Bones
2009
writer: "Patriotism"
The Sopranos
2001
TV Series arranger - 1 episode
Whatever It Takes
2000
writer: "VIP"
Girl, Interrupted
1999
writer: "Jeannie"
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
1999
TV Series writer - 1 episode
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
"Jeannie"
Strange Days
1995
writer: "Lost in the Night" - as Montenegro
Friends
1995
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Simpsons
TV Series music - 1 episode, 1994 writer - 1 episode, 1993
$10 Million
