Maverick queue songs!

^The real version for A Fistful of Dollars actually is played in the queue. The semi-rock versions are played of the others. (I only remember it since I was browsing LimeWire based on this thread's song suggestions last year and I instantly recognized the whistling.)

I'm pretty certain they don't play any of the Ennio Morricone originals of which I own and am familiar with. I wouldn't trust Limewire. People mislabel files.

Go over to iTunes and listen to the samples of The Ghost Rider Orchestra 17 Greatest Western Themes and then Ennio Morricone and you'll hear the difference. The song I bet you're thinking of is the Ghost Rider Orchestra version of For a Few Dollars More, which is the one that sounds the closest to the original and uses whistling. Their The Good, the Bad and the Ugly version sounds more like a rock version that uses whistling. The Fistful of Dollars theme doesn't have whistling. It uses a trumpet that sounds similar to those Morricone songs that use whistling (it's actually the other way around, the later scores use the whistling to mimic a horn). It can be confusing since the music between the three films is similar overall, as are the titles, along with the other Sergio Leone & Ennio Morricone films A Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time in the West and their Henry Fonda spoof My Name is Nobody.

It wouldn't make sense for them to use a Morricone original when they have all of the knock-offs on the Ghost Rider Orchestra CD and most people won't be able to tell nor care. In fact one middle-aged gentleman in line mentioned when TGTBTU theme came on: "Too bad it's not the original." :)

Well, I could definitely tell the difference in... well, TGTBTU... versions, but you're probably right on the others. (I listened to different sources outside of LimeWire, though, and it seemed like the correct version even then.)

Here is the list of songs played in the queue (missing one or two songs still):

• Aces High - Ennio Morricone
• Maverick Theme Song - Cedar Point
• Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Magnificent Seven - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• He's a Pirate - Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack
• Run Free - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Soundtrack
• Moon-doggy, part 1 - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
• Tornado in the Barracks - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
• Apache - Dillingers
• Frisky - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• Mule Train - Frankie Lane
• The Big Country - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• The Indians - Ennio Morricone
• Moon-doggy, part 2 - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
• Dallas - Floyd Cramer
• High Chaparral - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• Denim and Demons - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
• Even Cowboys Like a Little Rock and Roll - Chris LeDoux
• Ghost Riders in the Sky - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• The Ride - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
• For a Few Dollars More - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• True Grit (Rooster Cogburn) - City of Prague Philharmonic
• A Fistful of Dollars - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• Bonanza - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• How the West Was Won (Prelude) - True Grit Soundtrack
• Wild Wild West - Billy Strange
• Guns Don't Argue - Ennio Morricone
• Sandstorm - James Newton Howard
• Plaza of Execution - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
• Zorro's Theme - Mask of Zorro Soundtrack
• Hang 'Em High - Ghost Rider Orchestra
• Rawhide - Frankie Lane
• Lucious Cake Waitress - Marc Daine and the Jazz Cowboys
  

That's what my iTunes playlist I made this summer while working on the ride consists of. If anyone can remember the ones I'm missing (I can still sing the tunes is the sad part), let me know and I'll update this list.

Rawhide and Mule Train have got to be the most annoying yet addictive songs that get stuck in your head. No, maybe just me. :)

Marc Daine and the Jazz cowboys don't show up when you type in Frisky on Limewire. Should I just type in the artists name?

Shows up in the iTunes Store just fine. Buy your music legally!

Better yet - buy it intelligently. At Amazon.

^Very true, DRM sucks.

Or, better yet, if you go to a college, try Ruckus. It's free and has millions of songs available for download. Plus, you can team it up with a program like Tunebite and then have your music in iTunes or WMP or your other music programs.

DRM is a nightmare. What's worse, DRM may have actually have increased the number of illegal downloads, contrary to the very point of the technology.

^I don't understand why the RIAA likes to penalize those who actually want to give them money. Good thing they're starting to understand, a little. Baby steps, baby steps.

Well im sure one of you already put this but it is my absolute favorite when i am in line for maverick!!

Rawhide--Blues brothers

^ The version of Rawhide played in line is actually done by Frankie Laine.

^..Is it really?...it sounds like the blues brothers but hey i never new that thanks! :)

Elwood and Jake only played it to keep a bunch of drunk rednecks at Bob's Country Bunker from killing them.

And before that it was the theme to a TVshow named (oddly enough) Rawhide.

^^Sadly I know for a fact that it is the Frankie Laine version. I spent way to much of my time in line for Maverick last summer.

^..Hey i spent the majority of my time at the point at Maverick too..Haha your not the only one!..i just never knew it was the Frankie Laine version. how many rides did u rack up on Maverick this past season?
I got 34 lol i counted

I stopped counting after I became part of the crew in August. I want to say around 50.

^x7 Yeah, they're getting there. Slowly. Honestly, they would be benefited more than harmed by simply doing away with DRM.

Yup, the crazies in the bar were expecting a certain type of music. So, they played rawhide. :)