The best Spaghetti Western opening credits sequences: Difference between revisions

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A list of the best animated opening credits sequences in Spaghetti Westerns, curated by Michael McGleenan. A lot of the opening titles in these films were created with rotoscope technology, read more about that on Wikipedia. This is version 1 of the list.

I'm fascinated by the animated opening credits created for these westerns. The obvious examples are the 'Sergio Leone / Clint Eastwood Trilogy' and the recently re-released 'Day of Anger' movie. I have included the length of time that the animation lasts and placed a score system on the best animation, ranked from 10 downwards. The higher scores have been given to the animation with the best visual impact, as well as the quality of the animation, the length of the animation etc. I reviewed as many movies as possible from my own collection and from online resources. I am sure that there are other movies that deserve to be included in the list, that I have not yet discovered. There seems to be a number of Spaghetti Western trailers with animation sequences but I kept my list to movies with animation in the main feature. There may be trailers that are specific to certain countries and there may also be releases of the same movie that vary in the opening credits. -- Michael McGleenan from Dublin, Ireland.

Recommended reading (external link): Watchthetitles.com

1

A Fistful of Dollars, Sergio Leone (1964)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 2m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 10

2

Django, Prepare a Coffin, Ferdinando Baldi (1968)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 9

3

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone (1966)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 3m. Notes: Moving images, colour, faces, clips. Score: 9

4

Day of Anger, Tonino Valerii (1967)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images, colour, faces, clips. Score: 9

5

One Silver Dollar, Giorgio Ferroni (1965)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 8

6

Pistoleros, Alfio Caltabiano (1967)

Length 1m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 8

7

Little Rita of the West, Ferdinando Baldi (1967)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images, cartoon, colour. Score: 8

8

Arizona Colt, Michele Lupo (1966)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images/clips, colour. Score: 8

9

Kill the Wicked, Tanio Boccia (1967)

Length 1.5m. Notes: Moving images, colour. Score: 8

10

The Fury of Johnny Kid, Gianni Puccini (1967)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving/still images, colour. Score: 7

11

Those Dirty Dogs, Giuseppe Rosati (1973)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving/still images. Score: 7

12

Face to Face, Sergio Sollima (1967)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images/clips, faces, colour. Score: 7

13

Dead for a Dollar, Osvaldo Civirani (1968)

Length 1.5m. Notes: Moving/still images, colour. Score: 7

14

In a Colt's Shadow, Giovanni Grimaldi (1965)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 7

15

W Django!, Edoardo Mulargia (1971)

Length 3m. Notes: Moving clips, colour. Score: 7

16

100 Rifles, Tom Gries (1969)

Length 1.5m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 6

17

Hannie Caulder, Burt Kennedy (1971)

Length 2m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 6

18

The Big Gundown, Sergio Sollima (1966)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Faces, clips, colour. Score: 6

19

Run, Man, Run, Sergio Sollima (1968)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 3m. Notes: Sketches, clips, colour. Score: 5

20

Bandidos, Max Dallamano (1967)

Length 1.75m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 5

21

God Made Them...I Kill Them, Paolo Bianchini (1968)

Length 2m. Notes: Moving clips, colour. Score: 5

22

3 Bullets for Ringo, Emimmo Salvi (1966)

Length 1m. Notes: Still images, colour. Score: 4

23

The Stranger's Gundown, Sergio Garrone (1969)

Length 2m. Notes: Sketches. Score: 4

24

Django defies Sartana, Pasquale Squitieri (1970)

Length 2.5m. Notes: Sketches. Score: 4

25

Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead, Giuseppe Vari (1971)

Length 2m. Notes: Still clips, colour. Score: 4

26

I am Sartana, your Angel of Death, Giuliano Carnimeo (1969)

Length 40s. Notes: Still images, clips, colour. Score: 4

27

The Mercenary, Sergio Corbucci (1968)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 2m. Notes: Still clips, colour. Score: 3

28

For a Few Dollars More, Sergio Leone (1965)

Animation by Iginio Lardani. Length 5s. Notes: Moving image, colour. Score: 1

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 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">5</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dollaro bucato, Un|One Silver Dollar]]''', [[Giorgio Ferroni]] (1965)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dollaro bucato, Un|One Silver Dollar]]''', [[:Category:Giorgio Ferroni|Giorgio Ferroni]] (1965)
 Length 2m. Notes: Moving images, colour. ''Score: 8''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Dollaro bucato, Un/BR]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Dollaro bucato, Un/DVD]]</div></div>
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 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">6</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Ballata per un pistolero|Pistoleros]]''', [[Alfio Caltabianco]] (1967)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Ballata per un pistolero|Pistoleros]]''', [[:Category:Alfio Caltabiano|Alfio Caltabiano]] (1967)
 Length 1m. Notes: Moving images, colour. ''Score: 8''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Ballata per un pistolero/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Ballata per un pistolero/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 68: / Line 68: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">8</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Arizona Colt|Arizona Colt]]''', [[Michele Lupo]] (1966)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Arizona Colt|Arizona Colt]]''', [[:Category:Michele Lupo|Michele Lupo]] (1966)
 Length 2.5m. Notes: Moving images/clips, colour. ''Score: 8''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Arizona Colt/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Arizona Colt/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">9</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dio non paga il sabato|Kill the Wicked]]''', [[Tanio Boccia]] (1967)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dio non paga il sabato|Kill the Wicked]]''', [[:Category:Tanio Boccia|Tanio Boccia]] (1967)
 Length 1.5m. Notes: Moving images, colour. ''Score: 8''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Dio non paga il sabato/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Dio non paga il sabato/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 84: / Line 84: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">10</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dove si spara di più|The Fury of Johnny Kid]]''', [[Gianni Puccini]] (1967)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dove si spara di più|The Fury of Johnny Kid]]''', Gianni Puccini (1967)
 Length 2m. Notes: Moving/still images, colour. ''Score: 7''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Dove si spara di piu/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Dove si spara di piu/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 92: / Line 92: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">11</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Campa carogna... la taglia cresce|Those Dirty Dogs]]''', [[Giuseppe Rosati]] (1973)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Campa carogna... la taglia cresce|Those Dirty Dogs]]''', Giuseppe Rosati (1973)
 Length 2m. Notes: Moving/still images. ''Score: 7''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Campa carogna... la taglia cresce/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Campa carogna... la taglia cresce/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 108: / Line 108: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">13</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio|Dead for a Dollar]]''', [[Osvaldo Civirani]] (1968)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio|Dead for a Dollar]]''', [[:Category:Osvaldo Civirani|Osvaldo Civirani]] (1968)
 Length 1.5m. Notes: Moving/still images, colour. ''Score: 7''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 116: / Line 116: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">14</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[All'ombra di una colt|In a Colt's Shadow]]''', [[Giovanni Grimaldi]] (1965)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[All'ombra di una colt|In a Colt's Shadow]]''', [[:Category:Giovanni Grimaldi|Giovanni Grimaldi]] (1965)
 Length 2.5m. Notes: Still images, colour. ''Score: 7''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=All'ombra di una colt/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=All'ombra di una colt/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 124: / Line 124: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">15</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[W Django!|W Django!]]''', [[Edoardo Mulargia]] (1971)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[W Django!|W Django!]]''', [[:Category:Edoardo Mulargia|Edoardo Mulargia]] (1971)
 Length 3m. Notes: Moving clips, colour. ''Score: 7''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=W Django!/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=W Django!/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 132: / Line 132: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">16</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[100 Rifles|100 Rifles]]''', [[Tom Gries]] (1969)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[100 Rifles|100 Rifles]]''', Tom Gries (1969)
 Length 1.5m. Notes: Still images, colour. ''Score: 6''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=100 Rifles/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=100 Rifles/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 140: / Line 140: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">17</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Hannie Caulder|Hannie Caulder]]''', [[Burt Kennedy]] (1971)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Hannie Caulder|Hannie Caulder]]''', [[:Category:Burt Kennedy|Burt Kennedy]] (1971)
 Length 2m. Notes: Still images, colour. ''Score: 6''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Hannie Caulder/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Hannie Caulder/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 164: / Line 164: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">20</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Bandidos|Bandidos]]''', [[Max Dallamano]] (1967)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Bandidos|Bandidos]]''', [[:Category:Massimo Dallamano|Max Dallamano]] (1967)
 Length 1.75m. Notes: Still images, colour. ''Score: 5''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Bandidos/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Bandidos/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 172: / Line 172: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:20px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">21</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dio li crea... Io li ammazzo!|God Made Them...I Kill Them]]''', [[Paolo Bianchini]] (1968)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Dio li crea... Io li ammazzo!|God Made Them...I Kill Them]]''', [[:Category:Paolo Bianchini|Paolo Bianchini]] (1968)
 Length 2m. Notes: Moving clips, colour. ''Score: 5''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Dio li crea... Io li ammazzo!/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Dio li crea... Io li ammazzo!/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 180: / Line 180: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:21px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">22</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo|3 Bullets for Ringo]]''', [[Emimmo Salvi]] (1966)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo|3 Bullets for Ringo]]''', Emimmo Salvi (1966)
 Length 1m. Notes: Still images, colour. ''Score: 4''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 196: / Line 196: @@
 <div class="row" style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray;margin-top:40px;padding-bottom:8px;">
    <div class="small-1 large-1 columns" style="padding:21px;"><span style="font-size:300%;border-bottom:1px dashed gray;">24</span></div>
-   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Django sfida Sartana|Django defies Sartana]]''', [[Pasquale Squitieri]] (1970)
+   <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Django sfida Sartana|Django defies Sartana]]''', [[:Category:Pasquale Squitieri|Pasquale Squitieri]] (1970)
 Length 2.5m. Notes: Sketches. ''Score: 4''
 <div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Django sfida Sartana/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Django sfida Sartana/DVD]]</div></div>
@@ Line 222: / Line 222: @@
    <div class="small-11 large-8 columns">'''[[Mercenario, Il|The Mercenary]]''', [[Sergio Corbucci]] (1968)
 Animation by [[Iginio Lardani]]. Length 2m. Notes: Still clips, colour. ''Score: 3''
-<div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Mercenario Il/BluRay]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Mercenario, Il/DVD]]</div></div>
+<div class="row" style="padding-left:20px;">[[File:Bluraylogo2.gif|40px|link=Mercenario, Il/BR]] [[File:Dvdlogo2.png|40px|link=Mercenario, Il/DVD]]</div></div>
    <div class="small-12 large-3 columns">[[File:TheMercenary.gif]]</div>
 </div>