Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams [Spaghetti Western version / Morricore]

[Graywyck]

Ok, so here is a little experiment.
I wanted to see if I could do a cover of a song in the style of composers like Ennio Morricone
I'd like to hear your thoughts, opinions and ideas.


Oh and by the way... doesn't Billie Joe Armstrong sound like the most stereotypical cowboy name ever?

[MadamSavvy]

I didnt know I needed bardcore. Now I didn't know I needed cowboycore.

[supertimerip]

This boulevard ain't big enough for the two of us.

[MartianManHunter]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[neoqwerty]

As a spaghetti western nerd (seriously, I've been dedicated to watching every spaghetti western I could find the title for and I've binged on over 60 (good ones) by now), this is my feedback:

-Excellent trills on the whistles.

-Honestly, you had the right idea, you're just still just a bit too much in bardcore territory. But that's about halfway there.

-Previously mentioned, but using a more "western" sound (replace your whistle with a pan flute in this case, and use 'wider' backing chords, you're playing an accoustic guitar, not a lute, after all, you got extra strings and range)

-Use a 'loping', somewhat uneven cadence for the base rhythm. Check the titoli for My Name Is Trinity for a beat that would work for Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

-Think of it like a mise-en-scene: the music either needs to be shorter as this is a mostly idle theme meant for the sequence where the hero strolls in and we learn the town with him and it'll switch to a different track later, or it needs to have more nuances (I'd opt for a build up and turn the second part into a dramatic "showdown" variant, with violins and trumpets, like this is a final confrontation reprise of a title theme and someone's gonna die, and end it with the gunshot sound).

[marshalldavid]

This is my favourite song from Outlaw Idiot by Greenday

[ARMIV]

When you're the roughest, toughest, meanest hombre this side of the Wild Colorado... But you're also the saddest.

[limbo]

When your horse leave you in stranded in the middle of nowhere.

[skysthelimit]

I've found only two Western versions so far: the first Justice League animated theme and the Game of Thrones theme. I want to hear more of this.

[loadeddice]

This is 100% what you set out to do
Now give me some Old West Guns & Roses

[Darkwolf]

Boulevard of Broken Dreams in western lingo: Oregon Trail

[adamwarren]

While I realize it would've likely been cost prohibitive, this would've been much better with an authentic whistle as opposed to the "whistle-ized" rendition present here. That being said, I love the concept.

[TheODST]

When you go dying from the Black Plague in medieval Europe to dying of tuberculosis in a Western frontier town in the US.

[polixter]

RIP to Ennio Morricone, a brilliant artist who lead a fulfilling and meaningful life in shaping the sound of our favorite films.

[thisisnotlarry]

the medieval and spaghetti western cover of modern music is the best things of this year

[Daltn]

Omg I hope Westcore takes over Youtube alongside Bardcore

[existentiald]

We're witnessing the birth of something beautiful here

[Blackfoxloki]

Refreshing, like a nice cold bottle of Sunset Sasparilla

[Firebrander]

wow! Bardcore and now Spaghetti Western versions!? finding your channel is definitely one of the best things that could happen during quarantine, keep it up!

[alansturgess]

Excellent - focuses on the melody and mood without adding lots of unnecessary effects. Excellent mood. Top notch. 10/10