Man with a Harmonica

E684788

film score piece musical composition

"Man with a Harmonica" is an iconic Ennio Morricone composition, a haunting leitmotif for the harmonica-playing character in the film *Once Upon a Time in the West*.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)	1
Man with a Harmonica canonical	1
The Man with the Harmonica	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7726465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Man with a Harmonica
Context triple: [Once Upon a Time in the West (score), hasPart, Man with a Harmonica]

A. Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 film noir–style musical drama about a troubled jazz trumpeter, loosely based on the life of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.
B. Guida armonica
Guida armonica is a significant 18th-century musical treatise by Italian composer and violinist Francesco Geminiani, focusing on harmony and compositional practice.
C. Sweet Music Man
"Sweet Music Man" is a country ballad written and originally recorded by Kenny Rogers, known for its reflective lyrics about the struggles of a fading music star.
D. The Musician
The Musician is a fictional storyteller and performer who appears as one of the diverse narrators gathered at the inn in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
E. Sidewalk Harp
Sidewalk Harp is an interactive public light-and-sound sculpture by artist Jen Lewin that allows passersby to create music and visual effects through their movement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Man with a Harmonica
Target entity description: "Man with a Harmonica" is an iconic Ennio Morricone composition, a haunting leitmotif for the harmonica-playing character in the film *Once Upon a Time in the West*.

A. Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 film noir–style musical drama about a troubled jazz trumpeter, loosely based on the life of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.
B. Guida armonica
Guida armonica is a significant 18th-century musical treatise by Italian composer and violinist Francesco Geminiani, focusing on harmony and compositional practice.
C. Sweet Music Man
"Sweet Music Man" is a country ballad written and originally recorded by Kenny Rogers, known for its reflective lyrics about the struggles of a fading music star.
D. The Musician
The Musician is a fictional storyteller and performer who appears as one of the diverse narrators gathered at the inn in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
E. Sidewalk Harp
Sidewalk Harp is an interactive public light-and-sound sculpture by artist Jen Lewin that allows passersby to create music and visual effects through their movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film score piece ⓘ musical composition ⓘ
alsoFeaturesInstrument	electric guitar ⓘ orchestra ⓘ
associatedWithActor	Charles Bronson ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West) ⓘ linked to: Harmonica’s Theme
associatedWithDirector	Sergio Leone ⓘ
associatedWithGenre	Western film ⓘ
composer	Ennio Morricone ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
featuredInWork	Once Upon a Time in the West ⓘ
firstAppearanceInFilm	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968 film) ⓘ linked to: Once Upon a Time in the West
genre	Spaghetti Western music ⓘ film score ⓘ instrumental ⓘ
hasArrangement	concert arrangement ⓘ orchestral suite ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus	classic Ennio Morricone piece ⓘ iconic film theme ⓘ
hasKeyMood	menacing ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ tragic ⓘ
hasRecordingType	live performance recording ⓘ studio recording ⓘ
includedIn	Ennio Morricone compilation albums ⓘ
influenced	later Western film scores ⓘ
language	instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ
musicBy	Ennio Morricone ⓘ
narrativeFunction	leitmotif ⓘ revenge theme ⓘ
notableFor	association with Spaghetti Western genre ⓘ dark atmospheric sound ⓘ use of amplified harmonica ⓘ
orchestratedBy	Ennio Morricone ⓘ
partOfSoundtrack	Once Upon a Time in the West (soundtrack) ⓘ linked to: Once Upon a Time in the West (score)
primaryInstrument	harmonica ⓘ
recordedForLabel	RCA Records ⓘ
releaseDecade	1960s ⓘ
style	haunting ⓘ minimalist motif ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ
usedAs	character theme ⓘ opening motif in key scenes ⓘ
usedInMedium	cinema ⓘ soundtrack albums ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Once Upon a Time in the West (score) → hasPart → Man with a Harmonica ⓘ

Harmonica’s Theme → associatedWithCharacter → Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West) ⓘ

linked to: Man with a Harmonica

Harmonica → hasAlias → The Man with the Harmonica ⓘ

subject linked to: Harmonica (character)