"Hang 'Em High" is a musical theme composed by Dominic Frontiere for the

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

of the 1968 film of the same name. Though it was first

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ed by

Hugo Montenegro Hugo Mario Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of Ennio M ...

, whose orchestra recorded a full album of music from the film, the tune became a hit in an R&B

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to inst ...

version by Booker T. & the M.G.'s that charted #9 Pop and #35 R&B.Galloway, A. Scott (1994). ''Rock Instrumental Classics Volume 4: Soul'' (p. 14) D booklet Los Angeles: Rhino Records.

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Booker T. & the M.G.'s songs Hugo Montenegro songs 1968 singles Film theme songs Stax Records singles 1968 songs 1960s instrumentals {{1960s-R&B-song-stub