How to Use spaghetti western in a Sentence

spaghetti western

noun
  • I'm a fan of spaghetti westerns of the 1960s.
  • So, like, Italian film score, some of the spaghetti western stuff.
    — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 28 June 2024
  • The trailer plays up the space opera/spaghetti Western crossover vibe.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Some themes in the past have included classic movies, British films and spaghetti westerns.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Here, in this twisted spaghetti western, our heroes will have to overcome their new gun-toting rivals.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • The film marks the apogee of Eastwood and Leone spaghetti western cinema.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 23 May 2022
  • This one is almost too atmospheric, like the opening shot of a spaghetti western that never gets off the ground.
    — Zachary Small, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The final spaghetti Western surprise of the night was s’mores and bombolini bites.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2018
  • The duel between Kylo Ren and Luke is straight out of a spaghetti western.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • This week the indie channel is playing and replaying spaghetti westerns.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • One where a still unknown impactor likely encroached on our planet to wreak more havoc than anything a spaghetti western could muster.
    — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
  • In the theater itself, there are two more prop posters from Dalton's home showcasing his work in spaghetti Westerns.
    — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2019
  • The album contained a darker element and less spaghetti Western.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The drama pays homage to the classic spaghetti western, while being updated for modern audiences.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021
  • There is the scenic Spanish countryside giving off serious spaghetti western vibes.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The final message is that virtue and vice are entwined; unlike spaghetti Westerns, the play has no straightforward goodies or baddies.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • The afternoon wind whips through deserted downtown streets, tossing plastic bags like tumbleweeds in a spaghetti western with few actors.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Chuck and Jim loved the sounds of spaghetti westerns, an influence instantly recognizable in the war-cry screaming sound that permeates his score.
    — Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Mark Speer's guitar provides a barbed bit of color befitting a psychedelic spaghetti western soundtrack.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Because anybody who’s ever seen a spaghetti western movie or listened to early Taylor Swift knows that there are a myriad of ways to embrace cowgirl-core.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 26 June 2024
  • The orchestral sounds of Sam Spence evoke images of troops preparing for battle, spaghetti Westerns or grand literary romances.
    — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • This heavily stylized tribute to spaghetti westerns is another example of the writer-director’s love for rewriting history books.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 June 2024
  • Written in small bursts, these songs draw inspiration ranging Arthur Russell to the spaghetti western scores of Ennio Morricone.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales plays like a Sergio Leone spaghetti western, Shaboozey’s way.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
  • In fact, Ghost of Yōtei is bringing almost an entirely new tone to players with a narrative that blends vintage samurai cinema from the likes of Akira Kurosawa (whose work once again inspires a black-and-white mode in the game) and spaghetti westerns à la Sergio Leone.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025

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