"Charles Bronson", a musical homage to Spaghetti Westerns by Ruth Roshan & Chamber Noir

Footage from Sergio Leone's 1968 epic spaghetti western, Once Upon a Time in the West with newly released music written by Ruth Roshan for her ensemble Chamber Noir.

The music is available on all streaming services (search Charles Bronson by Ruth Roshan & Chamber Noir)

Roshan grew up on Spaghetti Westerns with their Ennio Morricone soundtracks and the ever-present Victoria Bitter TV commercial (which uses the Magnificent Seven theme), and these soundtracks must have, subconsciously entered her musical vernacular. She most strongly remembers (reluctantly) watching Charles Bronson; “My dad went through a phase of hiring every Charles Bronson video in the store, some more than once accidentally. It was pretty annoying as a teenager as we only had one TV … but I’m so happy he did that”.

Now Roshan has written an homage to Spaghetti Westerns, adding accordion, piano and strings, and named it Charles Bronson in honour of the great actor.

Charles Bronson is the first single from new ensemble, Ruth Roshan and Chamber Noir’s forthcoming album, Suite Noir.

About Ruth Roshan
Ruth Roshan is a classical mandolinist, composer and singer known for her European Tango inspired quintet, Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir. An engaging storyteller, Ruth transports listeners through moonlit scenes of waltzes on cobblestones and rain drenched embraces.

About Suite Noir
The album features her unique Chamber Noir orchestra, comprising piano, strings, accordion, clarinet, oboe, vocals, and of course, classical mandolin.
Recorded live by an exceptional group of musicians it is a rare and memorable recording of newly composed chamber music.

Charles Bronson features:
Ruth Roshan - mandolin
Phil Carroll - accordion
Amir Farid - piano
Sarah Curro - violin
Rollin Zhao - violin
William Clark - viola
Nils Hobiger - cello
Emma Sullivan - double bass

Praise for Ruth Roshan
‘Like watching Marlene Dietrich… it’s music that’s sort of underrepresented anywhere in the world. Ruth was just an engaging, storytelling front person. The audience loved it and the musicians were just so compatible.’ Billy Pinnell, PBS FM

It is acknowledged a film with its own superb Morricone Score