The Hateful Eight's soundtrack was composed by a Brazilian.
Ennio Morricone , Grand Officer OMRI ( [ ˈɛnnjo morriˈkoːne ] ; born 10 November 1928 ) is an Italian composer , orchestrator , conductor , and former trumpet player . The Hateful Eight . The original score composed by Ennio Morricone , the first for a Tarantino film , was Morricone 's first complete Western score in 34 years , and his first score for a high-profile Hollywood production since Brian De Palma 's Mission to Mars in 2000 . The Hateful Eight is the soundtrack album to Quentin Tarantino 's motion picture The Hateful Eight .