# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugo-montenegro
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:43:05.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugo-montenegro"
name: "Hugo Montenegro"
slug: "hugo-montenegro"
description: "Hugo Mario Montenegro 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 Morricone's main theme from the 1966 film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He composed the score for the 1969 Western Charro!, which starred Elvis Presley. He also wrote for various television series, most notably the theme to \"I Dream of Jeannie\""
tagline: "American conductor (1925-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodowicz_Montenegro_1944.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-09-02"
deathDate: "1981-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump