<P> Tarantino announced The Hateful Eight in November 2013 , having conceived it as a novel and sequel to his previous film Django Unchained ( 2012 ) . After the script leaked in January 2014 , he cancelled the film , directed a live reading of the script at the United Artists Theater in Los Angeles , then announced that he had changed his mind . Filming began on December 8 , 2014 , near Telluride , Colorado . 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 . </P>
<P> Tarantino announced The Hateful Eight in November 2013 , having conceived it as a novel and sequel to his previous film Django Unchained ( 2012 ) . After the script leaked in January 2014 , he cancelled the film , directed a live reading of the script at the United Artists Theater in Los Angeles , then announced that he had changed his mind . Filming began on December 8 , 2014 , near Telluride , Colorado . 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 . </P>
where was the movie the hateful eight filmed
where was the movie the hateful eight filmed
near Telluride , Colorado
near Telluride , Colorado