Jackie Brown (soundtrack)

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Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown cover
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released December 9, 1997
Genre R&B Soul
Length 51:06
Label Maverick Records A Band Apart
Producer Quentin Tarantino Lawrence Bender
Professional reviews

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Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996		 Jackie Brown
1997		 Kill Bill: Volume 1
(2003)

Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture Jackie Brown. It was originally released on December 9, 1997. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, including soul. The soundtrack also includes dialogue from the motion picture and a lack of typical film score, similar to the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack – 3:48
  2. "Beaumont's Lament" (dialogue) – 0:50
  3. "Strawberry Letter 23" by the Brothers Johnson – 4:58
  4. "Melanie, Simone and Sheronda" (dialogue) – 0:32
  5. "Who is He (And What Is He To You?)" by Bill Withers – 3:12
  6. "Tennessee Stud" by Johnny Cash – 2:54
  7. "Natural High" by Bloodstone – 4:54
  8. "Long Time Woman" by Pam Grier – 2:52
  9. "Detroit 9000" (dialogue) – 0:07
  10. "(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm" by Foxy Brown – 3:26
  11. "Street Life" performed by Randy Crawford – 4:18
  12. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" by the Delfonics – 3:21
  13. "Midnight Confessions" by the Grass Roots – 2:43
  14. "Inside My Love" by Minnie Riperton – 3:56
  15. "Just Ask Melanie" (dialogue) – 0:43
  16. "The Lions and the Cucumber" by the Vampire Sound Incorporation – 5:07
  17. "Monte Carlo Nights" by Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods – 3:25

[edit] Tarantino's selection process for the songs

Tarantino has said that in developing the script for Jackie Brown, he decided on the majority of the songs during the writing stage.[1] He added:

“ More or less the way my method works is you have got to find the opening credit sequence first. That starts it off from me. I find the personality of the piece through the music that is going to be in it . . . It is the rhythm of the film. Once I know I want to do something, then it is a simple matter of me diving into my record collection and finding the songs that give me the rhythm of my movie. ”

[edit] Other tracks heard in the film

Some of the songs used in the film were not included in the commercially released soundtrack. It is possible these tracks could be included in a future release of the soundtrack, much like the collector's edition of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, but no re-release for the soundtrack has been announced. These songs are listed during the film's credits.

[edit] Personnel

  • Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender – Executive album producers
  • Mary Ramos and Michele Huznetsky – Music consultants
  • Tom Baker – Mastering
  • Ann Karlin and John Katovsich – Music coordinators

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Guardian Quentin Tarantino interview (II) with Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Lawrence Bender. Retrieved 2008-03-04.

[edit] See also