Kill Bill Volume 1 (soundtrack)

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Kill Bill: Volume 1
Kill Bill: Volume 1 cover
Soundtrack to Kill Bill: Volume 1 by various artists
Released September 23, 2003
Genre Soundtrack
Length 47:02
Label Maverick, A Band Apart
Producer Quentin Tarantino
Lawrence Bender
The RZA
Professional reviews
Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology
Jackie Brown
(1997)		 Kill Bill: Volume 1
(2003)		 Kill Bill: Volume 2
(2004)

Kill Bill: Volume 1 OST is the soundtrack to the first volume of the two-part Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill. Released on September 23, 2003, it reached #45 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #1 on the soundtracks chart. It was organized (and, to a certain extent, produced and orchestrated) by RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra – 2:40
  2. "That Certain Female" by Charlie Feathers – 3:02
  3. "The Grand Duel (Parte Prima)" by Luis Bacalov – 3:24
  4. "Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann – 1:27, from the homonymous film.
  5. "Queen of the Crime Council" by Lucy Liu and Julie Dreyfus – 0:56
  6. "Ode To O-ren Ishii" by The RZA – 2:05
  7. "Run Fay Run" by Isaac Hayes – 2:46
  8. "Green Hornet Theme" by Al Hirt – 2:18
  9. "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei – 2:28
  10. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda – 10:29
  11. "Woo Hoo" (cover The Rock-A-Teens) by The 5.6.7.8's – 1:59
  12. "Crane/White Lightning" by The RZA and Charles Bernstein – 1:37
  13. "The Flower of Carnage" by Meiko Kaji – 3:52
  14. "The Lonely Shepherd" by Gheorghe Zamfir and James Last – 4:20
  15. "You're My Wicked Life" by David Carradine, Julie Dreyfus and Uma Thurman – 1:14
  16. "Ironside" (excerpt) by Quincy Jones – 0:16
  17. "Super 16" (excerpt) by Neu! – 1:06
  18. "Yakuza Oren 1" by The RZA – 0:22
  19. "Banister Fight" by The RZA – 0:21
  20. "Flip Sting" (SFX) – 0:04
  21. "Sword Swings" (SFX) – 0:05
  22. "Axe Throws" (SFX) – 0:11

The last three are merely noises that occur as sound effects in the movie.

[edit] Not included

Numerous tracks used in the film and to advertise it were not included in the soundtrack album:

  • "Seven Notes in Black" by Vince Tempera – From Sette note in nero ("Seven Notes in Black"; AKA The Psychic). Heard when The Bride awakens and fends off her would-be rapists; background music for the RZA's "Ode to O-ren"
  • "Truck Turner Theme" by Isaac Hayes – heard, appropriately enough, when The Bride tracks down Buck's truck.
  • "A Long Day of Vengeance" by Armando Trovaioli – From I Lunghi Giorni Della Vendetta. Heard in the anime sequence after one of Boss Matsumoto's men murders O-Ren's father.
  • "Kaifuku Suru Kizu (The Wound That Heals)" by Salyu – From Riri Shushu no subete (AKA "All About Lily Chou-Chou"). Heard when The Bride marvels at Hattori Hanzo's sword collection.
  • "I'm Blue" and "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield" – additional songs performed by the 5.6.7.8's in the House of Blue Leaves.
  • "From Man to Man" from the Death Rides a Horse soundtrack by Ennio Morricone – heard in the House of Blue Leaves battle. Used prominently to advertise Kill Bill.
  • "Theme from Day of Anger" by Riz Ortolani – heard briefly in the House of Blue Leaves battle.
  • "Nobody But Me" by The Human Beinz – heard in the House of Blue Leaves battle.
  • "Police Check Point" by Harry Betts (from the film Black Mama, White Mama) – heard briefly in the House of Blue Leaves battle.
  • "Yagyu Conspiracy" by Toshiaki Tsushima (from Shogun's Samurai) – background music for "You're My Wicked Life"
  • "Funky Fanfare" by Keith Mansfield – heard as the logo music for the Our Feature Presentation film snipe.
  • Other brief clips are not included nor are credits as to who wrote or performed them available.

[edit] See also

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