Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack

Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album to Kill Bill Vol. 1 by various artists
Released	September 23, 2003
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	47:02
Label	A Band Apart/Maverick/Warner Bros. Records 48570
Producer	The RZA Quentin Tarantino Lawrence Bender
Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology
Jackie Brown (1997) Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack (2003) Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack (2004)
RZA film soundtrack chronology
The World According to RZA (2003) Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack (2003) Birth of a Prince (2003)

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IGN	(8.0/10)[2]
Stylus	(A-)[3]

Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack 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 mostly produced and orchestrated by RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan.

Contents 1 Soundtrack development 2 Track listing 3 Not included 4 References 5 See also

Soundtrack development

In a 2003 Interview, RZA spoke about the soundtrack's creation process:

“

It was more of a collaboration. He had an idea and a vision when he wrote the script. I think I was more of somebody that kept it in the guidelines of what he wanted. He was like, here go the eggs, the milk, the cake, the sugar, everything, and I’m going to stir it up. Put this in the oven, watch it, take it out in forty-five minutes. Now, am I going to take it out in forty five minutes or am I going to fall asleep? I made sure it got out and if I saw something wrong with it, I fixed it. So when he saw it, he was like, this is cake. There was one situation where you see, "Crane and White Lightning." That’s part of the original score, so it’s not really a song. A lot of that stuff is what I use to keep the vibe going between songs. "Crane and White Lightning" is a piece of music that Quentin wanted on the soundtrack, but was originally set for a Metallica track. There’s only one piece of music that I didn’t feel comfortable with when we were done. We lost a sample, I made one Hip Hop beat. I was like I gotta throw one in there. Quentin loved this beat. We rocked with it and it was one of the first things we did. I could've gotten away with it. It was a sample, but so undetectable. So unnoticeable. I wanted to take a chance, but in the movie business you can’t take those kind of chances. I wouldn’t risk nobody else. If it was my movie, I would have taken a chance. But this is Quentin Tarantino’s movie.[4]

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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 eponymous 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, from Lady Snowblood
14. "The Lonely Shepherd" by 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.

The vinyl record version includes only the first fifteen tracks.

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 Lily Chou-Chou – From the film 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.
• Kenka Karate Kyokushin Ken Opening Theme—heard in the house of Blue Leaves when the bride fights the boss of the crazy 88s´´ (Terockman
• "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.
• "I Giorni Dell'Ira" by Riz Ortolani (from "Day of Anger") – heard when The Bride plucks an eye from one of the Crazy 88.

• Other brief clips are not included nor are credits as to who wrote or performed them available.

References

See also

• Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack

Kill Bill Films Vol. 1 · Vol. 2 Music Vol. 1 (soundtrack) · Vol. 2 (soundtrack) Characters Beatrix Kiddo · Bill · Deadly Viper Assassination Squad · Earl McGraw · Full list of characters Book:Kill Bill • Category:Kill Bill

Works of Quentin Tarantino Written and directed Reservoir Dogs (1992) Pulp Fiction (1994) Jackie Brown (1997) Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) Vol. 2 (2004) Death Proof (2007) Inglourious Basterds (2009) Written True Romance (1993) Natural Born Killers (1994) From Dusk till Dawn (1996) Other work Past Midnight (1992) Killing Zoe (1994) It's Pat (1994) Four Rooms (1995) Curdled (1996) "Grave Danger" (2005) Daltry Calhoun (2005) Hostel (2005) Sin City (2005) Hostel: Part II (2007) Planet Terror (2007) Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) Hell Ride (2008) The Man with the Iron Fists (2011) Film soundtracks Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction Jackie Brown Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Death Proof Inglourious Basterds Short films My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)

RZA Studio albums Bobby Digital in Stereo · Digital Bullet · Birth of a Prince · Digi Snacks EPs Ooh I Love You Rakeem Compilations The RZA Hits · The World According to RZA · The RZA-Instrumental Experience Soundtracks Ghost Dog · Kill Bill: Vol. 1 · Kill Bill: Vol. 2 · Soul Plane · Blade: Trinity · Unleashed · The Protector · Blood of a Champion · Afro Samurai: The Album · Babylon A.D. · Afro Samurai Resurrection Books The Wu-Tang Manual  · The Tao of Wu Related articles Discography  · Production discography  · Wu-Tang Clan  · Gravediggaz · Achozen · Various Wu-Recording Labels  · Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack  · Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack  · Tommy Boy Records  · The Man with the Iron Fists