Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack

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Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack -Kill Bill Volume 1-.jpg
Soundtrack album to Kill Bill: Volume 1 by
RZA and various artists
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Genre
Length47:02
Language
  • English
  • Japanese
Label A Band Apart
Maverick
Warner Bros.
Producer The RZA
Quentin Tarantino
Lawrence Bender
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Professional ratings
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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

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Sonny Bono Nancy Sinatra 2:40
2."That Certain Female"Charlie Feathers Charlie Feathers 3:02
3."The Grand Duel (Parte Prima) [fn 1] "Luis Bacalov Luis Bacalov 3:24
4."Twisted Nerve [fn 2] "Bernard Herrmann Bernard Herrmann 1:27
5."Queen of the Crime Council" (Dialogue)  Lucy Liu and Julie Dreyfus 0:56
6."Ode to Oren Ishii [fn 3] "
 The RZA 2:05
7."Run Fay Run [fn 4] "Isaac Hayes Isaac Hayes 2:46
8."Green Hornet" Billy May Al Hirt 2:18
9."Battle Without Honor or Humanity [fn 5] "Tomoyasu Hotei Tomoyasu Hotei 2:28
10."Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Esmeralda Suite"
 Santa Esmeralda featuring Leroy Gómez 10:29
11."Woo Hoo"George Donald McGraw The 5.6.7.8's 1:59
12."Crane/White Lightning [fn 6] "
  • The RZA
  • Charles Bernstein
The RZA and Charles Bernstein 1:37
13."The Flower of Carnage [fn 7] " (修羅の花; Shura no Hana)
 Meiko Kaji 3:52
14."The Lonely Shepherd" James Last Gheorghe Zamfir 4:20
15."You're My Wicked Life" (Dialogue)  David Carradine, Julie Dreyfus, and Uma Thurman 1:14
16."Ironside [fn 8] " (Excerpt)Quincy Jones Quincy Jones 0:16
17."Super 16 [fn 9] " (Excerpt)
 Neu! 1:06
18."Yakuza Oren 1"The RZAThe RZA0:22
19."Banister Fight"The RZAThe RZA0:21
20."Flip Sting" (SFX)  0:04
21."Sword Swings" (SFX)  0:05
22."Axe Throws" (SFX)  0:11
Total length:47:02

The last three are merely noises that occur as sound effects in the film. The vinyl record version includes only the first fifteen tracks.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Originally from the 1972 film The Grand Duel
  2. ↑ Originally from the 1968 film Twisted Nerve
  3. ↑ Incorporates "Seven Notes in Black" by Vince Tempera
  4. ↑ Originally from the 1974 film Three Tough Guys
  5. ↑ Originally from the 2000 film New Battles Without Honor or Humanity
  6. ↑ Original version from the 1973 film White Lightning
  7. ↑ Originally from the 1973 film Lady Snowblood
  8. ↑ Originally from the 1967 TV series Ironside
  9. ↑ Originally from the 1973 album Neu! 2 and featured in the 1976 film Master of the Flying Guillotine

Also not included

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

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [22] Gold35,000^
Belgium (BEA) [23] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [24] Gold50,000^
France (SNEP) [25] 2× Gold200,000*
Greece (IFPI Greece) [26] Gold10,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [27] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [29] Gold502,000 [30]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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