The Kill Bill 1 Soundtrack
If you are a Quentin Tarantino fan then you know how important soundtracks are to his movies and the Kill Bill 1 soundtrack is no different. Tarantino works as hard picking out the music to include in his movies as he does directing them. He even produces some of the music and in a lot of his work you will find original pieces sung by the actual actors or actresses in the movie.
The music in Kill Bill 1 place an important role. They keep key scenes memorable and epic. Songs like “You’re my Wicked Life”, which is sung by the late David Carradine, Julie Dreyfus and lead actress Uma Thurman is an epic dialogue that make the Kill Bill movie something special. Because the Kill Bill 1 soundtrack has song from back in the day & some of the latest and greatest music, there are people out there who haven’t even seen the movie but own the soundtrack.
The music really does make the movie. Tarantino loves to take big time music artists and mix them in with little known or long forgotten singers and songwriters. In this soundtrack you have everyone from Nancy Sinatra and Quincy Jones to Charlie Feathers and Meiko Kaji, plus lots of others. There is definitely something for everyone.
The way Tarantino uses music to accentuate his film style is extremely obvious in the Kill Bill 1 soundtrack. Even without the visuals if you played the CD you get the picture of something very intense, violent but with a story behind it. That is classic Tarantino.
He loves to shock and awe while putting together an actual plot with conflict and resolution qualities and the music almost always reflects that goal perfectly. Probably the most famous Tarantino mix of film and music is Pulp Fiction, but with Kill Bill you can see how the director has evolved by the time he filmed this, his fourth big screen movie. The fans of the Kill Bill 1 soundtrack are many and varied.
What is interesting about Tarantino is that he always keeps his loyal fans, but is still capable of reaching out to a whole new breed of fan through his musical picks to accompany his films. That is not always the case with cultish movies.
Quentin has an amazing ability to choose music that spans across multiple audiences and generations. The Kill Bill 1 soundtrack has something many people across at least four generations.
From a marketing standpoint this was genius on Tarantino’s part as in 2003 the nostalgic return of vinyl began. Collectors flocked to the soundtrack for Kill Bill and it continues to sell well today six years after it was first released. Music plays such an important role in movies, even more so in a Tarantino flick. One great thing about Tarantino’s soundtracks is that they are timeless. It’s easy to listen to them over and over again.
