Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
Released | December 9, 1997 | |||
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Length | 51:06 | |||
Label | Maverick Records A Band Apart Records | |||
Producer | Quentin Tarantino Lawrence Bender | |||
Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology | ||||
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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 other soundtracks of Tarantino films.
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Across 110th Street" | Bobby Womack | Bobby Womack and Peace | 3:48 |
2. | "Beaumont's Lament" (Dialogue) | Samuel L. Jackson and Robert de Niro | 0:50 | |
3. | "Strawberry Letter 23" | Shuggie Otis | The Brothers Johnson | 4:58 |
4. | "Melanie, Simone and Sheronda" (Dialogue) | Samuel L. Jackson and Robert de Niro | 0:32 | |
5. | "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?" | Bill Withers | Bill Withers | 3:12 |
6. | "Tennessee Stud" | Jimmy Driftwood | Johnny Cash | 2:54 |
7. | "Natural High" | Charles McCormick | Bloodstone | 4:54 |
8. | "Long Time Woman" | Les Baxter | Pam Grier | 2:52 |
9. | "Detroit 9000" (Dialogue) | Council Cargle | 0:07 | |
10. | "(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm" | Foxy Brown | 3:26 | |
11. | "Street Life" | Randy Crawford | 4:18 | |
12. | "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" | The Delfonics | 3:21 | |
13. | "Midnight Confessions" | Lou Josie | The Grass Roots | 2:43 |
14. | "Inside My Love" |
| Minnie Riperton | 3:56 |
15. | "Just Ask Melanie" (Dialogue) | Samuel L. Jackson, Robert de Niro, and Bridget Fonda | 0:43 | |
16. | "The Lions and the Cucumber" |
| The Vampire Sound Incorporation | 5:07 |
17. | "Monte Carlo Nights" | Elliot Easton | Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods | 3:25 |
Total length: | 51:06 |
Tarantino's selection process for the songs
[edit]Tarantino has said that in developing the script for Jackie Brown, he decided on the majority of the songs during the writing stage.[2] 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.
Other tracks heard in the film
[edit]Some of the songs used in the film were not included in the commercially released soundtrack. These songs are listed during the film's credits.
- "Baby Love" by The Supremes
- "Exotic Dance" by Roy Ayers
- "My Touch of Madness" by Jermaine Jackson
- "La-La (Means I Love You)" by the Delfonics
- "Cissy Strut" by The Meters
- "Aragon" by Roy Ayers
- "Brawling Broads" by Roy Ayers
- "She Puts Me in the Mood" by Elvin Bishop
- "Undun" by the Guess Who
- "Escape" by Roy Ayers
- "Vittrone's Theme - King Is Dead" by Roy Ayers
- "Grazing in the Grass" by Orchestra Harlow
- "Mad Dog (Feroce)" by Umberto Smaila
- "Jizz Da Pitt" by Slash's Snakepit
Personnel
[edit]- 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
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France (SNEP)[3] | Gold | 100,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] | Gold | 100,000* |
United States | — | 321,000[5] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The Guardian Quentin Tarantino interview (II) with Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Lawrence Bender. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ "French album certifications – B.O.F. – Jackie Brown" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "British album certifications – Original Soundtrack – Jackie Brown". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
- ^ Donahue, Ann (5 September 2009). "The Billboard Q&A: Quentin". Billboard. Retrieved 2 June 2018.