Kill Bill Volume 1 (soundtrack)

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Kill Bill: Volume 1

Soundtrack by Kill Bill: Volume 1
Released	September 23, 2003
Recorded	???
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	47:02
Label	???
Producer(s)	???
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The Kill Bill: Volume 1 OST is the soundtrack to the first volume of the two-part Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill. First 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

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

[edit] Not included

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

• "Seven Notes in Black" by Vince Tempra --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 Trovaioi --heard in the animé sequence.

• "Kaifuku Suru Kizu (The Wound That Heals)" by Salyu --heard when The Bride marvels at Hattori Hanzo's sword collection.

• "I'm Blue" and "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield" additional songs perfomred 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.

• "Yagu Conspiracy" by Toshiaki Tsushima (from Shogun's Samurai) background music for "You're My Wicked Life"

• Other brief clips, the logo music for Shaw Brothers and Grindhouse Releasing are not included, nor are credits as to who wrote or performed them available.