Best Tarantino Soundtrack

[Robert Treder]

Well?

Highlights (note that these lists are my favorites, not necessarily comprehensive lists of all songs either on the soundtrack CDs or featured in the movies):

Reservoir Dogs
George Baker Selection - "Little Green Bag"
Steeler's Wheel - "Stuck in the Middle With You"

Pulp Fiction
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - "Misirlou"
Al Green - "Let's Stay Together"
Dusty Springfield - "Son of a Preacher Man"
The Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"

Jackie Brown
Bobby Womack - "Across 110th Street"
Brothers Johnson - "Strawberry Letter 23"
Bloodstone - "Natural High"
Johnny Cash - "Tennessee Stud"
The Delfonics - "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time"
Minnie Ripperton - "Inside My Love"
Foxy Brown - "(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm"
The Grass Roots - "Midnight Confessions"
The Vampire Sound Incorporation - "The Lions and the Cucumber"

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Nancy Sinatra - "Bang Bang"
Louis Bacalov - "The Grand Duel Parte Prima"
Bernard Hermann - "Twisted Nerve"
Al Hirt - "The Green Hornet"
Tomoyasu Hotei - "Battle Without Honor or Humanity"
Santa Esmeralda - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
The 5,6,7,8's - "Woo Hoo"
The RZA/Charles Bernstein - "Cranewhite Lightning"
Zamfir - "The Lonely Shepherd"
The RZA - "Bannister Fight"
Qunicy Jones - "Ironside"
Meiko Kaji - "The Flower of Carnage"
Isaac Hayes - "Run Fay Run"

I say it goes 1) Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 2) Jackie Brown, 3) Pulp Fiction, 4) Reservoir Dogs. Incidentally, that's how I'd order the movies on overall merit as well.

Note that this is only concerned with the movies that Tarantino has directed, not his other projects (such as From Dusk Till Dawn, etc.)

[Bertie Wooster]

Pulp Fiction takes the cake on this one. Tarantino's use of surf music as some of the main musical themes gave Pulp Fiction its unforgettable taste. Also, its a great album to play in your car or in your stereo because the tunes are diverse, and stand well alone more so than the other soundtracks that get dull after a while (like resevoir dogs and jackie brown). I haven't got Kill Bill yet, but while watching the movie, I was paying close attention to the score b/c The Rza was doing all the original music and he lays down the best beats in the rap genre. 20 years from now, we're still going to be see the Pulp Fiction soundtrack in jukeboxes in bars and pubs everywhere.

[Warspite]

Pulp Fiction.

[Joe]

Wow......wow. Tough choice. I guess I'll have to go with Kill Bill, with Pulp Fiction following behind?

[zombie84]

Reservoir Dogs probably used it to the best effect because there is only two major sequences that use prominent music. And afterall, how can any musical sequence stand up to the Stuck in the Middle With You torture scene? Pulp Fiction comes in a close second. I especially love Sam Jackson and John Travolta with the surf music.

[Zaia]

JACKIE BROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...And I'm the only one who voted for it. For shame!