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Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof

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When I discovered that the soundtrack for Grindhouse was split in two, I was honestly very pleased. This meant a complete set of songs for both films (and each is certainly long enough to qualify as a feature film) and therefore another complete Tarantino score to add to my collection.

Tarantino has made a misstep or two in his career like most filmmakers, but his soundtracks have never, ever missed the mark. Death Proof is no exception. Regardless of how you feel about this one, the soundtrack is fantastic. As per usual, it is a collection of quasi-obscure 70's rock and R&B, interspersed with film dialogue you're likely to smile to, and some vintage Ennio Morricone.

In my opinion, this is in close competition with the Pulp Fiction soundtrack (which I feel is a benchmark for good scoring), and makes for excellent listening in the car, as it flows quite well, genre-jumping around a little less than the former.

The verdict... Buy it!

Any time a new Tarantino movie comes out, I'm amazed at how much I love the music. Even though the music is rarely in my preferred genre. I'm a hard rock lover, and Tarantino's tastes lie more in the field of pop/rock. Usually older, lesser-known pop/rock. He has an amazing talent for plucking these forgotten songs out of obscurity and using them to stunning effect in his films. Death Proof is no exception. As usual, it contains of wide variety of musical styles. The soundtrack features the likes of T. Rex's Jeepster, Jack Nitzsche's The Last Race, Ennio Morricone, and a wonderful pop song from forgotten '60s pop group, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich called Hold Tight. The real gem on the soundtrack, in my opinion, is April March's Chick Habit, which appears over the end credits. As one reviewer previously stated, once you hear it this song will remain with you for a long time. But that's okay, it's a great song. Where does Tarantino find this music? He's a great filmmaker and a genius with soundtracks. Check out this music, it's the perfect companion piece to Tarantino's excellent film, Death Proof. The better of the two Grindhouse features in my opinion. One of the reasons that Death Proof is so good is this wonderful, distinctive soundtrack. Fantastic from beginning to end.

I must admit before purchasing the soundtrack, I tried to hunt down a way to download two or three songs from the C.D., but true to Quentin Tarrantino, you have to take the whole package. (Even though his tenacity hasn't prevented 'Kill Bill' from being divided into two volumes, and the double feature 'Grindhouse' project has been split in two with 'Death Proof' and 'Planet Terror' respectively. For me it's a good thing for the latter development that I didn't have to buy the score of 'Planet Terror,' too.)

Anyway, I digress. We're here to share the merits of the soundtrack, so lets get back on track and not dilly-dally around like in the movie! The two most coveted tracks cover the movie's two climaxes. So top honors go to the big and bouncy "Hold Tight," with its especially dizzying crescendo. (Can't you still picture those pretty girls smiling and nodding their heads to the music in my favorite scene before it all turned ugly?) Then, there's the infectious and delightfully irritating "Chick Habit" by April March. (Now who was the agent who thought of that name?)

Don't expect the rest of the C.D. to be as exhiliarating. Yet, T. Rex's "Jeepster" and Willie DeVille's rollickin' roadhouse blues number "It's So Easy" come remarkably close.

Most of the rest consists of good, slow, and obscure blues (including "Stagolee," The Coasters' "Down in Mexico," and Eddie Floyd's "Good Love, Bad Love") It's also nice to have a late sixties version of Burt Bacharach's "Baby It's You". As far as instrumentals go, "Riot in Thunder Alley" is decent, as is the opener "The Last Race," which adds tension to the proceedings. For variety, the ride slows down for a while on the truly beautiful piano instrumental "Sally and Jack". While not a personal favorite, many understandably revere Joe Tex's "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)".

There's a little filler in between, and not all of it mixes well sequentially, but there's some essential stuff here, folks. As with many soundtracks, some tidbits of conversation are thrown in. This is meant to elicit fond memories of the movie. While I'm not as sentimental about the film as most people, the selection "Whatever-However" does demonstrate the most memorable dialogue for me. (Oddly, these are the only places that merit the "Parental Advisory" label.)

Pulling out rarities, Quentin Tarrantino has provided some living proof by resurrecting some fine music for a solid soundtrack.

Once again, director Quentin Tarantino brings us a collection of forgotten treats for his latest movie's soundtrack. Opening with the throttle filled Last Race from composer Jack Nitzsche, I felt that I was going to be in for a ride. I don't find all the tracks to be pure gems, and the usual dialogue spots sort of get in the way, but some of these are worth ever penny and more. Eddie Floyd, a Stax regular, and Joe Tex bring the soul during their joint-juke scene, making you want to cry out your love's name. Smith's cover of Baby It's You outdoes the Shiriles' standard, and is the real hard-to-find long-lost track. The Dave, Dee, Dozy... track, Hold Tight, is great english mod, and lives up to its introduction from the movie's sexy DJ. The movie's closing track, April March's Chick Habit is a swinging, sleezy french-pop gem that borrows itself into the skull (at least mine)like the first time I heard the 5,6,7,8's (until Vonage started using it in their adds, ruining the insanly fun go-go tune). Although I don't enjoy the whole thing, these tracks make-up for any disappointment, and will become a favorite in my library.

don't really appreciate the fact that 3 tracks are dialogs.
i own all tarantino soundtracks and before this one i never really minded the dialogs.. on this one, however, they seem a little out of place.
other than that, i agree with other reviewers who cannot believe the music tarantino digs out for his films! why isn't any of this music the matter of general knowledge? it's great!
been listening to the CD on the way to the coast and back, some 10 times over, and i haven't gotten tired of it yet.
for rest, listen to sampler here on amazon. my favs are track 10 and 16.
enjoy.

This soundtrack is great. The songs were perfect in the film and it's like watching it when listening. I have both the cd and vinyl of this soundtrack and love them both (though I love the vinyl a little bit more). The vinyl has a great sound and has red "splatter" vinyl mixed with the black making me want to display it rather than listen to it. Hearing those songs on vinyl is far better than on cd, so if you've got something to play it on, I highly recommend getting the album. If you don't, get the cd. You won't regret it!

I gave this 5 stars based on the music selection which is awesome. But, I do have one complaint which is that the spoken word clips from the movie were poorly chosen. There were so many better "scenes" to include the audio of... but the music more than makes up for that and I just skip 'em. I listen to Stagger Lee every chance I get.

Whatever your feelings regarding the film "Deathproof", it's already more than obvious that the soundtrack to this film is superb.
Even while watching the movie I was impressed by how much I enjoyed the quality of the music in the film. What they chose to include seemed to fit the mood and feel of this movie perfectly.

I was like "man I getta get this soundtrack!" and very few movie scores really move me say that. Also usually as a rule I don't buy many soundtracks to movies.

This is by far and wide a superior soundtrack than "Planet Terror" for sure, no doubt about it. Odds are most of you liked "Planet Terror" better than the movie "Deathproof" But "Deathproof" evens things out by having the better soundtrack of the two by miles. At least I think so, hopefully you do too.

One listen and you're hooked. At least 6 songs that are fantastic that there's no way I would have encountered without QT. Thanks man, should I expect any less?

Like the movies themselves, the soundtrack albums made from Quentin Tarantino's movies are always a great mix of quirky, edgy, and exciting, and the soundtrack to "Death Proof" (Tarantino's half of the "Grindhouse" double feature) is no exception. Comprised of songs you probably never heard before and little known covers of songs you HAVE heard (along with Tarantino's usual sprinkling of dialogue excerpts from the film), "Death Proof, the soundtrack" will entertain you with its 16 bracing selections. I had a lot of fun with this and I bet you will, too.