Quentin Tarantino (More Specifically His Musical Choice in His Films) Part 2

Continuing on from my last post, which is to his next film "Jackie Brown", which is widely regarded as his most underrated film (not sure how that makes sense).  This movie was Tarantino's take on the crime drama section of the movie industry, with his own personal taste injected into the film to give it his signature spin.  Where is that more clear than in the soundtrack, with tracks like "Across 110th Street" and "Street Life", the songs reflect the actions of the main character herself.  She is harassed by the police, government, and now the drug lord she is forced to deliver to to make a living.  The character must take action into her own hands, and pull one final goose chase in order to get the money and freedom she's been desperately trying for her whole life.  Almost every song in the movie is about a character getting "dirty" in order to make a living.  In my opinion this is Tarantino's best soundtrack so far, because it reflects perfectly the actions of the movie, and it sounds so effing cool.  The next movie i visit is Django Unchained, because i don't remember Kill Bill too well, never saw his Grind-house flick, and don't remember the soundtrack to Inglorious Bastards being as memorable.  Perhaps i will revisit these in a later blog post.  On to Django, Tarantino's take on western films.  Where is that more relevant than in the man he chose to compose part of his soundtrack, Ennio Morricone.  This man is responsible for the soundtrack to the Dollars trilogy, and created (in my opinion) the most memorable tune from any movie with the theme to "The Good the Bad and the Ugly".  Look up the theme on Youtube, you will recognize it before it hits the seven second mark.  Needless to say, he is the king of western music, and a better choice couldn't have been possible for this film.  The movie has all types of music, each soundtrack changing to the scene its in.  The slow motion scenes have a similarly paced songs like "Freedom", and the fast and exciting shoot outs have a blend of James Brown and Tupac.  The tense nail biting moments are given to Ennio Morricone to compose music for, which is what he does best.  Overall, Quentin has many features he adds to each film, that all give it his own personal touch.  But his soundtrack stands alone as one of his most unique styles of shooting movies.