Jackie Brown [Orginal Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by JACKIE BROWN / O.S.T.

Overview

Quentin Tarantino established himself as one of the few filmmakers to effectively use pop music with his first film Reservoir Dogs, a movie where the music was integral to the success of the film yet also worked well as a collection of songs. Jackie Brown, Tarantino's long-awaited third feature, finds him exploring new territory, creating an homage to blaxploitation flicks as well as a surprisingly subtle character study and love story, and its soundtrack appropriately finds him in new territory as well. The soundtrack still features snippets of dialogue, which simply aren't as effective separated from the film as those from Pulp Fiction, but the unified collection of '70s soul and funk is refreshing. He has wisely selected a batch of songs that haven't been worn out by oldies radio, building the bulk of the album with cult favorites like Bobby Womack's "Across 110th Street," Bill Withers' "Who Is He (And What Is He to You?)," Randy Crawford's "Street Life," Minnie Riperton's "Inside My Love," the Vampire Sound Inc.'s "The Lions and the Cucumber" and Pam Grier's "Long Time Woman." Only "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time," "Strawberry Letter 23" and "Natural High," as well as the Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions," are familiar oldies items, but they play an integral part in the film itself and help make the soundtrack a thoroughly enjoyable, compulsively listenable experience. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/1998
Label:	Maverick / Maverick/A Band Apart
UPC:	0093624684121
Rank:	87841

Tracks

1. Across 110th Street
2. Beaumont's Lament
3. Strawberry Letter 23
4. Melanie, Simone and Sheronda
5. Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
6. Tennessee Stud
7. Natural High
8. Long Time Woman
9. Detroit 9000
10. (Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm
11. Street Life
12. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
13. Midnight Confessions
14. Inside My Love
15. Just Ask Melanie
16. The Lions and the Cucumber
17. Monte Carlo Nights

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Minnie Riperton   Primary Artist
Randy Crawford   Primary Artist
Shuggie Otis   Primary Artist
Council Cargle   Primary Artist
Vampire's Sound Incorporation   Primary Artist
Bridget Fonda   Primary Artist
The Delfonics   Primary Artist
Bloodstone   Primary Artist
Bobby Womack   Primary Artist
The Grass Roots   Primary Artist
Bill Withers   Primary Artist
Samuel L. Jackson   Primary Artist
Foxy Brown   Primary Artist
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist
Robert De Niro   Primary Artist
Pam Grier   Primary Artist
Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods   Primary Artist
The Brothers Johnson   Primary Artist
Arthur Marks   Director

Technical Credits

Orville Hampton   Lyricist,Composer
Minnie Riperton   Composer,Lyricist,Performer
Siegfried Schwab   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Arthur Marks   Producer
The Brothers Johnson   Composer,Performer
Thom Bell   Composer
William "Poogie" Hart   Composer
Shuggie Otis   Composer,Lyricist
Samuel L. Jackson   Performer
Samuel J. Barnes   Lyricist,Composer
Mary Ramos   Music Consultant
Lawrence Bender   Executive Producer
Kevin Reagan   Design,Art Direction
John Katovsich   Music Coordinator
Council Cargle   Performer
Butch BelAir   Photography
Firooz Zahedi   Photography
Manfred Huebler   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
George Lange   Photography
Darren Michaels   Photography
Inga Marchand   Composer,Lyricist
Ann Karlin   Music Coordinator
Vampire's Sound Incorporation   Composer
Michele Kuznetsky   Music Consultant
Bridget Fonda   Performer
Tom Baker   Mastering
Stanley McKenny   Composer
Snuff Garrett   Producer
William Hart   Composer,Lyricist
Steve Barri   Producer
Bobby Womack   Composer,Lyricist,Performer
The Grass Roots   Composer,Performer
Bill Withers   Composer,Lyricist,Performer
Elliot Easton   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Foxy Brown   Composer
Joe Sample   Composer
Jean-Claude Olivier   Composer,Lyricist
Johnny Cash   Composer
Robert De Niro   Performer
Pam Grier   Composer,Performer
The Delfonics   Composer,Performer
Bobby Womack & Peace   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer,Lyricist
J.J. Johnson   Composer
Will Jennings   Composer
Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods   Composer,Performer
Lou Josie   Composer,Lyricist
Charles McCormick   Composer,Lyricist
Thomas Bell   Composer,Lyricist
Leon Ware   Composer,Lyricist
Les Baxter   Composer,Lyricist
Jimmie Driftwood   Composer,Lyricist
Quentin Tarantino   Composer,Executive Producer
Randy Crawford   Composer,Performer
Poke & Tone   Producer
Rick Rubin   Producer
Richard Rudolph   Composer,Lyricist
Mike Vernon   Producer