Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack Explained

Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack
Type:	soundtrack
Longtype:	to
Artist:	RZA and various artists
Cover:	Soundtrack -Kill Bill Volume 1-.jpg
Length:	47:02
Chronology:	Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack
Prev Title:	Jackie Brown
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack
Next Year:	2004

Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the first volume of the two-part Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill. Released on September 23, 2003, it reached #45 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #1 on the soundtracks chart. It was organized, and mostly produced and orchestrated by RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan.

Soundtrack development

In a 2003 Interview, RZA spoke about the soundtrack's creation process:

Track listing

The last three are merely noises that occur as sound effects in the film. The vinyl record version includes only the first fifteen tracks.

Footnotes

Also not included

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

• "Seven Notes in Black" by Vince Tempera – From Sette note in nero ("Seven Notes in Black"; AKA The Psychic). 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.
• "Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills - heard when the Bride pulls up to Vernita Green's house.
• "A Long Day of Vengeance" by Armando Trovaioli – From I lunghi giorni della vendetta. Heard in the anime sequence after one of Boss Matsumoto's men murders O-Ren's father.
• "Kaifuku Suru Kizu (The Wound That Heals)" by Lily Chou-Chou – From the film All About Lily Chou-Chou. Heard when The Bride marvels at Hattori Hanzo's sword collection.
• "I'm Blue" and "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield" – additional songs performed 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.
• "Kenka Karate Kyokushin Ken Opening Theme" – heard in the house of Blue Leaves when the bride fights the boss of the crazy 88s.
• "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.
• "Yagyu Conspiracy" by Toshiaki Tsushima (from Shogun's Samurai) – background music for "You're My Wicked Life"
• "Funky Fanfare" by Keith Mansfield – heard as the logo music for the Our Feature Presentation film snipe.
• "I Giorni Dell'Ira" by Riz Ortolani (from Day of Anger) – heard when The Bride plucks an eye from one of the Crazy 88. This track would be later used in Django Unchained, where it was included in the soundtrack.
• "Champions of Death" by Shunsuke Kikuchi (from Champion of Death) – heard in the House of Blue Leaves battle.
• Other brief clips are not included nor are credits as to who wrote or performed them available.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[3]	74
Chart (2004)	Position
French Albums (SNEP)^[4]	122

See also

• Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20041214203845/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_042904_ALBUMS.html. December 14, 2004. Top 100 Albums: April 29, 2004. Jam!. November 18, 2023.
2. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2003. austriancharts.at. May 8, 2021.
3. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003. hitparade.ch. May 8, 2021.
4. Web site: Top de l'année Top Albums 2004. SNEP. fr. May 8, 2021.