kill bill vol. 1, the new tarantino through music asier leoz
Quentin Tarantino has become a reference in modern cinema. In the well-known movies he�s made in the past decades, he masterly mixed up action, conversation and music to achieve a new poignant narrative rhythm. As for the music, Tarantino emptied all the music boxes he had at home to the benefit of the story. This is true as well this time round.
KUNG FU FIGHTING
A professional killer (Uma Thurman) is left in a coma after her gang beat her up by surprise. For four years after coming round her only thought is revenge. Based on this, Tarantino presents his new narrative allowing the story to unfold of its own accord, as it pleases. As to music, Nancy Sinatra, touches of hip-hop and a well-known Japanese pop band were chosen.
Nancy Sinatra: Bang-Bang (�My Baby Shot me Down�)
The opening of any of Tarantino�s movies is anything but ordinary. Nancy Sinatra�s rendering of this sad song fits the bill to perfection.
RZA: �Crane White Lightning�
RZA and movies. It�s not a new link, as �Ghost Dog� well proved it. As the main character slouched through the city, RZA�s hip-hop cadences filled the streets and the sky. In this new film as well, the most brilliant moments are theirs, as for example �Crane White Lightning�, based on a famous score by Bernard Herrman.
Al Hirt: �Green Hornet�
Playful trumpets and tremendous tension lasting two minutes and seventeen seconds. Could be a new �Misirlou�.
Charlie Feathers: �That Certain Female�
One of Tarantino�s best-loved and less famous rock & roll songs. A song in Eddie Cochran�s style.
Santa Esmeralda: �Don�t Let me Be Misunderstood�
For ten minutes this 60s gem mixes up flamenco with psychedelic music till it makes us all dizzy. Wonderful in all senses.
Hotei Tomoyasu: �Battle Without Honor or Humanity�
Tomoyasu composed this piece of music about yakuzei ten years ago but it sounds as modern as any of David Holmes�s last works. For many of us, it�s the star in the whole movie.
The 5.6.7.8�s: �Woo Hoo�
The 5.6.7.8�s � a Japanese band made up of girls � could well be this year�s best rookie band. In the movie they appear playing the fast rockabilly �Woo Hoo� before an audience that gets increasingly violent.
Meiko Kaji: �The Flower of Carnage�
A ballad taken from the film �Lady Snowblood�. Tarantino, always a buff of Japanese cinema, apparently realized right away that it was the music Uma Thurman�s revenge needed.
kill bill
David Carradine �The Little Grasshopper�s� said in an interview that Tarantino, following in the wake of Kill Bill, is set to make two more sequels. One would be a cartoon film and would go backwards in time. The second would be a trip into the future and the characters would be Kill Bill�s children.
KUNG FU FIGHTING
A professional killer (Uma Thurman) is left in a coma after her gang beat her up by surprise. For four years after coming round her only thought is revenge. Based on this, Tarantino presents his new narrative allowing the story to unfold of its own accord, as it pleases. As to music, Nancy Sinatra, touches of hip-hop and a well-known Japanese pop band were chosen.
Nancy Sinatra: Bang-Bang (�My Baby Shot me Down�)
The opening of any of Tarantino�s movies is anything but ordinary. Nancy Sinatra�s rendering of this sad song fits the bill to perfection.
RZA: �Crane White Lightning�
RZA and movies. It�s not a new link, as �Ghost Dog� well proved it. As the main character slouched through the city, RZA�s hip-hop cadences filled the streets and the sky. In this new film as well, the most brilliant moments are theirs, as for example �Crane White Lightning�, based on a famous score by Bernard Herrman.
Al Hirt: �Green Hornet�
Playful trumpets and tremendous tension lasting two minutes and seventeen seconds. Could be a new �Misirlou�.
Charlie Feathers: �That Certain Female�
One of Tarantino�s best-loved and less famous rock & roll songs. A song in Eddie Cochran�s style.
Santa Esmeralda: �Don�t Let me Be Misunderstood�
For ten minutes this 60s gem mixes up flamenco with psychedelic music till it makes us all dizzy. Wonderful in all senses.
Hotei Tomoyasu: �Battle Without Honor or Humanity�
Tomoyasu composed this piece of music about yakuzei ten years ago but it sounds as modern as any of David Holmes�s last works. For many of us, it�s the star in the whole movie.
The 5.6.7.8�s: �Woo Hoo�
The 5.6.7.8�s � a Japanese band made up of girls � could well be this year�s best rookie band. In the movie they appear playing the fast rockabilly �Woo Hoo� before an audience that gets increasingly violent.
Meiko Kaji: �The Flower of Carnage�
A ballad taken from the film �Lady Snowblood�. Tarantino, always a buff of Japanese cinema, apparently realized right away that it was the music Uma Thurman�s revenge needed.
kill bill
David Carradine �The Little Grasshopper�s� said in an interview that Tarantino, following in the wake of Kill Bill, is set to make two more sequels. One would be a cartoon film and would go backwards in time. The second would be a trip into the future and the characters would be Kill Bill�s children.
