Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

Jackie Brown
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	December 9, 1997
Genre	R&B, Soul
Length	51:06
Label	Maverick Records A Band Apart
Producer	Quentin Tarantino Lawrence Bender
Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology
From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Jackie Brown 1997 Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

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Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture Jackie Brown. It was originally released on December 9, 1997. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, including soul. The soundtrack also includes dialogue from the motion picture and a lack of typical film score, similar to the other soundtracks of Tarantino films.

Track listing

1. "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack and Peace – 3:48
2. "Beaumont's Lament" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Samuel L. Jackson & Robert De Niro) – 0:50
3. "Strawberry Letter 23" by The Brothers Johnson – 4:58
4. "Melanie, Simone and Sheronda" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Samuel L. Jackson & Robert De Niro) – 0:32
5. "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?" by Bill Withers – 3:12
6. "Tennessee Stud" by Johnny Cash – 2:54
7. "Natural High" by Bloodstone – 4:54
8. "Long Time Woman" by Pam Grier – 2:52
9. "Detroit 9000" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Council Cargle) – 0:07
10. "(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm" by Foxy Brown – 3:26
11. "Street Life" performed by Randy Crawford – 4:18
12. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" by The Delfonics – 3:21
13. "Midnight Confessions" by The Grass Roots – 2:43
14. "Inside My Love" by Minnie Riperton – 3:56
15. "Just Ask Melanie" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro & Bridget Fonda) – 0:43
16. "The Lions and the Cucumber" by The Vampires' Sound Incorporation – 5:07
17. "Monte Carlo Nights" by Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods – 3:25

Tarantino's selection process for the songs

Tarantino has said that in developing the script for Jackie Brown, he decided on the majority of the songs during the writing stage.^[2] He added:

“

More or less the way my method works is you have got to find the opening credit sequence first. That starts it off from me. I find the personality of the piece through the music that is going to be in it [...] It is the rhythm of the film. Once I know I want to do something, then it is a simple matter of me diving into my record collection and finding the songs that give me the rhythm of my movie.

”

Other tracks heard in the film

Some of the songs used in the film were not included in the commercially released soundtrack. These songs are listed during the film's credits.

• "Baby Love" by The Supremes
• "Exotic Dance" by Roy Ayers
• "My Touch of Madness" by Jermaine Jackson
• "La La La Means I Love You" by the Delfonics
• "Cissy Strut" by The Meters
• "Aragon" by Roy Ayers
• "Brawling Broads" by Roy Ayers
• "She Puts Me in the Mood" by Elvin Bishop
• "Undun" by the Guess Who
• "Escape" by Roy Ayers
• "Vittrone's Theme - King is Dead" by Roy Ayers
• "Grazing in the Grass" by Orchestra Harlow
• "Mad Dog (Feroce)" by Umberto Smaila
• "Jizz Da Pitt" by Slash's Snakepit

Personnel

• Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender – Executive album producers
• Mary Ramos and Michele Huznetsky – Music consultants
• Tom Baker – Mastering
• Ann Karlin and John Katovsich – Music coordinators

See also

• Jackie Brown (film)

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. The Guardian Quentin Tarantino interview (II) with Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Lawrence Bender. Retrieved 2008-03-04.