Get Shorty Movie Soundtrack

Scott Frank’s adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s comic crime novel stars John Travolta as loan shark Chili Palmer, who agrees to loosen his grip on movie producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman) in exchange for a shot at the big time. John Lurie’s breezy jazz-infected score matches up well to the films slick, stylish neo-noir feel, with a well chosen roster of songs as support from the likes of Booker T. & The MG’s and Morphine, whose ‘I Had My Chance’ is reminiscent of a less polished Chris Isaak. The light, summery, rhythmic funk of Grayboy’s ‘Panacea’, is a highlight, lined up alongside jazzy organ, making quite a few appearances, most prominently in Medeski Martin & Wood‘s ‘Chubb Sub‘ and Lurie’s ‘To Be Alive And In A Covertible’. The harder beats and electric guitar of ‘Chili At The Airport’ and Booker T’s ‘Can’t Be Still’, shake things up a bit, taking the material away from its acid-jazz roots, though this is essentially a laid back, well compiled collection with an understated slice of cool.
Get Shorty Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.

Track Listing:
1. Chili Hot (Us3).
2. Green Onions (Booker T. & The MG’s).
3. Nose Punch (John Lurie).
4. Stink (John Lurie).
5. I Had My Chance (Morphine).
6. To Be Alive And In A Convertibe (John Lurie).
7. Panacea (Greyboy).
8. Chili At Airport (Part 1.) (John Lurie).
9. Vesuvius (John Lurie).
10. Bo’s Veranda (Morphine).
11. Can’t Be Still (Booker T. & The MG’s).
12. Bo AT Airport (John Lurie).
13. Romantic Walk (John Lurie).
14. Chubb Sub (Medeski Martin & Wood).
15. Chili At Airport (Part II) (John Lurie).
16. Chili And Karen At Sunset (John Lurie).
17. Stink (John Lurie).