Jackie Brown Soundtrack CD
Jackie Brown.
1997, Miramax.
Various.
Maverick, CD, 1997, 9362-46841-2.
Rating: 
Pam Grier stars as a drug smuggling flight attendant, who after being caught in the act, agrees to set up her murderous supplier (Samuuel L. Jackson), in Quentin Tarantiono’s slow as syrup crime caper based on a novel by Elmore Leonard (’Get Shorty’). Neither the soundtrack, or the dialogue clips featured, are as memorable as those in ‘Pulp Fiction’ but they ain’t bad either; opening with Bobby Womack’s lyrically edgy ‘Across 110th Street’, the album is a soul/funk fuelled journey through many a record labels forgotten back catalogue - along with Tarantino’s own extensive collection - with a few oddities thrown in, such as Johnny Cash’s ’Tennessee Stud’ and rap number ’(Holy Matrimony) Letter To The Firm’ (Foxy Brown) giving it a more contemporary slant. As usual, Tarantino has cast his net wider than your average compiler; the result is a cool, varied, surprising score with plenty of genuine soul. Minnie Ripperton’s ‘Inside My Love’ and Bloodstone’s ‘Natural High’ are key mellow moments, while ‘The Lions And The Cucumber’ (The Vampire Sound Inc) is a psychodelic sound trip. Kaleidoscopic.
Jackie Brown Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack).
2. Beaumont’s Mament (Dialogue).
3. Strawberry Letter 23 (Brothers Johnson).
4. Melanie, Simone And Sheronda (Dialogue).
5. Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) (Bill Withers).
6. Tennessee Stud (Johnny Cash).
7. Natural High (Bloodstone).
8. Long Time Woman (Pam Grier).
9. Detroit 9000 (Dialogue).
10. (Holy Matrimony) Letter To The Firm (Foxy Brown).
11. Street Life (Randy Crawford).
12. Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time (The Delfonics).
13. Midnight Confessions (The Grass Roots).
14. Inside My Love (Minnie Ripperton).
15. Just Ask Melanie (Dialogue).
16. The Lions And The Cucumber (The Vampire Sound Inc.)
17. Monte Carlo Nights (Elliot Easton’s Tiki Gods).
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