The soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's new movie"Death Proof" is to be released on April 23, ahead of the film's release in June. Forming part of the anticipated movie double-bill "Grindhouse" alongside Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" - they are both homages to B-movie's of the 70s and 80s - inc...
The soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s new movie”Death Proof” is to be released on April 23, ahead of the film’s release in June.
Forming part of the anticipated movie double-bill “Grindhouse” alongside Robert Rodriguez’s “Planet Terror” – they are both homages to B-movie’s of the 70s and 80s – including machine guns, zombies, car stunts and girls, girls, girls. Both movies will even have fake trailers run in between them.
“Death Proof,” is the story of a psycho named Stuntman Mike played by Kurt Russell, who stalks and kills beautiful women with his car – and the soundtrack to the movie includes classic tracks and hand-picked one-hit wonders, as well as dialogue snippets from the film, as is customary for Tarantino soundtracks.
Well-known classics featured on the soundtrack include T-Rex’s “Jeepster” and Ennio Morricone’s “Paranoia Prima.”
The full track listing is:
1. The Last Race – Jack Nitzsche
2. Baby, It’s You – Smith
3. Paranoia Prima – Ennio Morricone
4. Planning & Scheming – Eli Roth & Michael Bacall
5. Jeepster – T Rex
6. Stuntman Mike – Rose McGowan & Kurt Russell
7. Staggolee – Pacific Gas & Electric
8. The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) – Joe Tex
9. Good Love, Bad Love – Eddie Floyd
10. Down In Mexico – The Coasters
11. Hold Tight – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
12. Sally and Jack (From the Motion Picture Blow Out) – Pino Donaggio
13. It’s So Easy – Willy DeVille
14. Whatever-However – Tracie Thoms & Zoe Bell
15. Riot In Thunder Alley – Eddie Beram
16. Chick Habit – April March
Visit the Death Proof website here to hear snippets of the soundtrack on the ‘car radio’
Pic credit: Kobal Collection