"The Violence of Originality, the Originality of Violence."
Masterful opening for one of the greatest cult films of the '90s. Tarantino's second film, after the splendid debut with "Reservoir Dogs," was released in 1994 and won the "Best Picture" award at the Cannes Festival. The film's brilliance is disarming: Drugs. Gangsters. Revenge. Madness. Absurd situations. A fantastic scene montage. A great cast. Superb dialogues and shots! It's been 11 years, but a masterpiece of this kind remains and will remain unchanged throughout the history of American cinema and beyond.

A characteristic of every Q.Tarantino film is the perfectly fitting soundtrack truly worthy of that name. Every situation in the film is accompanied by a piece that homogeneously expresses what is happening in the movie. And it is, in my modest opinion, the most beautiful soundtrack for the best film written and directed by Quentin (no offense to the fans of "Jackie Brown").

The album contains some of the most beautiful dialogues from the film, starting with the "rant" of Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer, continuing with the discussion, "Royale with Cheese," between the couple Jackson and Travolta - who at the time had put on quite a few extra pounds - and ending with the famous passage "Ezekiel 25:17."
"Misirlou" by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones and "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang are the first tracks the soundtrack presents. And still, "Son Of A Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield. John Travolta's "high" (with Bullwinkle part 2, The Centurions) anticipates the dangerous encounter with a brunette and cocaine-addicted Uma Thurman.
Now used for a famous cookie commercial, "You Never Can Tell" by Chuck Berry gives life to the famous dance between Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega with the laid down "V." Nothing is left to chance. "Comanche" by the Revels and the sad "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" by Urge Overkill are no less and fit into the action's progression with great precision.

In the remastered edition in 2002, some bonus tracks were included, including an interview with the famous director.
Nothing more to add: this is and will forever remain one of the most beautiful soundtracks in the cinematic landscape, without compromise, emerging from a mind not too distant from touching that of a dangerous psycho-serial killer :-), making each of his films, as a whole, unique and wonderful.

Tracklist

01   Pumpkin and Honey Bunny / Misirlou (02:28)

02   Royale With Cheese (01:44)

03   Jungle Boogie (03:06)

04   Let's Stay Together (03:17)

05   Bustin' Surfboards (02:28)

06   Lonesome Town (02:14)

07   Son of a Preacher Man (02:27)

08   Zed's Dead, Baby / Bullwinkle Part II (02:31)

09   Jack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest / You Never Can Tell (03:13)

10   Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon (03:09)

11   If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags) (04:56)

12   Bring Out the Gimp / Comanche (02:11)

13   Flowers on the Wall (02:24)

14   Personality Goes a Long Way (01:02)

15   Surf Rider (03:19)

16   Ezekiel 25:17 (00:52)

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By let there be rock

 Listening to 'Misirlou' makes you want to clap your hands, grab a gun, and go rob a diner!

 With 'You Never Can Tell', kick off your shoes and start dancing (trying to avoid the de Filippi and Travolta mess).