Blood on the Tracks Episode 64: Quentin Tarantino Part 1.

Regardless of if you like the work of Quentin Tarantino or not, it can not be denied that he curates killer soundtracks for his films. Much like how he borrows visually and thematically from the films of the past to create his own unique film architecture, he often layers in music from other films in other to do much the same. Sometimes the music is there just to accent a scene and make it cooler, sometimes it's a deeper meta reference. Sometimes it just doesn't work at all, but nobody always hits the target all the time. With the announcement that Tarantino is working on his (according to him) tenth and final film, "The Movie Critic", Lee decided it was time to look back at his body of work as it stands right now, and choose the tracks from his filmography that he loves best. Because there's so much to dig into, this will be part one of a two part series of super-sized episodes.

"Reservoir Dogs" (1992)

--Little Green Bag --The George Baker Selection
--Stuck in the Middle With You --Steelers Wheel
--Coconut --Harry Nilsson

"Pulp Fiction" (1994)

--Miserlou --Dick Dale
--Ace of Spades --Link Wray
--Comanche --The Revels
--Bustin' Surfboards --The Tornadoes
--If Love is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags) --Maria McKee

"Jackie Brown" (1997)

--Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) --The Delfonics
--Cissy Strut --The Meters
--The Lion and the Cucumber --The Vampire's Sound Incorporation
--Exotic Dance, Escape, & Aragon --Roy Ayers
--Street Life --Randy Crawford
--Long Time Woman --Pam Grier
--Who is He (And What is He to You) --Bill Withers
--Across 110th Street --Bobby Womack

"Kill Bill: Volume 1" (2003)

--The Flower of Carnage --Meiko Kaji
--Battle Without Honor or Humanity --Tomoyasu Hotei
--Theme from Ironside --Quincy Jones
--The Lonely Shepherd --Gheorghe Zamfir & James Last
--Twisted Nerve --Bernard Herrmann
--That Certain Female --Charlie Feathers
--Crane/White Lightning --RZA & Charles Bernstein
--Run Faye Run --Isaac Hayes
--The Grand Duel (Parte Prima) --Luis Bacalov
--Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) --Nancy Sinatra

"Kill Bill: Volume 2" (2004)

--Motorcycle Circus --Luis Bacalov
--Malagueña Salerosa --Chingon
--Can't Hardly Stand It --Charlie Feathers
--The Chase --Alan Reeves, Phil Steele, and Philip Brigham
--A Silhouette of Doom & L'arena --Ennio Morricone

Opening and closing music: Summertime Killer from "Summertime Killer" by Luis Bacalov, and Santa Maria from "Raiders of Atlantis" by Oliver Onions.