Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack


Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the of the two-part Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill. Released on September 23, 2003, it reached #45 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #1 on the soundtracks chart. It was organized, and mostly produced and orchestrated by RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan.

Soundtrack development

In a 2003 Interview, RZA spoke about the soundtrack's creation process:

Track listing

  1. "Bang Bang " by Nancy Sinatra – 2:40
  2. "That Certain Female" by Charlie Feathers – 3:02
  3. "The Grand Duel " by Luis Bacalov – 3:24
  4. "Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann – 1:27
  5. "Queen of the Crime Council" dialogue by Lucy Liu and Julie Dreyfus – 0:56
  6. "Ode To Oren Ishii" by RZA – 2:05
  7. "Run Fay Run" by Isaac Hayes – 2:46
  8. "Green Hornet" by Al Hirt – 2:18
  9. "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei – 2:28
  10. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Esmeralda Suite" by Santa Esmeralda featuring Leroy Gómez – 10:29
  11. "Woo Hoo" by The 5.6.7.8's – 1:59
  12. "Crane / White Lightning" by The RZA / Charles Bernstein – 1:37
  13. "The Flower of Carnage" 修羅の花  by Meiko Kaji – 3:52
  14. "The Lonely Shepherd" by James Last & Gheorghe Zamfir – 4:20
  15. "You're My Wicked Life" dialogue by David Carradine, Julie Dreyfus and Uma Thurman – 1:14
  16. "Ironside" by Quincy Jones – 0:16
  17. "Super 16" by Neu! – 1:06
  18. "Yakuza Oren 1" by The RZA – 0:22
  19. "Banister Fight" by The RZA – 0:21
  20. "Flip Sting" – 0:04
  21. "Sword Swings" – 0:05
  22. "Axe Throws" – 0:11
The last three are merely noises that occur as sound effects in the film. The vinyl record version includes only the first fifteen tracks.

Not included

Numerous tracks used in the film and to advertise it were not included in the soundtrack album: