Kill Bill's RZA score ...

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I was really impressed with RZA's score work on the first KIll Bill because of how refernetial and playful it was ... who knew homeboy knew how to capture Ennio Morricone in Wu style? For me, the most exhilarating part of the big fight sequence with the Crazy 88 was how QT and RZA chose that moment to unleash the purest Wu composition of the movie ... they know that while it's the most B-movie segment of the film, it's also the most hip-hop for a pop audience. That was cool ...

― Chris O., Tuesday, 14 October 2003 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Has it/will it be released?

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

You are aware that Rza didn't do the entire score for this film, right?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I mostly couldn't tell which parts were him and which parts were random shreds of 70s blaxploitation soundtracks or whatever. Which, I guess, is praise. I really liked the music in the movie, although I thought it changed too much during the big nightclub brawl, and "Nobody But Me" didn't really belong in it.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

That's one thing I like about Rza's scoring work, is how well it sorta disappears into the film, almost invisible (as evidenced in Ghost Dog).

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

He didn't do the entire score or the entire soundtrack? Am I making a legitimate distinction? ie score is music specifically composed for the film while the soundtrack can contain pre-existing recordings.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

i think like only 2 or 3 scenes used rza music

― Pablo Cruise (chaki), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm looking foreward to hearing whatever he did do for the film,the ghost dog music was exceptional...

― robin (robin), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The opening credits said "music by RZA," so I assume it was more than one or two scenes.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

from an interview that i read, RZA and QT picked the music together and RZA was present for much of the editing process. so even though there wasn't a lot of original score in the final film(which is pretty common for a QT film), rza's fingerprints are all over it.

the interview also said that he did 40 minutes of original music for it. i'd love to hear that. hopefully we won't have to pay $25 for an import-only release like ghost dog.

― s0, Tuesday, 14 October 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I was duly impressed by the Morricone homage, but still kind of disappointed -- it sounded like RZA was kept on a pretty short leash by QT's predilections. The Ghost Dog score ranged farther and wider. Dude should do more soundtracks, though -- he's a natural. (Not like anyone who's ever heard Wu needed to be told that.)

― spittle, Tuesday, 14 October 2003 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I know RZA and QT collaborated, and that RZA also kinda played compiler with the referential stuff (Nancy Sinatra et al). I'm specifically talking about the original stuff, of which there's still plenty.

― Chris O., Tuesday, 14 October 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)

the mixing on the music in movie is very strange. it jumps back and forth between like 6+ different songs in the swordfight sequences, but it seems to meld them together in the transitions. i'm still not sure if i liked that.

― Adrian (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Were the 5.6.7.8's RZA's idea? Please say yes.

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 02:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw the soundtrack on vinyl in the store last night. It only had two original tracks by RZA.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The first 24 bars of the Isaac Hayes track are quite possibly the best minute of music ever recorded.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The 5.6.7.8's are actually a band that formed sometime in the early-mid '90s, if allmusic.com is to be believed.

Best moment in the swordfight scene, and the one thing that revealed it to be the semi-comedic action farce it was: "Nobody But Me"! Shame it wasn't rewritten with new lyrics ("nobody can sever ANKLES! Like I do...")

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

When O'Ren & posse are comin' 'round the bend in slo-mo, is that one of the OG Rza pieces? I bet $1 it is.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 October 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

nope! it's by some Japanese dude. tomoyasu hotei.

― Adrian (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

When O'Ren & posse are comin' 'round the bend in slo-mo, is that one of the OG Rza pieces? I bet $1 it is.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:02 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark

I had been under this impression for the last 7 years too. It's seriously disappointing to find out that's not the RZA.

― Varèse Garagebande (kkvgz), Sunday, 31 October 2010 15:50 (fifteen years ago)

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