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Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack
''Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to the Kill Bill: Volume 1, first volume 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 # "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra – 2:40 # "That Certain Female" by Charlie Feathers – 3:02 # "The Grand Duel (Parte Prima)" by Luis Bacalov – 3:24 # "Twisted Nerve#Soundtrack, Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann – 1:27 # "Queen of the Crime Council" dialogue by Lucy Liu and Julie Dreyfus – 0:56 # "Ode To Oren Ishii" by RZA, The RZA – 2:05 # "Run Fay Run" (from "''Three Tough Guys#Soundtrack, Three Tough Guys''") by Isaac Hayes – 2:46 # "The Green Hornet (TV series)#Theme music and opening, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 1
Volume One, Volume 1, Volume I or Vol. 1 may refer to: Albums * ''Volume One'' (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album), 1966 * ''Volume One'' (Sleep album) * ''Volume One'' (Fluff album) * ''Volume One'' (She & Him album), 2008 * ''Volume One'' (Two Steps from Hell album), 2006 *'' The Honeydrippers: Volume One'', 1984 * ''Vol. I'' (Dead Combo album) * ''Vol. 1'' (Birds of Maya album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (EP), by Breed 77 * ''Vol. 1'' (Hurt album), 2006 * ''Vol. 1'' (Nekropolis album), 2003 * ''Vol. 1'' (The Tempers album), 2010 * ''Vol. 1'' (We Are The Becoming album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (BROS_album), 2016 * ''Vol. 1'' (Goatsnake album), 1999 * ''Volume 1'' (Reagan Youth album) * ''Volume 1'' (CKY album) * ''Volume I'' (Queensberry album), 2008 * ''Volume 1'' (Fabrizio De André album), 1967 * ''Volume 1'' (Billy Bragg album), 2006 * ''Volume 1'' (The Besnard Lakes album), 2003 * ''Volume 1'' (BNQT album), 2017 * ''Volume 1'' (Future Boy album) *''Volume 1'', a video albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer-actress Cher from her second album, ''The Sonny Side of Chér''. It was written by her husband Sonny Bono and released in 1966. The song reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for a week (behind " (You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers), eventually becoming one of Cher's biggest-selling singles of the 1960s. History The single proved successful, charting high in several countries. It became Cher's first million-selling single and her first top 3 hit in the UK (and her last until "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" reached No. 1 in 1991). Critic Tim Sendra, in his album review of ''The Sonny Side of Cher'', gave the song a mixed review: "The only track that has any real zest is the Bono-written novelty 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)', the kind of dramatic song Cher could knock out in her sleep but also a song with no real heart." The revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Without Honor Or Humanity
is an instrumental music piece by Japanese rock musician Tomoyasu Hotei. It was originally featured in the 2000 film ''New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (also known as ''Another Battle'') by Junji Sakamoto, for which Hotei wrote the soundtrack and also stars in as an actor. On the film's soundtrack, the piece is titled . A live performance of the song appears on Hotei's 2001 live album, ''Rock the Future Tour 2000-2001''. The piece was introduced to Western audiences three years later in Quentin Tarantino's '' Kill Bill Volume 1'' and its soundtrack, where it received the title "Battle Without Honor or Humanity". Three versions of the track are featured on Hotei's 2004 album '' Electric Samurai''. It was released as a single on June 30, 2004, under the title . The song was named the 80th best guitar instrumental by '' Young Guitar Magazine'' in 2020. Single track listing #"Battle Without Honor or Humanity – Original Mix" #"Battle Without Honor or Humanity &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hirt
Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album '' Honey in the Horn'' (1963), and for the theme music to ''The Green Hornet''. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound". Colin Escott, an author of musician biographies, wrote that RCA Victor, for which Hirt had recorded most of his best-selling recordings and for which he had spent most of his professional recording career, had dubbed him with another moniker: "The King." Hirt was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in November 2009. He received 21 Grammy nominations during his lifetime, including winning the Grammy award in 1964 for his version of "Java". Biography Hirt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a police officer. At the age of six, he was given his first trumpet, which had been purchased at a local pawnshop. He played in the Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Hornet (TV Series)
''The Green Hornet'' is an American Action fiction, action television series broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC during the 1966–1967 television season, starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato (The Green Hornet), Kato. It was produced and narrated by William Dozier. The single-season series premiered September 9, 1966, and ran through March 17, 1967, lasting 26 episodes; ABC repeated the series after its cancellation by the network, until July 14, 1967, when ''The Green Hornet'' had its last broadcast on network television. With the later success of Lee as a premiere star of the martial arts film genre, the series has become a Cult film, cult favorite. Plot Playboy bachelor and media mogul Britt Reid is the owner and publisher of the ''Daily Sentinel'' newspaper but, as the masked vigilante Green Hornet, he fights crime with the assistance of his martial arts expert partner, Kato (The Green Hornet), Kato, and his weapons-enhanced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. " Soul Man", written by Hayes and Porter and first performed by Sam & Dave, was recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was also honored by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, and by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as one of the Songs of the Century. During the late 1960s, Hayes also be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Tough Guys
''Three Tough Guys'' (also known as ''Tough Guys'') is a 1974 crime-action film directed by Duccio Tessari. It may be regarded as an example of the Blaxploitation genre. It stars Lino Ventura, Fred Williamson and Isaac Hayes, who also composed the soundtrack. It is a coproduction between United States, Italy (where it was released ''Uomini duri'') and France (where is known as ''Les Durs''). The film was shot in Chicago. Plot Roman Catholic priest Father Charlie and former police officer Lee solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After Lee is removed from the force due to $1,000,000 being stolen from the bank, Father Charlie helps him to gain revenge for the loss of one of his friends. Cast * Lino Ventura as Father Charlie * Isaac Hayes as Lee * Fred Williamson as Joe "Snake" * Paula Kelly as Fay * William Berger as Captain Ryan * Vittorio Sanipoli as Mike Petralia * Lorella De Luca as Anne Lombardo * Mario Erpichini as Gene Lombardo * Jess Hahn as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Dreyfus
Julie Dreyfus (born 24 January 1966) is a French actress who is well known in Japan where she made her television debut on a French language lesson program on NHK's educational channel in the late 1980s. She has appeared on the TV show ''Ryōri no Tetsujin'' (''Iron Chef'') as a guest and judge. She is best known to western audiences for her appearances in the Quentin Tarantino films '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' and ''Inglourious Basterds'', in which she played Sofie Fatale and Francesca Mondino respectively. Aside from her native French she is fluent in English and Japanese. Early life Dreyfus was born and raised in Paris, the only child of actress Pascale Audret and producer Francis Dreyfus. Her father was of Romanian-Jewish and Alsatian-Jewish ancestry, and her mother was of French descent. She spent her summers in the UK. As a child she used to watch Woody Allen's early movies together with her mother. She started learning Japanese in 1985 at the Institute for Oriental La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Liu
Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress. Her accolades include winning a Critics' Choice Television Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Seoul International Drama Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award. Liu has starred as Ling Woo in the television series '' Ally McBeal'' (1998–2002), Alex Munday in two ''Charlie's Angels'' films (2000 and 2003) and Joan Watson in the crime-drama series ''Elementary'' (2012–2019). Her film work includes starring in ''Payback'' (1999), ''Shanghai Noon'' (2000), ''Chicago'' (2002), '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' (2003), ''Lucky Number Slevin'' (2006), '' Watching the Detectives'' (2007), ''The Man with the Iron Fists'' (2012), and ''Set It Up'' (2018). Liu provided voice acting for Master Viper in the ''Kung Fu Panda'' franchise (2008–2016) and Silvermist in the ''Tinker Bell'' series (2008–2014). Her other voice credits include ''Maya & Miguel'' (2004–2007), ''Mulan II'' (2004), as well as the English and Mandari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers. An Academy Award-winner (for ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'', 1941; later renamed ''All That Money Can Buy''), Herrmann mainly is known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously '' Psycho'', ''North by Northwest'', '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'', and ''Vertigo''. He also composed scores for many other films, including ''Citizen Kane'', '' Anna and the King of Siam'', ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'', ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'', '' Cape Fear'', ''Fahrenheit 451'', and ''Taxi Driver''. He worked extensively in radio drama (composing for Orson Welles), composed the scores for several fantasy films by Ray Harryhausen, and many TV programs, including Rod Serling's ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twisted Nerve
''Twisted Nerve'' is a 1968 psychological thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Billie Whitelaw and Frank Finlay. The film follows a disturbed young man, Martin, who pretends, under the name of Georgie, to be intellectually impaired in order to be near Susan—a girl with whom he has become infatuated. Martin kills those who get in his way. Plot Martin plays catch with his older brother Pete, who has severe learning difficulties and has been sent to live in a special boarding school in London, by their mother. Martin is the only remaining figure in Pete's family life; their father died years ago and their mother has a new life with her new husband, a wealthy banker. Martin expresses concern for his brother's well-being to the school's physician, who is comfortable with Pete's situation, though he makes it clear that Pete cannot be expected to live much longer. After the title sequence, Martin is shown in a toy store, gazing at Susan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born film composer. He learned music from Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim the conductor of the Berlin, and Chicago orchestras, and also Berta Sujovolsky. Bringing his talent into society he ventured into music for the cinema, and composed scores for Spaghetti Western films. In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Italian progressive rock bands. Bacalov was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, winning it in 1996 for ''Il Postino''. Bacalov composed significant works for chorus and orchestra. Before his death, he was the artistic director of the ''Orchestra della Magna Grecia'' in Taranto, Italy. Life and career Luis Bacalov was born in Buenos Aires to a family of Bulgarian Jewish origin, but even though he identified as a Jew, he did not practice Judaism.Italian television, TG2 Mizar, 08.09.2014, La musica, il cinema e materia: Il vangelo secondo PPP vis(su)to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
