''Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film'' is the soundtrack to the film ''

Natural Born Killers ''Natural Born Killers'' is a 1994 American crime film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, and Tom Sizemore. The film tells the story of two victims of traumatic childho ...

'', produced by

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of Nine Inch Nails. It was released on August 23, 1994. It charted at number 19 on US Billboard 200 album charts.

Background

Reznor reportedly produced the soundtrack using a portable

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in his hotel room while on his band's

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. On his approach to compiling the soundtrack, Reznor told MTV:

I suggested to Oliver toneto try to turn the soundtrack into a collage-of-sound, kind of the way the movie used music: make edits, add dialog, and make it something interesting, rather than a bunch of previously released music.

Some songs were written especially for the film or soundtrack, such as "

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" by Nine Inch Nails and " What Would You Do?" by

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. "I took a finished movie," Reznor recalled, "and tried to make something that would be a cool souvenir from it."

Track listing

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– "Waiting for the Miracle" (Edit) # L7 – "Shitlist" #

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– "Moon over Greene County" (Edit) #

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– "

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" (

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– "

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– " You Belong to Me" #

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– "The Trembler" (Edit) # Nine Inch Nails – "

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, and

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– "BB Tone" #"Totally Hot" #:contains an edit of

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– "Ted, Just Admit It..." and

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– "

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" #A.O.S. – "History (Repeats Itself)" (Edit) #Nine Inch Nails – " Something I Can Never Have" (Edited And Extended) # Russel Means – "I Will Take You Home" #The Hollywood Persuaders – "Drums a Go-Go" (Edit) #"Hungry Ants" #:contains excerpts of

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– "Checkpoint Charlie" and "Violation of Expectation" # Dr. Dre – "The Day the Niggaz Took Over" # Juliette Lewis – "Born Bad" #:song and lyrics written by Cissie Cobb. #Sergio Cervetti – "Fall of the Rebel Angels" (Edit) # Lard – "Forkboy" #"Batonga In Batongaville" #:contains excerpts of The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra – " A Night on Bare Mountain" # Nine Inch Nails – "A Warm Place" (Edit) #" Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar" #:contains excerpts of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party – "Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar" and Diamanda Galás – "Judgement Day" #Leonard Cohen – " The Future" (Edit) #

– " What Would U Do?"

Notes

The film also contains "

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" and "

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" by

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, "Cyclops" by Marilyn Manson, "Anthem" by

, "The Heat" and "In Doubt" by Peter Gabriel, "If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man" by

, "The Way I Walk" cover by Robert Gordon, and "

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" by

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. These tracks are not included on the soundtrack album. Also includes samples of "

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, and Steven "Jesse" Bernstein's "No No Man-Part 1". Tracks 9, 10, 13, 18, 21, 23 and 25 are assembled from various recordings and dialogue from the film. The bathroom scene of this film contains a non-credited selection from the Melvins' ''Houdini''; specifically, the surreal percussion track "Spread Eagle Beagle". Rumours surround the genesis of this track, including one that it was done by Kurt Cobain. In the scene that depicts Mickey and Mallory's first meeting – as a sitcom parody entitled "I Love Mallory" – the following pieces are heard: "Happy-Go-Lively" by Laurie Johnson, "Happy Families" by

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, "Pizzicato Playtime" by

, and "Domestic Fun" by

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. Reportedly, Stone and Reznor wanted to include a track by Snoop Dogg on the soundtrack but Warner Bros. wouldn't allow it as he was, at the time of production, on trial for murder.

Reception

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's phenomenally eerie ''

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'' score,

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's groundbreaking synth-based ambience for ''

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'',

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's timeless '' Godfather'' suite – any self-appointed buff of the soundtrack genre might blanch at the notion of making shelf-room alongside these classics for a furious miscellaneous music compilation…" wrote Andrew Collins in '' Q'', "but, hey, as Mickey says, 'This is the 1990s,' and, if you were a soundtrack album, you'd be ''Natural Born Killers''."

Chart positions

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References

External links

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