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Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: Motion Picture Soundtrack
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	August 18, 2009
Genre	Film score; schlager; new wave;
Length	37:14
Language	English; German; French;
Label	A Band Apart; Maverick; Warner Bros.
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Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Empire	^[2]
PopMatters	^[3]
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10)^[4]
Slant Magazine	^[5]

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture Inglourious Basterds. It was originally released on August 18, 2009. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, including Spaghetti Western soundtrack excerpts, R&B and a David Bowie song from the 1982 remake of Cat People.^[6] "The Man with the Big Sombrero", a song from the 1943 screwball comedy Hi Diddle Diddle, was rerecorded in French for the movie. This is the first soundtrack for a Quentin Tarantino film not to feature dialogue excerpts. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but lost to the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"The Green Leaves of Summer^{[fn 1]}"	Dimitri Tiomkin	Nick Perito & His Orchestra	1:55
2.	"The Verdict (La condanna)^{[fn 2]}"	Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone	1:14
3.	"White Lightning (Main Title)^{[fn 3]}"	Charles Bernstein	Charles Bernstein	2:55
4.	"Slaughter^{[fn 4]}"	Billy Preston	Billy Preston	4:24
5.	"The Surrender (La resa)^{[fn 5]}"	Morricone	Ennio Morricone	2:48
6.	"One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato)^{[fn 6]}"	Gianni Ferrio	Gianni Ferrio	2:05
7.	"Davon geht die Welt nicht unter"	Bruno Balz Michael Jary	Zarah Leander	2:06
8.	"The Man with the Big Sombrero^{[fn 7]}"	Foster Carling Phil Boutelje	Samantha Shelton & Michael Andrew	1:50
9.	"Ich wollt' ich wär' ein Huhn"	Hans-Fritz Beckmann Peter Kreuder	Lilian Harvey & Willy Fritsch	2:45
10.	"Main Theme from Dark of the Sun^{[fn 8]}"	Jacques Loussier	Jacques Loussier	3:11
11.	"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)^{[fn 9]}"	David Bowie Giorgio Moroder	David Bowie	4:10
12.	"Tiger Tank^{[fn 10]}"	Lalo Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	1:17
13.	"Un Amico^{[fn 11]}"	Morricone	Ennio Morricone	2:35
14.	"Rabbia e Tarantella^{[fn 12]}"	Morricone	Ennio Morricone	3:53
Total length:				37:14

Footnotes

^ Originally from the 1960 film The Alamo
^ Originally from the 1967 film The Big Gundown
^ Originally from the 1973 film White Lightning
^ Originally from the 1972 film Slaughter
^ Originally from the 1967 film The Big Gundown
^ Originally from the 1965 film Blood for a Silver Dollar
^ Original English-language version by June Havoc from the 1943 film Hi Diddle Diddle
^ Originally from the 1968 film Dark of the Sun
^ Originally from the 1982 film Cat People
^ Originally from the 1970 film Kelly's Heroes
^ Originally from the 1973 film Revolver
^ Originally from the 1974 film Allonsanfàn

Film music not included on the album

"L'incontro Con La Figlia" – Ennio Morricone (from Il ritorno di Ringo)
"Il Mercenario (ripresa)" – Ennio Morricone (from Il mercenario)
"Algiers November 1, 1954" – Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo (from La battaglia di Algeri)
"Hound Chase (intro)" – Charles Bernstein (from White Lightning)
"The Saloon" – Riz Ortolani (from Al di là della legge)
"Bath Attack" – Charles Bernstein (from The Entity)
"Claire's First Appearance" – Jacques Loussier (from Dark of the Sun)
"The Fight" – Jacques Loussier (from Dark of the Sun)
"Mystic and Severe" – Ennio Morricone (from Da uomo a uomo)
"The Devil's Rumble" – Davie Allan & The Arrows
"What'd I Say" – Rare Earth
"Zulus" – Elmer Bernstein (from Zulu Dawn)
"Eastern Condors" – Ting Yat Chung (from Eastern Condors)
"Titoli" – Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (from The Last Days of Pompeii) – used as the opening titles for the film-within-a-film, Nation's Pride

Promotional video

A music video for the French-language version of "The Man with the Big Sombrero" was directed by Meiert Avis. Using the scene of the movie Hi Diddle Diddle where the song was originally performed by June Havoc, singer Samantha Shelton was digitally inserted into the scene, carefully mimicking the exact choreography done by Havoc in the previous film.

Personnel

Executive Producer: Quentin Tarantino
Music Supervisor: Mary Ramos
Soundtrack Producers: Lawrence Bender, Pilar Savone, and Holly Adams

References

^ AllMusic review
^ Graydon, Danny. "Review of Inglourious Basterds". Empire. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
^ PopMatters review
^ Pitchfork Media review
^ Cataldo, Jesse (August 31, 2009). "Inglourious Basterds:Original Soundtrack". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
^ "Quentin Tarantino's method behind 'Inglourious Basterds' soundtrack mix-tape". LA Times. August 22, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.

External links

Official soundtrack website

[7] Originally from the 1960 film The Alamo

[8] Originally from the 1967 film The Big Gundown

[9] Originally from the 1973 film White Lightning

[10] Originally from the 1972 film Slaughter

[11] Originally from the 1967 film The Big Gundown

[12] Originally from the 1965 film Blood for a Silver Dollar

[13] Original English-language version by June Havoc from the 1943 film Hi Diddle Diddle

[14] Originally from the 1968 film Dark of the Sun

[15] Originally from the 1982 film Cat People

[16] Originally from the 1970 film Kelly's Heroes

[17] Originally from the 1973 film Revolver

[18] Originally from the 1974 film Allonsanfàn

[1] AllMusic review

[2] Graydon, Danny. "Review of Inglourious Basterds". Empire. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2010.

[3] PopMatters review

[4] Pitchfork Media review

[5] Cataldo, Jesse (August 31, 2009). "Inglourious Basterds:Original Soundtrack". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.

[6] "Quentin Tarantino's method behind 'Inglourious Basterds' soundtrack mix-tape". LA Times. August 22, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.

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 ==Track listing==
+{{Track listing
-# "[[The Green Leaves of Summer]]" – [[Nick Perito]] & His Orchestra
+| extra_column  = Artist(s)
-# "The Verdict (La Condanna)" – [[Ennio Morricone]] (mislabeled "Dopo la condanna") (from ''[[The Big Gundown|La resa dei conti]]'')
+| title1        = [[The Green Leaves of Summer]]<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1960 film ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''</ref>
-# "''[[White Lightning (1973 film)|White Lightning]]'' (Main Title)" – [[Charles Bernstein (composer)|Charles Bernstein]] (from ''[[White Lightning (1973 film)|White Lightning]]'')
+| writer1       = [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
-# "Slaughter" – [[Billy Preston]] (from ''[[Slaughter (1972 film)|Slaughter]]'')
+| extra1        = [[Nick Perito]] & His Orchestra
-# "The Surrender (La resa)" – [[Ennio Morricone]] (from ''La resa dei conti'')
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-# "[[Blood for a Silver Dollar|One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato)]]" – [[Gianni Ferrio]] (from ''[[Blood for a Silver Dollar|Un dollaro bucato]]'')
+| title2        = The Verdict (La condanna)<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1967 film ''[[The Big Gundown]]''</ref>
-# "Davon geht die Welt nicht unter" – [[Zarah Leander]]
+| writer2       = Ennio Morricone
-# "The Man with the Big Sombrero" – Samantha Shelton & Michael Andrew (original English-language version by [[June Havoc]] from ''[[Hi Diddle Diddle]]'')
+| extra2        = [[Ennio Morricone]]
-# "Ich wollt' ich wär' ein Huhn" – [[Lilian Harvey]] & [[Willy Fritsch]]
+| length2       = 1:14
-# "Main Theme from ''[[Dark of the Sun]]''" – [[Jacques Loussier]] (from ''[[Dark of the Sun]]'')
+| title3        = White Lightning (Main Title)<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1973 film ''[[White Lightning (1973 film)|White Lightning]]''</ref>
-# "[[Cat People (Putting Out Fire)]]" – [[David Bowie]] (from ''[[Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]'')
+| writer3       = Charles Bernstein
-# "Tiger Tank" – [[Lalo Schifrin]] (from ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'')
+| extra3        = [[Charles Bernstein (composer)|Charles Bernstein]]
-# "Un Amico" – Ennio Morricone  (from ''[[Revolver (1973 film)|Revolver]]'')
+| length3       = 2:55
-# "Rabbia e Tarantella" – Ennio Morricone (from ''[[Allonsanfàn]]'')
+| title4        = Slaughter<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1972 film ''[[Slaughter (1972 film)|Slaughter]]''</ref>
+| writer4       = Billy Preston
+| extra4        = [[Billy Preston]]
+| length4       = 4:24
+| title5        = The Surrender (La resa)<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1967 film ''The Big Gundown''</ref>
+| writer5       = Morricone
+| extra5        = Ennio Morricone
+| length5       = 2:48
+| title6        = One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato)<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1965 film ''[[Blood for a Silver Dollar]]''</ref>
+| writer6       = Gianni Ferrio
+| extra6        = [[Gianni Ferrio]]
+| length6       = 2:05
+| title7        = Davon geht die Welt nicht unter
+| writer7       = {{hlist|[[Bruno Balz]]|[[Michael Jary]]}}
+| extra7        = [[Zarah Leander]]
+| length7       = 2:06
+| title8        = The Man with the Big Sombrero<ref group=fn>Original English-language version by [[June Havoc]] from the 1943 film ''[[Hi Diddle Diddle]]''</ref>
+| writer8       = {{hlist|Foster Carling|[[Phil Boutelje]]}}
+| extra8        = Samantha Shelton & Michael Andrew
+| length8       = 1:50
+| title9        = Ich wollt' ich wär' ein Huhn
+| writer9       = {{hlist|Hans-Fritz Beckmann|[[Peter Kreuder]]}}
+| extra9        = [[Lilian Harvey]] & [[Willy Fritsch]]
+| length9       = 2:45
+| title10       = Main Theme from ''Dark of the Sun''<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1968 film ''[[Dark of the Sun]]''</ref>
+| writer10      = Jacques Loussier
+| extra10       = [[Jacques Loussier]]
+| length10      = 3:11
+| title11       = [[Cat People (Putting Out Fire)]]<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1982 film ''[[Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]''</ref>
+| writer11      = {{hlist|David Bowie|[[Giorgio Moroder]]}}
+| extra11       = [[David Bowie]]
+| length11      = 4:10
+| title12       = Tiger Tank<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1970 film ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]''</ref>
+| writer12      = Lalo Schifrin
+| extra12       = [[Lalo Schifrin]]
+| length12      = 1:17
+| title13       = Un Amico<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1973 film ''[[Revolver (1973 film)|Revolver]]''</ref>
+| writer13      = Morricone
+| extra13       = Ennio Morricone
+| length13      = 2:35
+| title14       = Rabbia e Tarantella<ref group=fn>Originally from the 1974 film ''[[Allonsanfàn]]''</ref>
+| writer14      = Morricone
+| extra14       = Ennio Morricone
+| length14      = 3:53
+| total_length  = 37:14
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 # "Eastern Condors" – [[Ting Yat Chung]]  (from ''[[Eastern Condors]]'')
-# "Titoli" – [[Angelo Francesco Lavagnino]] (from ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1959 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'') – used as the opening titles for the [[Story within a story #Film within a film|film-within-a-film]], ''Nation's Pride''
+# "Titoli" – [[Angelo Francesco Lavagnino]] (from ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1959 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'') – used as the opening titles for the [[Story within a story#Film within a film|film-within-a-film]], ''Nation's Pride''
 ==Promotional video==
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Films written and directed	Reservoir Dogs (1992) Pulp Fiction (1994) accolades Jackie Brown (1997) Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) Death Proof (2007) Inglourious Basterds (2009) accolades Django Unchained (2012) accolades The Hateful Eight (2015) accolades Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (2019) accolades
Written only	True Romance (1993) Natural Born Killers (1994; story) From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
Books	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel (2021) Cinema Speculation (2022)
Characters	Mia Wallace Seth Gecko The Bride Hans Landa
Other work	My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) "Motherhood" (1995) Four Rooms (1995) Sin City (2005) "Grave Danger" (2005) Grindhouse (2007) Planet Terror (2007)
Related	Tony Tarantino (father) Quentin Tarantino Film Festival New Beverly Cinema Vista Theatre Video Archives A Band Apart Rolling Thunder Pictures Big Kahuna Burger "Never Again" (1997) Stealing Tarantino (2006) Quentin Tarantino's Suicide Squad (2016) QT8: The First Eight (2019) Stealing Pulp Fiction (2024)
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