Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...

's motion picture Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown (film)

Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch by American novelist Elmore Leonard and pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films....

. It was originally released on December 9, 1997. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, including soul. The soundtrack also includes dialogue from the motion picture and a lack of typical film score

Film score

A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...

, similar to the other soundtracks of Tarantino films.

Track listing

1. "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack
   Bobby Womack
   Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40...
   
    – 3:48
2. "Beaumont's Lament" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Sam Jackson & Robert De Niro) – 0:50
3. "Strawberry Letter 23
   Strawberry Letter 23
   "Strawberry Letter 23" is a song written by Shuggie Otis, although known most prominently by the version recorded by The Brothers Johnson. Otis wrote the song for a girlfriend who used strawberry-scented paper when she wrote letters to him. George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson was dating one of...
   
   " by the Brothers Johnson – 4:58
4. "Melanie, Simone and Sheronda" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Sam Jackson & Robert De Niro) – 0:32
5. "Who is He (And What Is He To You?)" by Bill Withers
   Bill Withers
   William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
   
    – 3:12
6. "Tennessee Stud" by Johnny Cash
   Johnny Cash
   John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
   
    – 2:54
7. "Natural High" by Bloodstone
   Bloodstone (band)
   Bloodstone is a former American R&B, soul, and funk group, most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. The band charted thirteen songs between 1973 and 1984.-Biography:...
   
    – 4:54
8. "Long Time Woman" by Pam Grier
   Pam Grier
   Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film...
   
    – 2:52
9. "Detroit 9000" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Council Cargle) – 0:07
10. "(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm" by Foxy Brown – 3:26
11. "Street Life" performed by Randy Crawford
    Randy Crawford
    Randy Crawford is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist...
    
     – 4:18
12. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
    Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
    "Didn't I " is a 1970 single by The Delfonics, produced by Thom Bell and released on the Bell record label. The recording is considered one of the most notable early Philly soul singles to be released and is regarded as a classic, winning a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group...
    
    " by the Delfonics
    The Delfonics
    The Delfonics are a pioneering Philadelphia soul singing group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their most notable hits include "La-La ", "Didn't I ", "Break Your Promise," "I'm Sorry," and "Ready or Not Here I Come "...
    
     – 3:21
13. "Midnight Confessions
    Midnight Confessions
    "Midnight Confessions" is a song written by Lou T. Josie and originally performed by the Evergreen Blues Band. It was later made famous by American rock band The Grass Roots, who released the song as a single in 1968...
    
    " by The Grass Roots
    The Grass Roots
    The Grass Roots is an American rock band that charted between 1966 and 1975 as the brainchild of songwriting duo P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri.In their career, The Grass Roots achieved two gold albums, one gold single and charted singles a total of 21 times. Among their charting singles, they...
    
     – 2:43
14. "Inside My Love" by Minnie Riperton
    Minnie Riperton
    Minnie Julia Riperton was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in the summer of 1979. They had two children - music engineer Marc Rudolph and actress/comedienne Maya...
    
     – 3:56
15. "Just Ask Melanie" (Dialogue excerpt featuring Sam Jackson, Robert De Niro & Bridget Fonda) – 0:43
16. "The Lions and the Cucumber" by the Vampire Sound Incorporation – 5:07
17. "Monte Carlo Nights" by Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods – 3:25

Tarantino's selection process for the songs

Tarantino has said that in developing the script for Jackie Brown, he decided on the majority of the songs during the writing stage. He added:

Other tracks heard in the film

Some of the songs used in the film were not included in the commercially released soundtrack. These songs are listed during the film's credits.

• "Baby Love
  Baby Love
  "Baby Love" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland ,...
  
  " by The Supremes
  The Supremes
  The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
  
  
• "Exotic Dance" by Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
  
  
• "My Touch of Madness" by Jermaine Jackson
  Jermaine Jackson
  Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
  
  
• "La La La Means I Love You
  La-La (Means I Love You)
  "La-La " is a 1968 song originally performed by The Delfonics. It was written by Thom Bell and William Hart and produced by Bell and Stan Watson....
  
  " by the Delfonics
  The Delfonics
  The Delfonics are a pioneering Philadelphia soul singing group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their most notable hits include "La-La ", "Didn't I ", "Break Your Promise," "I'm Sorry," and "Ready or Not Here I Come "...
  
  
• "Cissy Strut" by The Meters
  The Meters
  The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
  
  
• "Aragon" by Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
  
  
• "Brawling Broads" by Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
  
  
• "She Puts Me in the Mood" by Elvin Bishop
  Elvin Bishop
  Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist.-Career:Bishop was born in Glendale, California, and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was ten years old...
  
  
• "Undun" by the Guess Who
  The Guess Who
  The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...
  
  
• "Escape" by Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
  
  
• "Vittrone's Theme - King is Dead" by Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers
  Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
  
  
• "Grazing in the Grass" by Orchestra Harlow
• "Mad Dog (Feroce)" by Umberto Smaila
• "Jizz Da Pitt" by Slash's Snakepit
  Slash's Snakepit
  Slash's Snakepit were an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by then-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash in 1993. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band, with equal contributions by all members...
  
  

Also absent is the film score by Joseph Julián González.

Personnel

• Quentin Tarantino
  Quentin Tarantino
  Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
  
   and Lawrence Bender
  Lawrence Bender
  Lawrence Bender is an American film producer. He rose to fame by producing Reservoir Dogs in 1992 and has since produced all of Quentin Tarantino's films with the exception of Death Proof....
  
  – Executive album producers
• Mary Ramos and Michele Huznetsky – Music consultants
• Tom Baker – Mastering
• Ann Karlin and John Katovsich – Music coordinators