So you’re thinking “what’s with this guy and soundtracks?” I stand with my last statement that soundtracks in their own suckish nature sucks. In Can’s case I made an exception and acknowledged that soundtracks can indeed be good. This time it’s up to Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez to tell me I’m wrong.

They’re not really up for the task however. Starting with Planet terror, there are indeed some music in their that can pass on a home stereo. The main titles is really cool stuff, ‘You belong to me’ and ‘The grindhouse blues’ pass as well. Most of the other tracks aren’t really songs but more like… background music for a movie. Weird huh?

Continuing with Death proof. I’m of the opinion that everybody likes Tarantino’s music picks for his movies. Some tracks, like a ton from Pulp fiction, work outside of the movies while others don’t. The soundtrack for Death proof is mainly of the latter kind. Hearing T-Rex ‘Jeepster’ puts a smile on my face, while hearing Pacific gas & electric doing possibly the worst version I’ve ever heard of any Stagger Lee song makes me scratch my head wondering why Tarantino didn’t give Professor Longhair, Jerry Lee Lewis or [insert name] another listen. The Coasters ‘Down in Mexico’ - kickass. Overall there are some interesting 50’s-60’s - or at least pre 80’s - stuff in here for people like me, but it’s all a little too pretty.