Nerd Up

1. The Green Leaves of Summer: Dimitri Tiomkin (from the film The Alamo)
2. After The Verdict: Ennio Morricone (from the film The Big Gundown
3. L’incontro Con La Figlia: Ennio Morricone (from the film The Return of Ringo)
4. White Lightning: Charles Bernstein (from the film White Lightning)
5. Il Mercenario (Reprisa): Ennio Morricone (from the film Il Mercenario)
6. Slaughter: Billy Preston (from the film Slaughter)
7. Algiers, November 1954 (from the film The Battle of Algiers)
8. The Surrender (La resa): Ennio Morricone (from the film The Big Gundown)
9. One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato): Gianni Ferrio (from the film One Silver Dollar)
10. Bath Attack: Charles Bernstein (from the film The Entity)
11. Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter: Bruno Balz, Michael Jary (from the film Die Grosse Liebe)
12. The Man With The Big Sombrero: Phil Bouteljie, Foster Carling (from the film Hi Diddle Diddle)
13. Ich Wollt Ich Waer Bin Huhn: Hans-Fritz Beckmann, Peter Kreuder (from the film Lucky Kids)
14. Cat People (Putting Out The Fire): David Bowie (from the film Cat People)
15. Mystic and Severe: Ennio Morricone (from the film Death Rides A Horse)
16. The Devil’s Rumble: Mike Curb/The Arrows (from the film Devil’s Angels)
17. Zulus: Elmer Bernstein (from the film Zulu Dawn)
18. Un Amico: Ennio Morricone (from the film Revolver)
19. Tiger Tank: Lalo Schifrin (from the film Kelly’s Heroes)
20. Rabbia e Tarantella: Ennio Morricone (from the film Allonsanfan)

When QT drops an soundtrack, you can expect nothing but pure heat. I like to equate it to 93, when Clue, Doo Wop or S&S were dropping consecutive bangers. “Kill Bill” or “Desert Storm”, you know when you see the name, you you’ll be getting nothing but straight bangers. QT approaches his OSTs like any mixtape king, you have skits, interludes and quite possibly the deepest OST crates known to man. I remember how geeked I was watching Kill Bill’s end credits, seeing so many unearthed gems. Don’t get me started on Charles Bernstein, but when I heard “Basterd” might be scored by the OST god himself, Mr. Ennio Morricone, my mind immediately conjured up Charles Bronson in “Violent City”. QT got me into film soundtracks, and how important it is in developing story, setting the scene, everything, he broke the rules, he made songs iconic. In the meantime, I’ll be bumping the Mike Curb / Lalo Schifrin OST for “Kelly’s Heros”…. “Burning Bridges”

Mike Patton (Faith No More, Lovage) covers Ennio! If you look under the “Up” in our masthead, you will see a picture of the OST god, Mr. Ennio Morricone.  “Danger: Diobolik” has always been one of my favourite scores, it had this errie vibe with a lot of swanky “Blow Up” thrown into the mix. This is official nerd up anthem for April!