ARTIST: VA
TITLE: Black Snake Moan
LABEL: New West
GENRE: Soundtrack
BITRATE: 182 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 49min total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-01-30
RIP DATE: 2007-01-12
Track List
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01. Scott Bomar - Opening Theme 0:38
02. Son House - Ain't But One Kind 0:11
Of Blues
03. Samuel L. Jackson - Just Like 2:22
A Bird Without A Feather
04. The Black Keys - When The 3:13
Lights Go Out
05. Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing 4:40
In My Doorway Crying
06. Bobby Rush - Chicken Heads 2:32
07. Samuel L. Jackson - Black 4:04
Snake Moan
08. Precious Bryant - Morning 3:00
Train
09. John Doe - The Losing Kind 2:33
10. Outrageous Cherry - Lord Have 3:04
Mercy On Me
11. Scott Bomar - Ronnie And Rae's 1:08
Theme
12. Scott Bomar - The Chain 2:50
13. Samuel L. Jackson - Alice Mae 3:48
14. Samuel L. Jackson - Stackolee 3:30
15. R.L. Burnside - Old Black 4:10
Mattie
16. Son House - That's Where The 0:21
Blues Started
17. North Mississippi Allstars - 7:31
Mean Ol' Wind Died Down
Release Notes:
This soundtrack to the film written and directed by Craig Brewer is as
steeped in the Southern blues as his Hustle and Flow was in hip-hop.
The biggest surprise here is how well actor Samuel L. Jackson (who
seems to have a thing for "Snake" films) holds his own as a blues
singer against selections from Son House and R.L. Burnside. He sounds
like a throwback to the classic Delta bluesmen on "Just Like a Bird
Without a Feather," does a convincing take on the Blind Lemon
Jefferson title track, and rocks the juke joint on "Alice Mae" and a
down-and-dirty recasting of "Stack-O-Lee." Produced by the Bo-Keys'
Scott Bomar (who also scored Brewer's previous movie), the 17-cut
soundtrack features a kaleidoscopic array of blues, from the primal
throb of the Black Keys' "When the Lights Go Out" and the funk of
Bobby Rush's classic "Chicken Heads" to the spiritual lilt of Precious
Bryant's "Morning Train" and the North Mississippi Allstars' expansive
finale, "Mean Ol' Wind Died Down."
