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Music CD - Black Snake Moan
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Music CD: Black Snake Moan
List Price: $16.98
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Manufacturer: New West Records
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Tracks:
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1. Opening Theme / Scott Bomar
2. Ain't But One Kind Of Blues / Son House
3. Just Like A Bird Without A Feather / Samuel L Jackson
4. When The Lights Go Out / The Black Keys
5. Standing In My Doorway Crying / Jesse Mae Hemphill
6. Chicken Heads / Bobby Rush
7. Black Snake Moan / Samuel L Jackson
8. Morning Train / Precious Bryant
9. The Losing Kind / John Doe
10. Lord Have Mercy On Me / Outragious Cherry
11. Ronnie and Rae's Theme / Scott Bomar
12. The Chain / Scott Bomar
13. Alice Mae / Samuel L Jackson
14. Stack-O-Lee / Samuel L Jackson
15. Old Black Mattie / R.L. Burnside
16. That's Where The Blues Started / Son House
17. Mean Ol' Wind Died Down / North Mississippi Allstars
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0607396610525
Format: Soundtrack
Label: New West Records
Manufacturer: New West Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: New West Records
Release Date: 2007-01-30
Studio: New West Records
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Authentic blues
Comment: An extremely peculiar film from Craig Brewer, the director of Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan is a deep-South drama covering topics as diverse as promiscuity, religion, redemption, love, and Blues music. Samuel L. Jackson plays farmer and part-time blues musician Lazarus, who wakes up one morning to find a young woman named Rae (Christina Ricci), badly beaten and unconscious, lying half-naked in his yard. A childhood victim of sexual abuse, Rae had developed into the town tramp, using her sex addiction as a replacement for the love she has never felt in her life. Lazarus, however, seeing a chance to redeem both himself and Rae, takes it upon himself to `cure' Rae of her illness - and proceeds to chain her to the radiator of his remote farmhouse, forcing her to endure sexual cold turkey. And so begins a truly unusual friendship between the pair - and, as always happens in these things, they learn more about life from each other than they ever expected. As one might expect, the film's music is heavily rooted in the musical heritage of the deep South, especially that of blues artists such as R.L. Burnside, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House and the North Mississippi Allstars. Jackson performs a number of himself, his distinctive deep voice sounding very authentic when performing tracks like the forlorn "Just Like a Bird Without a Feather", the rollicking "Alice Mae", the angry/funny/dirty-sounding "Stack-o-Lee", and the languorous, eponymous "Black Snake Moan". Composer Scott Bomar's score is limited to just three cues and around 5 minutes in length, comprising mainly blues instrumentals, electric guitars, and ambient electronic textures, although his work arranging the blues tracks heard in the movie is important and impressive in context. Not really one for score fans, but recommended for fans of modern blues.
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Summary: raw and gentle
Comment: Black snake moan gives a raw and at the same time gentle look at two scarred people who succeed in helping eachother. Magnificent acting in combination with the very best of blues. I enjoyed it very much.
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Summary: Great American Blues
Comment: Despite the sensational cover and the movie link, BUY THIS CD if you love, or even like the blues. This is the real thing, and you will surely enjoy the authenticity of the music and performances here. I was amazed at the depth of Samuel L. Jackson's musical performance. I have always liked and respected him as an actor, but his music shows a whole new and complex side of him previously unseen (or unheard). I would judge this to be the best blues cd you've never heard, considering the very low-key promotion, or lack thereof, and possibly the best blues cd of the year.
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Summary: SAMUEL L
Comment: He impressed me in the movie. So, I had to have the soundtrack, just to hear Stack O Lee.
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Summary: Black Snake Moan Soundtrack
Comment: I had heard of this soundtrack from someone who knows the Blues....loves the Blues. Her recommendation was spot on. It owns an attitude that is powerful. There is no fluff with this music. There are no corny lyrics nor is there anything pretty here. Just honest, hard, thought provoking, music which make you open your mind to things you don't usually think of. Samuel Jackson perfoms a few songs here and is great. The title track is the best song because of its emotion, which Jackson deftly delivers. Listening to this soundtrack just takes you away from everything....and quite honestly makes you think that maybe your life is a lot better off than some.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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." --Don McLeese
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