i was SO pissed when i bought the soundtrack to that movie not realizing it was full of a bunch of songs that werent even in the movie. and never felt like dropping $30 to get the imported japanese version that had the actual instrumentals... thanks for sharing these. great movie and GREAT music!
i | Homepage | 01.02.07 - 10:36 am | #

Thanks for that post!
Ghost Dog | Homepage | 01.02.07 - 12:28 pm | #

I love this film. Especially the conversations with the French ice cream seller. The sound track really adds to it - pretty much every tune is knock out. The opening theme puts you right in the mood and I love the swinging riff in 'Strange Eyes'.

Thanks for the blog.

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DannyBlue | Homepage | 01.05.07 - 2:04 pm | #

Hey, First comment here...

I always loved this movie.
Forest Whitaker is great as the gentle 'Ghost Dog'.

I like the japanese culture of the Samurai (check out Akira Kurasawa's : Seven Samurai), I like real hip hop music, I like urban sceneries. in short, this movie has it all!

I have the DVD (after ordering it and waiting 2 months for it... I wonder why it's so hard to find it) , but no extra's towards music there...

I then recently (1 year ago) bought the soundtrack, but not the Japanese version... payed €10 for it, so not bad, but I never understood why they didn't put the instrumental opening song on it.
(the one where the pigeon flies over ENY city harbour)

Anyway, thnx for the post ! love the opening theme and even better: RZA's theme!!! (it isnt on the soundtrack I have)
Simon | 01.06.07 - 9:29 am | #

I actually found the RZA score version of the soundtrack to be rather unlistenable...maybe due to bad sequencing. I rather grew to like the more common soundtrack release with all those other songs - some of them are quite enjoyable. There's one tune where RZA lets two loops drift apart in time, and it sounds like a trainwreck waiting to happen, but then it stops and the song goes on. Ballsy of RZA to do that.
Invisible Oranges | Homepage | 01.15.07 - 2:09 pm | #

Nice post.. I DL'd these a while ago but only just got 'round to listening to them (hence the late reply).

'RZA's Theme' from this appeared much earlier on the first Sunz of Man album didn't it(?) Inmates to the Fire.

But anyway. Dope.
matt | Homepage | 01.25.07 - 6:56 am | #