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 ---------- 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."
