This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
A quieter movie deserves a quieter soundtrack. So it’s only fitting that Kill Bill: Vol. 2 packs less of a punch than its predecessor. But it’s no less peculiar and eclectic than you’d expect from a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack.
On this 15-cut album, QT digs through the crates and unearths another superset of obscure little treasures, from the haunted croon of Shivaree’s Goodnight Moon to the mutant rockabilly of Charlie Feathers and the cut-and-paste trip-hop of Malcolm McLaren’s About Her (which gene-splices The Zombies’ She’s Not There and Bessie Smith’s St. Louis Blues). All of it is tied together with mood music from spaghetti-western king Ennio Morricone and, of course, the dialogue snippets that are the hallmark of a Tarantino disc. Another hallmark of a Tarantino soundtrack: It makes you want to see the movie again.
