This is a small bit of news but it’s interesting to see what goes into a Tarantino soundtrack, as it’s nearly always references to what’s influenced him. The soundtrack will officially be released on April 3rd, 3 days before the film comes out in america, but I guarantee some fanboy puts these tracks together in mp3 format before the end of the day.

“The Last Race” — Jack Nitzsche
“Baby, It’s You” — Smith
“Paranoia Prima” — Ennio Morricone
“Planning & Scheming” — Eli Roth & Michael Bacall
“Jeepster” — T Rex
“Stuntman Mike” — Rose McGowan & Kurt Russell
“Staggolee” — Pacific Gas & Electric
“The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)” — Joe Tex
“Good Love, Bad Love” — Eddie Floyd
“Down In Mexico” — The Coasters
“Hold Tight” — Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
“Sally and Jack (From the Motion Picture “Blow Out”)” — Pino Donaggio
“It’s So Easy” — Willy DeVille
“Whatever-However” — Tracie Thoms & Zoe Bell
“Riot In Thunder Alley” — Eddie Beram
“Chick Habit” — April March

Nice, so there’s some DePalma in there with ‘Blow Out’ (a fucking great film if you’ve never seen it), The Ennio Morricone track is from a Dario Argento film called ‘Cat O’nine Tails’ an itallian giallo horror. Jack Nizsche is the composer of the ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest’ score, but this track ‘The Last Race’ is from ‘Village of the Giants’, a pulpy 1960’s science fiction film. Riot in Thunder Alley is unsurprisingly from a film called ‘Thunder Alley’ a 1960’s speedway flick. Lost’s of interesting stuff in there and a lot of the non-soundtrack stuff appears to be glam-rock or 60’s/70’s pop inspired.

Here’s what else the press release has to say:

“Death Proof” follows Austin’s hottest DJ, Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) as she sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna (Jordan Ladd) and Arlene (Vanessa Ferlito). Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell), a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.

The soundtrack includes classic songs from the ’60s and ’70s, such as “Jeepster” from British glam rock band T Rex, “Staggolee” from San Francisco blues band Pacific Gas & Electric, “Down In Mexico” from doo-wop legends The Coasters, and “Good Love, Bad Love” by Stax R&B legend Eddie Floyd. It also features a haunting composition, entitled “Paranoia Prima,” from legendary Italian film score composer Ennio Morricone. The songs are interspersed with dialogue voiced by the actors including Russell, Rose McGowan, Eli Roth, and Michael Bacall.

The music perfectly captures the feel of the exploitation films that became popular in American cinema in the late ’60s and ’70s. With their explicit sex and excessive violence and gore, the films were mainly shown in inner-city theaters, called “grindhouses,” usually as back-to-back double features. “I grew up watching those type of movies and I loved them,” Tarantino says in “Grindhouse: The Sleaze-Filled Saga of An Exploitation Double Feature.” “The whole grindhouse experience, where you would see two horror films in these low ghetto theaters. Robert and I had the idea to actually do this film that is closer to a grindhouse ride and recreates the experience in one movie and in the best possible version ever presented.”

If you want to read the whole release drop over to marketwire here