Quentin Tarantino’s movie soundtracks have always been interesting, and his forthcoming Brad Pitt-starring WWII spaghetti western Inglourious Basterds is no exception.

The movie takes its basic premise and title from Enzo Castellari’s 1978 movie Inglorious Bastards, but doesn’t borrow from that movie’s original soundtrack. Instead, Tarantino’s spellcheck-infuriating movie takes a lot of Morricone, mixes with a dash of Bernstein, and throws in a few oddball ingredients such as Georgio Moroder and David Bowie’s Cat People. Those looking for Inglourious Basterds’s break-out track – its Little Green Bag or Misirlou – might look at Billy Preston’s Slaughter or The Devil’s Rumble by Davie Allen and The Arrows.

Here’s the full soundtrack listing, taken from the Cannes press notes and tidied up a little to remove a couple of inconsistencies. I’ve provided iTunes and Spotify links where available. Happy listening…

Inglourious Basterds Soundtrack Listing:

The Green Leaves of Summer
(From The Alamo)
Dimitri Tiomkin

On Spotify

Dopo La Condanna (After The Verdict)
(From The Big Gundown AKA La Resa Dei Conti)
Ennio Morricone

L’incontro Con La Figlia
(From The Return of Ringo AKA Il Ritorno Di Ringo, also used in The Secret of The Sahara AKA Il Segreto Del Sahara)
Ennio Morricone
Available on this CD

White Lightning
(From White Lightning, also used in Kill Bill Vol. 1)
Charles Bernstein
RZA version available on Kill Bill CD

Il Mercenario (Ripresa)
(From The Mercenary AKA Il Mercenario)
Ennio Morricone

Slaughter
(From Slaughter)
Billy Preston
On Spotify

Algeri: 1 November 1954
(From The Battle of Algiers)
Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo
On Spotify

La Resa (The Surrender)
(From The Big Gundown AKA La Resa Dei Conti)
Ennio Morricone

Un Dollaro Bucato
(From One Silver Dollar AKA Un Dollaro Bucato)
Gianni Ferrio

Bath Attack
(From Entity)
Charles Bernstein
No download or CD, but on this DVD

Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter
Zarah Leander

On Spotify

The Man With The Big Sombrero
The Michael Andrew Orchestra
Specially recorded, see here

Ich Wollt, Ich War Ein Huhn
Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Paul Kemp

On Spotify

Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)
(From Cat People)
David Bowie and Giorgio Moroder

On Spotify

Mistico e Severo (Mystic and Severe)
(From Death Rides A Horse)
Ennio Morricone

The Devil’s Rumble
(From Devil’s Angels)
Davie Allen and The Arrows
On this CD

Zulus
(From Zulu Dawn)
Elmer Bernstein
On this CD

Un Amico
(From Revolver)
Ennio Morricone

Tiger Tank
(From Kelly’s Heroes)
Lalo Schifrin
On this CD

Rabbia e Tarantella
(From Allonsanfan)
Ennio Morricone
On this CD

Notes: The Cannes press notes, in French, list After The Verdict as The Verdict, Zulus as What I Say Zulus, and Rabbia e Tarantella as Eastern Condors Rabbia e Tarantella. In the latter two cases, my guess is that this is a printing error, and there are possibly two extra tracks on the soundtrack, What I Say and Eastern Condors, artists unknown. What I’d Say has been recorded by the likes of Maceo Parker and Ray Charles. Eastern Condors is a Hong Kong spaghetti western, cited by Tarantino as an influence. Finally, there are several tracks on the soundtrack of The Big Gundown AKA La Resa Dei Conti that begin with the title ‘La Resa…’, including this one on Spotify.

[UPDATE: The Inglourious Basterds soundtrack CD is now available from Amazon. The tracklisting is:
1. Green Leaves of Summer - Nick Perito
2. Verdict (Dopo la Condanna) - Ennio Morricone
3. White Lightning (Main Title) [from White Lightning] – Charles Bernstein
4. Slaughter – Billy Preston
5. Surrender (La Resa) – Ennio Morricone
6. One Silver Dollar (Un Dollaro Bucato) – The Film Studio Orchestra
7. Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter [From Die Grosse Liebe] – Zarah Leander
8. Man with the Big Sombrero – Samantha Shelton
9. Ich Wollt Ich Waer Ein Huhn – Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey
10. Main Theme from Dark of the Sun – Jacques Loussier
11. Cat People (Putting out the Fire) – David Bowie
12. Tiger Tank – Lalo Schifrin
13. Amico – Ennio Morricone
14. Rabbia E Tarantella – Ennio Morricone
15. Mystic and Severe – Ennio Morricone
16. Devil’s Rumble – The Arrows
17. What I’d Say Zulus – Elmer Bernstein
18. Amico – Ennio Morricone
19. Tiger Tank – Lalo Schifrin
20. Bastero Gondors Rabhia E Tarantella – Ennio Morricone]

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