Quentin Tarantino, the director of Django Unchained, is known for being a stickler when it comes to authenticity in his films, but it might come as a surprise to learn that his commitment to realness extends to soundtracks.
For Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino used records from his personal vinyl collection to preserve some of their retro charm. Here's the message from Quentin Tarantino included in the Django Unchained soundtrack liner notes:
"A note about the condition of the older recordings I am using on this soundtrack - a lot of these came from my personal vinyl collection. Instead of having the record companies give me new digitally cleaned up versions of these recordings from the 60's and 70's,
"I wanted to use the vinyl I've been listening to for years - complete will all the pops and cracks. I even kept the sound of the needle being put down on the record. Basically because I wanted people's experience to be the same as mine when they this soundtrack for the first time."
Here's the full Django Unchained soundtrack list:
1. Winged
2. Django (main Theme) - Luis Bacalov, Rocky Roberts
3. The Braying Mule - Ennio Morricone
4. In That Case, Django, After You...
5. Lo Chiamavano King (his Name Is King) - Luis Bacalov, Edda Dell'orso
6. Freedom - Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton
7. Five-thousand-dollar Nigga's And Gummy Mouth Bitches
8. La Corsa (2nd Version) - Luis Bacalov
9. Sneaky Schultz And The Demise Of Sharp
10. I Got A Name - Jim Croce
11. I Giorni Dell'ira - Riz Ortolani
12. 100 Black Coffins - Rick Ross
13. Nicaragua - Jerry Goldsmith Featuring Pat Metheny
14. Hildi's Hot Box
15. Sister Sara's Theme - Ennio Morricone
16. Ancora Qui - Ennio Morricone And Elisa
17. Unchained (the Payback/untouchable) - James Brown And 2pac
18. Who Did That To You? - John Legend
19. Too Old To Die Young - Brother Dege
20. Stephen The Poker Player
21. Un Monumento - Ennio Morricone
22. Six Shots Two Guns
23. Trinity (titoli) - Annibale E I Cantori Moderni
