Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	August 23, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	75:22
Label	Nothing/Interscope/Atlantic
Producer	Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor chronology
Natural Born Killers (1994) Lost Highway (1997)
Singles from Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film
"Burn" Released: 1994

Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack for an Oliver Stone Film is the soundtrack to the filmNatural Born Killers,produced byTrent Reznor ofNine Inch Nails. It was released on August 23, 1994. It charted at number 19 onUS Billboard 200 album charts and was certified Gold in both the United States and Canada, and Silver in the United Kingdom.^[1][2][3]

Reznor reportedly produced the soundtrack using a portablePro Tools in his hotel room while on his band'sSelf Destruct Tour.^[4][5] On his approach to compiling the soundtrack, Reznor toldMTV:

I suggested toOliver [Stone] to try to turn the soundtrack into a collage-of-sound, kind of the way the movie used music: make edits, add dialog, and make it something interesting, rather than a bunch of previously released music.^[6]

Some songs were written especially for the film or soundtrack, such as "Burn" by Nine Inch Nails and "What Would You Do?" byTha Dogg Pound.

"I took a finished movie," Reznor recalled, "and tried to make something that would be a cool souvenir from it."^[7]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Chicago Tribune	link
Los Angeles Times	[9]
Q	[10]

"Bernard Herrmann's phenomenally eerieVertigo score,Vangelis's groundbreaking synth-based ambience forBlade Runner,Nino Rota's timelessGodfather suite – any self-appointed buff of the soundtrack genre might blanch at the notion of making shelf-room alongside these classics for a furious miscellaneous music compilation…" wroteAndrew Collins inQ, "but, hey, as Mickey says, 'This is the 1990s,' and, if you were a soundtrack album, you'd beNatural Born Killers."^[10] Music magazineThe Rocket described it as, "a non-stop pastiche of sound bites, songs and instrumental pieces sewn together" that "chillingly recreates the disturbing surreal darkness of this non-stop killing spree," concluding "Reznor's soundtrack is nearly as compelling as the movie, yet without the shocking visual images."^[11]

1. Leonard Cohen – "Waiting for the Miracle" (Edit)
2. L7 – "Shitlist"
3. Dan Zanes – "Moon over Greene County" (Edit)
4. Patti Smith – "Rock N Roll Nigger" (Flood Remix)
5. Cowboy Junkies – "Sweet Jane" (Edit)
6. Bob Dylan – "You Belong to Me"
7. Duane Eddy – "The Trembler" (Edit)
8. Nine Inch Nails – "Burn"
9. "Route 666"

   featuringRobert Downey Jr., andBrian Berdan – "BB Tone"

10. "Totally Hot"

    contains an edit ofRemmy Ongala And Orchestre Super Matimila – "Kipenda Roho"

11. Patsy Cline – "Back in Baby's Arms"
12. Peter Gabriel AndNusrat Fateh Ali Khan – "Taboo" (Edit)
13. "Sex Is Violent"

    contains excerpts ofJane's Addiction – "Ted, Just Admit It..." andDiamanda Galás – "I Put a Spell on You"

14. A.O.S. – "History (Repeats Itself)" (Edit)
15. Nine Inch Nails – "Something I Can Never Have" (Edited And Extended)
16. Russel Means – "I Will Take You Home"
17. The Hollywood Persuaders – "Drums a Go-Go" (Edit)
18. "Hungry Ants"

    contains excerpts ofBarry Adamson – "Checkpoint Charlie" and "Violation of Expectation"

19. Dr. Dre – "The Day the Niggaz Took Over"
20. Juliette Lewis – "Born Bad"

    song and lyrics written byCissie Cobb.

21. Sergio Cervetti – "Fall of the Rebel Angels" (Edit)
22. Lard – "Forkboy"
23. "Batonga In Batongaville"

    contains excerpts of The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra – "A Night on Bare Mountain"

24. Nine Inch Nails – "A Warm Place" (Edit)
25. "Allah,Mohammed,Char, Yaar"

    contains excerpts of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party – "Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar" and Diamanda Galás – "Judgement Day"

26. Leonard Cohen – "The Future" (Edit)
27. Tha Dogg Pound – "What Would U Do?"

The film also contains "Bombtrack" and "Take the Power Back" byRage Against the Machine, "Cyclops" byMarilyn Manson, "Anthem" byLeonard Cohen, "The Heat" and "In Doubt" byPeter Gabriel, "If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man" byCowboy Junkies, "The Way I Walk" cover byRobert Gordon, and "Ghost Town" byThe Specials. These tracks are not included on the soundtrack album. Also includes samples of "Leader of the Pack" byThe Shangri-Las, andSteven "Jesse" Bernstein's "No No Man-Part 1".

Tracks 9, 10, 13, 18, 21, 23 and 25 are assembled from various recordings anddialogue from the film.

The bathroom scene of this film contains a non-credited selection from theMelvins'Houdini; specifically, the surreal percussion track "Spread Eagle Beagle". Rumours surround the genesis of this track, including one that it was done byKurt Cobain.

In the scene that depicts Mickey and Mallory's first meeting – as a sitcom parody entitled "I Love Mallory" – the following pieces are heard: "Happy-Go-Lively" byLaurie Johnson, "Happy Families" bySam Fonteyn, "Pizzicato Playtime" bySam Fonteyn, and "Domestic Fun" byErnest Tomlinson.

Reportedly, Stone and Reznor wanted to include a track bySnoop Dogg on the soundtrack but Warner Bros. wouldn't allow it as he was, at the time of production, on trial for murder.^[12]

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