Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (soundtrack)

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The

Public Enemy. Two soundtrack albums were released, one internationally and another in Japan, each with different song mixes, some of which do not appear in the film. There are many songs, however, that can be heard in the film that appear on neither soundtrack album.[citation needed
] It is the first of RZA's fully scored film works.

Film score

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Music from the Motion Picture)
RZA
, various artists chronology
Bobby Digital in Stereo
(1998) 		Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Music from the Motion Picture)
(1999) 		Hits
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
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Pitchfork8.5/10[1]

The score release was released in 1999 as a Japan exclusive and focuses on the original instrumental score of the film, while also including vocal tracks from

RZA
that were not heard in the film.

Track listing
  1. "Ghost Dog Theme (W/Dogs & EFX)"
  2. "Opening Theme (Raise Your Sword Instrumental)"
  3. "Flying Birds"
  4. "Samurai Theme"
  5. "Gangsters Theme"
  6. "Dead Birds"
  7. "Fast Shadow (Version 1)" – by Wu-Tang Clan
  8. "RZA #7"
  9. "Funky Theme"
  10. "RZA's Theme"
  11. "Samurai Showdown (Raise Your Sword)" – by RZA
  12. "Ghost Dog Theme"
  13. "Fast Shadow (Version 2)" – by Wu-Tang Clan*
  14. "Untitled #8"*
  15. "Untitled #12 (Free Jazz)"*
  16. "Wu-World Order (Version 1)" – by Wu-Tang Clan feat. La the Darkman*
  • *not used in the film

Soundtrack album

Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai – The Album
RZA
, various artists chronology
The RZA Hits
(1999) 		Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai – The Album
(2000) 		Digital Bullet
(2001)

The song soundtrack features music from the film as well as quotations from

Tsunetomo Yamamoto (translated into English by William Scott Wilson) as read by Forest Whitaker
in the voice of the title character. However, the focus of this album is on the songs, not the instrumental score of the movie.

In a contemporary review for

Allmusic's Matt Whalley gave Ghost Dog four stars and was disappointed that "so few people got to hear" the album, which he felt was "prime RZA".[4]

Track listing
  1. "Samurai Code Quotation" – Forest Whitaker
  2. "Strange Eyes" –
    12 O'Clock & Blue Raspberry
  3. "4 Sho Sho" – North Star featuring RZA
  4. "Zip Code" –
    Black Knights
  5. "Samurai Code Quotation" – Forest Whitaker
  6. "Cakes" – Kool G Rap featuring RZA
  7. "Samurai Code Quotation" – Forest Whitaker
  8. "Don't Test/Wu Stallion" –
    Suga Bang Bang
  9. "Walking Through the Darkness" – Tekitha
  10. "The Man" – Masta Killa & Superb
  11. "Samurai Code Quotation" – Forest Whitaker
  12. "Walk The Dogs" – Royal Fam & La the Darkman
  13. "Stay With Me" – Melodie & 12 O'Clock
  14. "East New York Stamp" – Jeru The Damaja and Afu-Ra
  15. "Samurai Code Quotation" – Forest Whitaker
  16. "Fast Shadow" – Wu-Tang Clan
  17. "Samurai Code Quotation" – Forest Whitaker
  18. "Samurai Showdown" – RZA
  19. "Samurai Code Final Quotation" – Forest Whitaker

Other songs in the film

A number of songs appear in the film but are on neither soundtrack album release. They include the following:

References

  1. ^ Greene, Jayson (October 9, 2022). "RZA: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (May 30, 2000). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "Pazz & Jop 2000: Dean's List". The Village Voice. New York. February 2001. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. Allmusic
    . Retrieved August 4, 2013.

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