Black Snake Moan
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Free Music Review: soundtrack review
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an awesome soundtrack. If you love the blues you will definitely love this cd.Free Music Review: Authentic blues
Hit: 3 Stars
An extremely peculiar film from Craig Brewer, the director of Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan is a deep-South drama covering topics as diverse as promiscuity, religion, redemption, love, and Blues music. Samuel L. Jackson plays farmer and part-time blues musician Lazarus, who wakes up one morning to find a young woman named Rae (Christina Ricci), badly beaten and unconscious, lying half-naked in his yard. A childhood victim of sexual abuse, Rae had developed into the town tramp, using her sex addiction as a replacement for the love she has never felt in her life. Lazarus, however, seeing a chance to redeem both himself and Rae, takes it upon himself to `cure' Rae of her illness - and proceeds to chain her to the radiator of his remote farmhouse, forcing her to endure sexual cold turkey. And so begins a truly unusual friendship between the pair - and, as always happens in these things, they learn more about life from each other than they ever expected. As one might expect, the film's music is heavily rooted in the musical heritage of the deep South, especially that of blues artists such as R.L. Burnside, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House and the North Mississippi Allstars. Jackson performs a number of himself, his distinctive deep voice sounding very authentic when performing tracks like the forlorn "Just Like a Bird Without a Feather", the rollicking "Alice Mae", the angry/funny/dirty-sounding "Stack-o-Lee", and the languorous, eponymous "Black Snake Moan". Composer Scott Bomar's score is limited to just three cues and around 5 minutes in length, comprising mainly blues instrumentals, electric guitars, and ambient electronic textures, although his work arranging the blues tracks heard in the movie is important and impressive in context. Not really one for score fans, but recommended for fans of modern blues.Free Music Review: raw and gentle
Hit: 5 Stars
Black snake moan gives a raw and at the same time gentle look at two scarred people who succeed in helping eachother. Magnificent acting in combination with the very best of blues. I enjoyed it very much.Free Music Review: Great American Blues
Hit: 5 Stars
Despite the sensational cover and the movie link, BUY THIS CD if you love, or even like the blues. This is the real thing, and you will surely enjoy the authenticity of the music and performances here. I was amazed at the depth of Samuel L. Jackson's musical performance. I have always liked and respected him as an actor, but his music shows a whole new and complex side of him previously unseen (or unheard). I would judge this to be the best blues cd you've never heard, considering the very low-key promotion, or lack thereof, and possibly the best blues cd of the year.Free Music Review: SAMUEL L
Hit: 5 Stars
He impressed me in the movie. So, I had to have the soundtrack, just to hear Stack O Lee.