“I have to say,” he adds, “when I came up with the idea to do ‘Django Unchained,’ I knew it was imperative that I open it with this song as a big opening credit sequence. Not only that, ‘Django’ was so popular around the world, I’ve heard Japanese versions of the song, Italian versions of the song, I’ve heard Greek versions of this song, because it was played all over.”
Now this was the actual title track to the original 1966 movie ‘Django.’”… I’ve always loved this song-I think it’s fantastic. “It’s sung,” he says with a chuckle, “in quasi-Elvis style, by Rocky Roberts. Here’s what Tarantino says about the film‘s main theme, “Django,” composed by Luis Bacalov. In fact, Tarantino has brought together tracks from the godfather of spaghetti western music composers, Ennio Morricone (“The Braying Mule” and “Sister Sara’s Theme,” both from his score from “Two Mules for Sister Sara”), rapper Rick Ross (“100 Black Coffins”), jazz musician Anthony Hamilton (“Freedom,” with Elayna Boynton), R&B-pop singer John Legend (“Who Did That To You?”) and ‘70s folk-rocker Jim Croce (“I Got a Name”). “This one in particular, though, is a neat mix of old school songs, spaghetti western snundtrack pieces, and some new music, which is actually a very first for me.” “It’s a pretty eclectic soundtrack as most of my soundtracks,” the idisosyncratic writer and director says at the outset.
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