Six-string Samurai – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Brian Tyler · 1998
62 min · 31 tracks · film score
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Its collision of rockabilly songs, source music, and dramatic cues gives it a clear identity, though the soundtrack’s shifts feel more scene-driven than tightly unified.
What we noticed
- Full songs such as “Boogie on the Beach” and “My Darling Lorraine” are interspersed with short narrative cues, often joined under one track title with a slash.
- The soundtrack shifts between surf-rock and rockabilly songs, familiar source pieces such as “Hungarian Dance #5,” and darker orchestral cues like “Sacred Funeral.”
- The final stretch groups “Dream March,” “The Great Battle,” and “End of a Hero / Finale” into a closing run of dramatic score cues.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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6/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 United States of Russia 1:04
- 2 Neverland 0:12
- 3 Love Pipe 3:17
- 4 A Mother’s Hand / Buddy 1:01
- 5 Fly Away Little Butterfly 0:35
- 6 Kill 200 Men 0:12
- 7 Boogie on the Beach 2:46
- 8 I Do Not Like Rock and Roll 0:11
- 9 Hungarian Dance #5 3:05
- 10 Arrowed Kid / Bowlers on the Floor 1:07
- 11 Rock n’ Rolling Ourselves to Death / Jerry’s Got the Squeeze Box 2:18
- 12 Lonely Highway of Love / Scorchi Chornie 4:37
- 13 My Darling Lorraine 2:52
- 14 Astro 1:29
- 15 Follow the Yellow Brick Road / Leech 0:42
- 16 See You Around Kid / Siberia 3:29
- 17 Good Golly Miss Molly 3:05
- 18 My Love Is Killing Me 5:47
- 19 Sacred Funeral 1:01
- 20 Relentless Sun 1:47
- 21 Over the Hill 0:47
- 22 Bring His Guitar to Me / Sahara Burn 0:54
- 23 A Boy and His Spirit 1:00
- 24 If You Were Me, You’d Be Good‐looking / Surfing in Siberia 4:47
- 25 Dragging a Fallen Hero 1:07
- 26 Nice Tuxedo / Showdown at Not Okay Corral 2:10
- 27 Bend Before the Ways of Heavy Metal / Dueling Guitars 0:57
- 28 Dream March 1:00
- 29 The Great Battle 2:46
- 30 End of a Hero / Finale 2:14
- 31 On My Way to Vegas 3:49
Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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