The Devil's Rejects

You've really got to hand it to Rob Zombie. With the Devil's Rejects, the sequel to his surprise 2003 hit House of 1000 Corpses, he could have just included his own music for the soundtrack (like he did with the 1000 Corpses soundtrack), but he didn't, and instead the soundtrack for the Devil's Rejects includes music from the era of the film's story, as well as some soundbytes from the film as well to go along with selections from fictional band Banjo & Sullivan, and it surprisingly works. Tracks from the James Gang, Three Dog Night, and the Allman Brothers are here, to go along with some selections from Terry Reid and Joe Walsh as well, and they all capture the tone of the film very well. Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" is here as well of course, and when you listen to this classic again after seeing the film, you'll never listen to it the same way again. Banjo & Sullivan (which there is a seperate album from this fictional group available as well, and is definitely worth checking...Read more

This CD, the soundtrack to Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects" is a great summer album! The CD consists primarily of 70's classic rock and a pair of country songs from the 1950's and 1960's. There are two versions of the album out there, this one with soundbites from the movie, and another version without the soundbites. The soundbites for just sort of add a little bit more to the listening experience. Keep in mind though that the sound bites all contain vulgarity, in most cases the "f" word, that one word is spoken by every character in the movie in nearly every line of the script. But getting back to the music. We start off with The Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider" which seems to set the mood for the whole album. I was very surprised to see the two country songs on there, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty Wells, and "Satan's Got To Get Along Without Me" from Buck Owens. These two seem somewhat out of place, but as I said in my headline, listening to this album is...Read more

Rob Zombie is something like a modern day Renaissance man, living in a world gone mad. His music forged rock, funk, and psych into a whole new genre, making soundtracks for a wasted generation raised on Hot Rod, Hustler, and Tales from The Crypt magazines. After his earthshattering work with White Zombie, Rob did what the critics and fans said he could never do....top himself. He blew everyone away with his first solo CD, Hellbilly Deluxe, and then the incredible tour he did with Korn. Rob began to desire the conquering of a new medium, film. After directing a writing a short segment in "Beavis and Butthead Do America," Rob began to work for his first film, nearly capturing the right to direct a film in the Crow franchise. Disenchanted with the 'red tape' in the film industry, and disgusted with the recent 'bubblegum' type horror movies, Rob set out to create his own horrors....a completely new and original horror film, while still showing his respect to the gritty,...Read more