Urine and Yamaoka on the Lollipop Chainsaw soundtrack

A lot of people call Suda 51 (creator ofLollipop Chainsaw) the Quentin Tarantino of videogames. While I see some similarities there, I don’t think the analogy is quite right. Quentin Tarantino is big on “real talk” wit and grit, while Suda is much more surreal and silly. Rockstar’s Hauser brothers are the real Tarantinos of the gaming world. Suda’s work has always been more like a cross between the films of David Lynch and Stephen Chow. That is, until now.

Everything aboutLollipop Chainsawseems to be moving more towards the Tarantino formula for mainstream appeal. The game has Hollywood screenwriter James Gunn on tap to deliver buckets of banter custom made for American audiences. It’s got Little Jimmy Urine (seen above) from Mindless Self Indulgence teaming with iconicSilent HillandShadows of the Damnedcomposer Akira Yamaoka on the game’s original score to create a tone that’s equal parts top-shelf class and hedonistic sass. Then there are the eclectic licensed songs on the soundtrack, including Pac-Man Fever (Buckner & Garcia), You Spin Me Round (Dead or Alive) and Speed (Atari Teenage Riot) among many others (see the full list below).

I’ve long been of the opinion that Tarantino’s movies would not be so readily consumed by the masses if it weren’t for their “I wish I could talk like that!” screenwriting and “Hey, this song is so quirky yet strangely familiar!” soundtracks. It will be interesting to see if the same formula works to help makeLollipop Chainsawa blockbuster hit.