
So in that mindset, creating a soundtrack of songs from different years isn't far-fetched and Tarantino was more than likely going for a certain feel rather than historic accuracy. And of course the climatic ending is a complete alternative history. Plus, some characters are based on real people, and others are fabrications. One part of the film shows a party at the Playboy Mansion, even through Hugh Hefner didn't move into the mansion until 1972. Hollywood" regarding timeline, and that doesn't stop with the song selection. Tarantino takes a number of liberties with "Once Upon a Time in. I mean, how appropriately coincidental is that?
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I am kind of shocked that Tarantino didn't use "Quentin's Theme" which is originally from the "Dark Shadows" TV show and was a minor hit on KHJ's list. I put the song I replaced in italics following the song I'm replacing it with.


These include replacing Deep Purple's "Hush" with the band's "River Deep, Mountain High" and The Box Tops' "Choo Choo Train" with their song "Sweet Cream Ladies March Forward."įrom there, it was a matter of trying to find songs from KHJ's lists that matched the basic feel of the songs I was replacing. In other cases, I replaced a band's song with one by the same group, but which appears on the KHJ lists. Finally, I also kept Jose Feliciano's "California Dreamin'" because I felt it was pivotal to the scene, and "Dinamite Jim" simply because I couldn't figure out what to replace it with. Also, in the film two other Paul Revere and the Raiders' songs, "Good Thing" and "Hungry" are in a scene where they're heard from an album playing rather than being heard on the radio. Three songs on the soundtrack are actually on the KHJ lists: "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" by the Bob Seger System, "Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show" by Neil Diamond and "Mr. At one point I planned to replace all the songs, but in order to keep hold of my sanity I decided to focus only on the 22-track soundtrack album. I found this nice list of all the songs in the order they appear in the movie. One important point is that not all of the songs featured in the film are on the official soundtrack album.
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SHOULD I BUY, STREAM OR STEAL?It will cost you less than a movie ticket and snacks - and you’ll get to keep it.

IF THIS ALBUM WERE CLOTHES, WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES WOULD IT BE?Bell-bottoms and a turtleneck - and/or a leather vest. HOW OFTEN WILL I LISTEN TO THIS? Like most Tarantino soundtracks, it’s a fully realized work that stands on its own and brings you back for more - whether you’ve seen the movie or not. WHAT WILL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY? ‘This is a pretty cool radio station.’ For me, the real treats are oddities like The Village Callers’ funky Hector, Chad & Jeremy’s twee rocker Paxton Quigley’s Had the Course, Los Bravos’ organ-rocker Bring a Little Lovin’ and rarities from Robert Corff, Buchanan Brothers, Dee Clark and others. WHAT ARE THE BEST SONGS? It depends on your preferences - you’ve got Detroit rock from Bob Seger and Mitch Ryder, along with Deep Purple covers, Paul Revere singles, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Simon & Garfunkel folk oldies and much more. WHAT 10 WORDS DESCRIBE IT? Nostalgic, hip, energetic, groovy, eclectic, winning, stylish, crafted, theatrical, tasteful.

HOW SHOULD I LISTEN TO IT? While cruising the strip in your convertible, hanging out with starlets by the pool or dancing The Freddie under swirling psychedelic lights. WHAT WOULD BE A BETTER TITLE FOR THIS ALBUM? 93 KHJ’s Super Sounds of the ’60s. WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE? Much like Tarantino’s other superb soundtracks - especially Reservoir Dogs - this 31-track behemoth offers an ultra-cool mixtape of classic tracks, moldy oldies, obscure gems and fictional radio broadcasts. WHAT IS THIS? The official soundtrack to his latest film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as an actor and his stunt double in the days leading up to the Manson Family murders in the helter-skelter summer of 1969. W HO IS HE? You mean Quentin Tarantino? Oh, he’s nobody special - just the most influential filmmaker of the last 25 years or so, thanks to groundbreaking and indelible movies like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Django Unchained and more.
