'In both cases, the body of work-both the music and the film-has a specific personality.' 'In some cases, like Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, which were not geared toward any specific demographic, the soundtracks were still very focused albums', said Kathy Nelson, senior VP/general manager at MCA Soundtracks. successfully spoke to those attuned to the hip, stylized nature of those particular films.' The eclectic 'mix-and-match strategy' is true to the film. Īnalyzing the success of Tarantino's marketing, Billboard chalked up MCA's compilation to identifying the market niche: ' Pulp Fiction. The Orange County Register described why the soundtrack of Pulp Fiction stood out from all the others: 'Unlike so many soundtracks, which just seem to be repositories for stray songs by hit acts regardless of whether they fit the film's mood, Tarantino's use of music in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction exploded with a brash, Technicolor, pop-culture intensity that mirrored the stories he was telling.' Karyn Rachtman was the music supervisor on both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Sony 'received a nice sum' for ' Son of a Preacher Man' and Kool & the Gang enjoyed a resurgence when ' Jungle Boogie' was released on the soundtrack. The soundtrack helped launch the band Urge Overkill, which covered Neil Diamond's ' Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon' (produced by Kramer) in 1993, into a mainstream market. By September 1995, the album had sold over 1.6 million copies in the United States, and by April 1996, sales stood at two million units. 21 on the Billboard 200, and at the time, was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), denoting shipments in excess of 100,000 units in Canada. The last song is unique to the film: it is Ricky Nelson's ' Waitin' in School' as performed by actor Gary Shorelle, which plays as Vincent and Mia enter Jackrabbit Slim's. Woody Thorne's 1961 song 'Teenagers in Love' and Link Wray's 1965 single 'Rumble' are two of the three songs missing from the collector's edition soundtrack.

In addition to the surf-rock rendition of ' Misirlou', other notable songs include ' Jungle Boogie' by Kool & the Gang, Dusty Springfield's version of ' Son of a Preacher Man', ' Flowers on the Wall' by the Statler Brothers and 'Bustin' Surfboards' by The Tornadoes, from 1962, which had been one of the first instrumental surf songs to hit the United States music charts after notables such as 'Walk-Don't Run' by the Ventures.Įxcerpts of dialogue include Jules' ' Ezekiel 25:17' speech and the 'Royale with Cheese' exchange between Jules and Vincent.Ī two-disc collector's edition of the album was issued in 2002-the first disc contained the songs, including four additional tracks and the second disc was a spoken-word interview with Tarantino. Lovelace also appeared in the film as Laura the waitress. Other songs were suggested to Tarantino by his friends Chuck Kelley and Laura Lovelace, who were credited as music consultants. Many of the songs on the soundtrack were suggested to Tarantino by musician Boyd Rice through their mutual friend Allison Anders, including Dick Dale's ' Misirlou'. Tarantino chose surf music for the basic score of the film because, 'it just seems like rock 'n' roll Ennio Morricone music, rock 'n' roll spaghetti Western music.' Notable songs include Dick Dale's now-iconic rendition of ' Misirlou', which is played during the opening credits. Tarantino used an eclectic assortment of songs by various artists.

3.2 Songs not on the soundtrack releases.

21 on the Billboard 200, while Urge Overkill's cover of the Neil Diamond song ' Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon' peaked at No. Seven songs featured in the film were not included in the original 41-minute soundtrack. The soundtrack is equally untraditional, consisting of nine songs from the film, four tracks of dialogue snippets followed by a song, and three tracks of dialogue alone. The film contains a mix of American rock and roll, surf music, pop and soul. No traditional film score was commissioned for Pulp Fiction.

Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, released on September 27, 1994, by MCA Records. Music from the Motion Picture Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino film soundtrack chronology

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