#Reservoir dogs soundtrack list movie#

Yes, the film is hilarious, but that wit and ironic humor doesnвЂ™t just come from the dialogue it also pops up in the music cues. Though he does call the track вЂњperfectly appropriate for the trippy entry to Knowhere,вЂќ the location that serves as the headquarters for Benicio del ToroвЂ™s blond-coiffed Collector, Gunn had a few other musical options on the table: вЂњThe two other songs I considered using in that scene were вЂWichita LinemanвЂ™ by Glenn Campbell or вЂMama Told Me Not to ComeвЂ™ by Three Dog Night.вЂќ Gunn wasnвЂ™t even sure he wanted to use it in the first place. A fun fact about GunnвЂ™s use of BowieвЂ™s tune вЂњMoonage DaydreamвЂќ is that itвЂ™s the only song in the film that was added in post-production. You canвЂ™t have a вЂ70s-infused space flick and not include Ziggy Stardust. I would listen to the playlist on my speakers around the house - sometimes I would be inspired to create a scene around a song, and other times I had a scene that needed music and I would listen through the playlist, visualizing various songs, figuring out which would work the best.вЂќ

#Reservoir dogs soundtrack list movie#

вЂњI downloaded a few hundred songs, and from that made an iTunes playlist of about 120 songs, which fit the movie tonally. вЂњI started the process by reading the Billboard charts for all of the top hits of the вЂ70s,вЂќ explains Gunn. Essentially, he wanted the tracks to be semi-familiar - ones you recognize but might not be able to name off the top of your head (the only two songs that didnвЂ™t end up applying to were those by David Bowie and Jackson Five). So how did he go about deciding which ones would work best? The first thing he was looking for was accessibility. One of the reasons the music fits so well into the story is because Gunn included the songs in the script. They simultaneously grounded us and provided a really fun juxtaposition.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™re thrust onto a bunch of strange planets with strange landscapes, and the familiarity of the pop songs made it all a little more palatable. As the first-time Marvel filmmaker explains, he wanted the songs to help вЂњease the audienceвЂќ into the movie. To find out more about the movieвЂ™s musical selections, Vulture exchanged emails with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. Overall, the trailer was just a taste of what lay ahead: an odd two-hour sci-fi movie filled with fun pop-music references. The song has been used on the big screen before, most notably in Quentin TarantinoвЂ™s Reservoir Dogs, as part of K-BillyвЂ™s Super Sounds of the вЂ70s, but Guardians proved it had staying power: 24 hours after the clip debuted, the 1974 trackвЂ™s digital sales had skyrocketed by 700 percent. The first Guardians of the Galaxy trailer, which debuted in February, treated us to a snippet of вЂњHooked on a FeelingвЂќ by Blue Swede. The soundtrack itself seemed destined to be a favorite months before the film even hit theaters. So if you're inclined to give a break to a young Kubrick, this would be the time to do that.Guardians of the Galaxy excels in its offbeat-ness: the clever quips the machine-gun-wielding raccoon the fighting, talking tree the eclectic mix of вЂ70s hits. They're like 'He could be another Kubrick. So they got together with her and they just kind of set up that she might be inclined to help me.

I had some mutual friends that were in my team who knew her. The woman who had the power of yes or no at EMI was a rather lovely lady called Pat Lucas. I knew I wanted to get Stuck In The middle With You. 'We had a thirteen thousand dollar music budget and that was it. Tarantino reveals how as an unproven filmmaker at the time, he managed to use this classic slice of 70s pop for such a dark moment. The song is Stealer's Wheel Stuck In The Middle With You. Just like in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, on comes the radio to soundtrack the visuals.

Michael Madsen's psychopathic Mr Blonde is interrogating a captured cop. Picture the scene in a disused warehouse. Tarantino's use of music was inspired, with one moment in particular defining his style as an incendiary storyteller.