This
album is a special edition. The intellectual author is AEC "Album
back from dead", I have simply given it physical life
considering that it is a very good and intelligent contribution. In
this compilation the line-up proposed by AEC has been respected,
except: "Dinamite Jim" which has been changed to "Get
Together", a song that Tarantino wanted to include in the
soundtrack but it was not possible due to author rights.
But
let's see a summary of what AEC says on his blog:
Most
of the music featured in the film is supposedly being heard on car
radios broadcasting L.A.'s Boss Radio station KHJ on three days in
1969: Feb. 8 , 9 and Aug. 8. But if you look at the soundtrack for
the film as compiled by director/writer Quentin Tarantino you'll find
that songs are from years before and after 1969. It seemed to me that
it would have been better to use songs that would have actually been
played on the Top 40 station on those particular days.
But
how do you know what songs were being played on KHJ on those
particular days? While you can't be absolutely certain, there is a
great resource for finding what the top hits on KHJ were on those
weeks: https://93khj.blogspot.com/2008/05/khj-survey-index.html. I
used the charts for the weeks of Feb. 5 , 12, and Aug. 6 to determine
a new soundtrack for the film.
One
important point is that not all of the songs featured in the film are
on the official soundtrack album. I found this nice list of all the
songs in the order they appear in the movie:
https://screenrant.com/once-upon-time-hollywood-movie-soundtrack-songs/.
At once 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.
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. Sun, Mr.
Moon" by Paul Revere & the Raiders. So they're all kept.
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. So I kept
them. Finally, I also kept Jose Feliciano's "California
Dreamin'" because I felt it was pivotal to the scene.
In
other cases, I replaced a band's song with one by the same group, but
which appears on the KHJ lists. 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."From 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.
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 mean, how appropriately coincidental is
that?. Tarantino
takes a number of liberties with "Once Upon a Time in ...
Hollywood" regarding timeline, and that doesn't stop with the
song selection. One part of the film shows a party at the Playboy
Mansion, bit.ly/Ou-HH even through Hugh Hefner didn't move into the mansion until
1972. Plus, some characters are based on real people, and others are
fabrications. And of course the climatic ending is a complete
alternative history. 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 on top of all that, licensing issues might have dictated what
songs were available.
Still,
I personally think my version would have worked just as well and have
the added luxury of being tied to the time and place.
AEC.
(for more information, please visit:
http://albumsbackfromthedead.blogspot.com/ )
The line-up:
The line-up:
1.Can
I Change My Mind. (2:53) (*)
Tyrone
Davis
2.Crimson
and Clover. (3:25) (*)
Tommy
James and the Shondells
3.Ramblin’
Gamblin’ Man. (2:16) (*)
The
Bob Seger System
4.You
Showed Me. (3:12) (*)
The
Turtles
5.River
Deep, Mountain High. (5:48) (edit) (*)
Deep
Purple
6.Mendocino.
(2:36) (*)
Sir
Douglas Quintet
7.I’m
Living in Shame. (2:57) (*)
Diana
Ross and The Supremes
8.Sweet
Cream Ladies March Forward. (2:12) (**)
The
Box Tops
9.Proud
Mary. (3:04) (*)
Creedence
Clearwater Revival
10.Good
Thing. (3:02) (^^)
Paul
Revere & The Raiders
11.Hungry.
(2:54) (^)
Paul
Revere & the Raiders
12.This
Girl is in Love with You. (4:07) (*)
Dionne
Warwick
13.I
Got a Line on You. (2:39) (*)
Spirit
14.Long
Green. (3:12) (**)
The
Fireballs
15.Brother
Love’s Traveling Salvation Show. (3:24) (+)
Neil
Diamond
16.The
Nitty Gritty. (3:00) (***)
Gladys
Knight and the Pips
17.Mr.
Sun, Mr. Moon. (2:46) (*)
Paul
Revere & the Raiders
18.What
Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?. (2:04) (***)
Bill
Deal and the Rhondels
19.California
Dreamin’. (4:08) (++)
Jose
Feliciano
20.Get
Together. (4:36) (***)
The Youngbloods
21.I’d
Wait a Million Years. (3:18) (***)
Grassroots
22.Quentin's
Theme. (2:01) (***)
The
Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
(93
KHJ Boss 30 - June 15.1966) (^)
(93
KHJ Boss 30 - November 30.1966) (^^)
(93
KHJ Boss 30 - July 3. 1968) (++)
(93
KHJ Boss 30 - February 5.1969) (*)
(93
KHJ Boss 30 - February 12.1969) (**)
(93
KHJ Boss 30 - February 19.1969) (+)
(93
KHJ Boss 30 - August 6.1969) (***)
Enjoy it. See you soon with more and better.