Reservoir Dogs - Soundtrack

The film when released in 1992 caused controversy with its extreme violence and in some cases, copycat killings. The soundtrack on the other hand doesn't seem to reflect any of that. The cover does have a bunch of cool looking men with blood splashed in the background, yet the CD consists mainly of uplifting 70's songs. Some of them now famous and well known because of the success of the film. The soundtrack is presented as a radio station playing K-BILLY's Super Sounds Of The Seventies (something the characters in the film refer to) hence the 70's tracks. The unusually monotone DJ giving off the dialogue excerpts between each of the tracks ...  Read the complete review

Even if you are not a fan of Quentin Tarantino's work you really can't say anything negative about his taste in music. He has an uncanny ability to choose exactly the right song for the right scene and it seems to work best of all in this - The Resevoir Dogs sountrack. You could market this album without even mentioning the film because the music in it is just so damned good. Maybe I am over romanticising things here but I can't think of a single bad track. From "Little Green Bag" right through to "Stuck in the Middle With You" and on to Harry Nillson's "Coconut" there have been some classics brought to light that I don't think much of ...  Read the complete review

I picked this album up about a year after seeing the film, as it was cheap, and my sister spotted it. I took it to her flat and put it on for a short while, then drove home. Depending on your mood, you will either love or loathe this compilation. It is the perfect remedy to a hard days work or study, as it really has songs with energy, which are timeless. Songs such as 'stuck in the middle with you@ and 'little green bag'are synnonomous with the film, and rightly so, as it is these songs that turned a good film into a great one. The sound bites from the film are amusing and well chosen, while you almost feel like shooting the seventies DJ to end his ...  Read the complete review

Reservoir dogs is a influential movie with a huge following and is known for it's different and surprisingly well fitting soundtrack. Quentin Tarantino is well known for the unusual music included in his films, and as the first movie he both wrote and directed, this is where it started. Most of the songs in the film are heard on the radio, on "K Billy's super sound of the 70's." Clips of the radio host introducing songs are kept on the soundtrack and make up a few tracks overall. I feel this is a good thing because it keeps the songs fitting ogether and as a movie soundtrack, you want it to be as close to the film as you it can get. The highlights are ...  Read the complete review