22-499: TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse is a various artists compilation album released on September 23, 1997, by Re-Constriction Records . The idea came to fruition when Permission founder Jayson Elliot discovered Monochrome - A Tribute to the Sisters of Mercy via a car ride through Chicago in June 1994 and compiled the music on the second disc. Its release was the cause of the first utterance of
44-514: A Woman Soon " (produced by Kramer ) in 1993, into a mainstream market. 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 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
66-460: A compilation CD in 1995 entitled Pulp Surfin' featuring songs by those bands plus sixteen other surf tracks from the vaults. The cover artwork was a parody of the Pulp Fiction film poster. Inspired by the soundtrack, advertisers started to use surf music in their commercials "to help sell everything from burritos to toothpaste", making surf music hugely popular again. More than two years after
88-531: A compilation-only label called If It Moves... which featured Torture Tech Overdrive (1991), The Cyberflesh Conspiracy (1992), Rivet Head Culture (1993) and Scavengers in the Matrix (1994). The Cyberflesh Conspiracy featured the only song that Stabbing Westward released on CD prior to being signed to a major label, while Rivet Head Culture was notable for popularizing the term "rivet head" (a descriptor for fans of industrial dance music) and featuring
110-466: A division of Cargo Music, to arrange for product servicing for the station which led to him getting a job with Cargo. While doing promotional work for their KK label in North America , Chase convinced Cargo Music to allow him to start a new division called Re-Constriction Records. The first band signed to the label was Diatribe , followed by 16 Volt and The Clay People . All of which helped to define
132-591: A song by Raw Dog , an unreleased side-project by Nivek Ogre and Dave Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy . Pulp Fiction soundtrack 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 . No traditional film score was commissioned for Pulp Fiction . The film contains a mix of American rock and roll , surf music , pop and soul . The soundtrack
154-477: A specific personality." In 1997, Gary Thompson of The Philadelphia Inquirer said that Pulp Fiction "reinvigorated surf rock ". That statement would be defining for Del-Fi Records , owned by legendary producer Bob Keane ; the Pulp Fiction soundtrack contained two songs that were originally released on Del-Fi: Bullwinkle Pt II by the Centurians, and Surf Rider by The Lively Ones. Del-Fi Records released
176-514: 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. Seven songs featured in the film were not included in the original 41-minute soundtrack. The album reached No. 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. 59 on
198-608: 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. 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. The soundtrack helped launch the band Urge Overkill , which covered Neil Diamond 's " Girl, You'll Be
220-463: The Billboard Hot 100 . Tarantino used an eclectic assortment of songs by various artists. Notable songs include Dick Dale 's now-iconic rendition of " Misirlou ", which is played during the opening credits. 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." Many of the songs on
242-456: The industrial , aggrotech and EBM genres. After the label folded, Chase went to work for Access Communications where he worked for 14 years doing video game-related public relations, including helping to launch Twitch in 2011. In May 2013, he took a staff job at Twitch overseeing all of their PR efforts. In 2019, he left Twitch and shortly thereafter joined StreamElements. Chase contacted Belgium -based industrial label KK Records ,
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#1732858433691264-563: The "Re-Con" sound of heavy guitars over electronics with vocalists who did not overprocess their voices. Chase adhered to this blueprint throughout much of the label's existence. The label's debut release was the 1992 EP Nothing by Diatribe . The top selling release on his label was Shut Up Kitty , the first domestic industrial dance cover song compilation. This would help to inspire other compilations, notably 21st Circuitry's Newer Wave and Newer Wave 2.0 releases. Other unique industrial cover song releases that predated
286-650: 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. Excerpts of dialogue include Jules' " Ezekiel 25:17 " speech and the "Royale with Cheese" exchange between Jules and Vincent. A two-disc collector's edition of
308-452: The album a positive review. A critic at Black Monday was largely negative towards the compilation, noting the covers by Numb and Alien Sex Fiend as being highlights but saying " TV Terror is to be taken lightly, with most of the music lacking in quality and merit." Sonic Boom criticized the inconsistent production while noting "there are quite a handful of selections on both discs which should both amuse and incite you to go postal near
330-589: 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. Woody Thorne's 1961 song "Teenagers in Love" is one of the two songs missing from the collector's edition soundtrack. The other 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. The soundtrack reached No. 21 on
352-555: The film was released, the influence and monetary success was still being felt in the industry. "Mundane commercials using Dick Dale '60s surf licks, the kind made popular again by the Pulp Fiction soundtrack...following a trend—in this case, a two-year-old hit movie." A collector's edition version of the soundtrack was released in 2002. It features remastered versions of the original sixteen tracks, along with five bonus tracks, including an interview with director Quentin Tarantino. There are single and two-disc releases of this version, with
374-510: 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 . Analyzing the success of Tarantino's marketing, Billboard chalked up MCA's compilation to identifying the market niche: " Pulp Fiction ... successfully spoke to those attuned to
396-404: The hip, stylized nature of those particular films." The eclectic "mix-and-match strategy" is true to the film. "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. "In both cases, the body of work—both the music and the film—has
418-598: The neighborhood kids." Adapted from the TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse liner notes. Re-Constriction Records Re-Constriction Records was a division of Cargo Music based in California . The label was founded in 1992 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR , a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University . They specialized in releasing bands belonging to
440-456: The popularity of this trend included Operation Beatbox (covers of Hip Hop songs), TV Terror (a 2 CD compilation featuring covers of Television theme songs ), Cyberpunk Fiction (A satirical spoof of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack ) and Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun (assorted pop hits). Re-Constriction Records folded in 1999 after having released approximately 40 records. While running Re-Constriction, Chase founded, owned and ran
462-455: The soundtrack were suggested to Tarantino by musician Boyd Rice through their mutual friend Allison Anders , including Dick Dale 's " Misirlou ". Other songs were suggested to Tarantino by his friends Chuck Kelley and Laura Lovelace, who were credited as music consultants. Lovelace also appeared in the film as Laura the waitress. In addition to the surf-rock rendition of " Misirlou ", other notable songs include " Jungle Boogie " by Kool &
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#1732858433691484-503: The word " felch " on national television when Kurt Loder reported its release on MTV News . Aiding & Abetting said "there are more good shots than bad ones. This is one of those pseudo-tribute albums that actually works, mostly because the artists involved didn't feel constrained by convention." Lex Marburger of Lollipop Magazine praised the tracks for the "way they hit you, make you shudder or howl with laughter, then depart before they get tiresome." Jeff Stark of SF Weekly gave
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