This Is Cult Fiction - Various Artists

As the title of this CD would suggest, it's devoted to music from cult films. Clearly a homage of the Tarantino way of doing things, right down to the name of the CD, this contains mainly groovy 70's numbers.

Before I get started on the analysis of the CD, here's the track listing:

1: Little Green Bag - from Reservoir Dogs - George Baker Selection
2: Misirlou - from Pulp Fiction - Dick Dale and his Del Tones
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In the main this is a great album. However there is one major blemish and a couple of minor ones in my opinion. Tha major one would have to be track 16, "Guaglione". I cannot tell you how much this song annoyed me whilst it was being played 24-7 on the television as the theme tune for the Guness advert. A couple of years down the line and it's still no better. I just cannot stand this piece of music - I just have to skip over it ... more

As the title of this CD would suggest, it's devoted to music from cult films. Clearly a homage of the Tarantino way of doing things, right down to the name of the CD, this contains mainly groovy 70's numbers.

Before I get started on the analysis of the CD, here's the track listing:

1: Little Green Bag - from Reservoir Dogs - George Baker Selection
2: Misirlou - from Pulp Fiction - Dick Dale and his Del Tones
3: Theme from "Mision: Impossible" - from Mission: Impossible (!) - Lalo Schifrin
4: Main theme from "Shaft" - from Shaft (!) - Isaac Hayes
5: Jungle Boogie - from Pulp Fiction - Kool & The Gang
6: Main theme from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E"
7: Everybody's talkin' - from Midnight Cowboy - Nilsson
8: Stuck In The Middle - from Reservoir Dogs - Stealers Wheel
9: Blue Velvet - from Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
10: Main Theme from " A Touch of Evil" - from A Touch of Evil (!) - Henry Mancini
11: We Have All The Time In The World - from On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Louis Armstrong
12: Theme from "James Bond" - from the James Bond films (!) - John Barry
13: Main theme from "Joe 90" - from Joe 90 (!) - Barry Gray Orchestra
14: The Harder They Come - from The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
15: Here Comes The Hotstepper - from Pret a Porter - Ini Kamoze
16: Guaglione - from The Guiness Adverts - Perez "Prez" Prado
17: Play Dead - from The Young Americans - Bjork and David Arnold
18: Main Theme from "The Avengers" - from The Avengers (!) - Laurie Johnson Orchestra
19: You Never Can Tell - from Pulp Fiction - Chuck Berry
20: Main theme from Rumble - from Pulp Fiction - Link Wray
21: Main Theme from "The Saint"
22: Main Theme from "Hawaii 5-0" - from Hawaii 5-0 (!) - The Ventures
23: Main Theme from "The Streets of San Francisco"
24: Main Theme from "The Long Good Friday" - from "The Long Goog Friday" - Francis Monkman
25: Theme from "The Sweeney"
26: Main Theme from "Dangerman" - from Dangerman (!) - Bob Leaper Orchestra
27: Main Theme from "Twin Peaks" - from Twin Peaks (!) - Angelo Badalamenti
28: The Animlas come out - from "Taxi Driver" - Bernard Herrmann

And after all that, the album weighs in at just under 55 minutes.

In the main this is a great album. However there is one major blemish and a couple of minor ones in my opinion. Tha major one would have to be track 16, "Guaglione". I cannot tell you how much this song annoyed me whilst it was being played 24-7 on the television as the theme tune for the Guness advert. A couple of years down the line and it's still no better. I just cannot stand this piece of music - I just have to skip over it every time it comes on.

The minor blemishes are just that, minor. The "Joe 90" tune has never been one that I have really apperciated, and likewise "You never can tell". But then that's just me. You might love them.

As a compilation album full of cultish tunes theres a fair chance that you'll know at least a few of the tunes already, which isn't a bad thing. It means that you already feel comfortable with the album when you first put it in, rather than having to go through that uncomfortable phase of having to get to know this.

On the whole this is a good buy, not essential by any means, but a good listen all the same. 

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