Four Rooms (soundtrack)

Four Rooms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
Combustible Edison
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995
Genre
Length49:20
Label
Producer
Combustible Edison chronology
I, Swinger
(1994) 		Four Rooms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		Schizophonic!
(1996)
Allison Anders chronology
Mi Vida Loca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1994) 		Four Rooms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		Grace of My Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1996)
Alexandre Rockwell chronology
Somebody to Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1994) 		Four Rooms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		Louis & Frank (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1998)
Robert Rodriguez chronology
Desperado (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		Four Rooms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		From Dusk Till Dawn (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1996)
Quentin Tarantino chronology
Pulp Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1994) 		Four Rooms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		Jackie Brown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Four Rooms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a soundtrack by Combustible Edison for Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino's anthology film of the same name.

The score was released by Elektra and Asylum Records in digital formats on September 26, 1995, 3 months prior to the film's release on December 25, 1995.[2]

Development

The score for Four Rooms (1995) was composed and performed by contemporary lounge music band Combustible Edison, with additional music by Juan García Esquivel and Mark Mothersbaugh.[2][3] The recording of Combustible Edison's second studio album Schizophonic! (1996) was delayed by more than a year in order for them to work on the Four Rooms soundtrack.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleContributing artistLength
1."Vertigogo (Opening Theme)"Combustible Edison2:35
2."Junglero"Combustible Edison1:54
3."Four Rooms Swing"Combustible Edison2:11
4."Theme from Bewitched"Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller1:01
5."Tea and Eva in the Elevator"Combustible Edison0:55
6."Invocation"Combustible Edison1:26
7."Breakfast at Denny's"Combustible Edison3:57
8."Strange Brew"Combustible Edison0:27
9."Coven of Witches"Combustible Edison0:59
10."The Earthly Diana"Combustible Edison0:36
11."Eva Seduces Ted"Combustible Edison2:10
12."Hallway Ted"Combustible Edison0:31
13."Headshake Rhumba"Combustible Edison0:41
14."Skippen, Pukin, Siegfried"Combustible Edison0:29
15."Angela"Combustible Edison0:46
16."Punch Drunk"Combustible Edison2:57
17."Male Bonding"Combustible Edison3:06
18."Mariachi"Combustible Edison0:29
19."Antes De Medianoche"Combustible Edison2:45
20."Sentimental Journey"Bud Green, Les Brown, and Ben Homer (written by), Esquivel (performed by)2:39
21."Kids Watch TV"Combustible Edison2:03
22."Champagne and Needles"Combustible Edison2:06
23."Bullseye"Combustible Edison1:01
24."Harlem Nocturne"Earle Hagen (written by), Esquivel (performed by)2:30
25."The Millionaire's Holiday"Combustible Edison2:13
26."Ted-o-vater"Combustible Edison0:39
27."Vertigogo (Closing Credits)"Combustible Edison5:33
28."'D' In The Hallway Credits"Combustible Edison0:25
29."Torchy"Combustible Edison0:16
Total length:49:20

Academy Awards disqualification

"Vertigogo", the film's main theme, was submitted for consideration for an Academy Award, but was ultimately disqualified from consideration because of its incomprehensible lyrical content, despite the fact that Combustible Edison submitted a lyric sheet with their best written approximation of the lyrics.[5]

References

  1. ^ Four Rooms at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b "Soundtrack: Four Rooms". Soundtrack.net. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "Four Rooms- Soundtrack details". soundtrackcollector.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  4. ^ Tyer, Brad (November 14, 1996). "Loungette - Combustible Edison makes the listening easy -- with a straight face". Houston Press. Music. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "The Vertigogo Story". ogami.subpop.com. 1995. Archived from the original on January 10, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2025.