Universal Music Publishing Group has 15 songs featured in Quentin Tarantino’s ninth movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, including tracks from legendary writers such as Otis Redding, Paul Simon, Neil Diamond and more.
Set in Los Angeles in 1969, the film is a tribute to Hollywood’s “golden age”, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore.
The following songs written or co-written by UMPG published writers appear in the film or trailer:
“Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show” – writer Neil Diamond
“F.B.I. Theme” - writer Bronislaw Kaper
“California Dreamin’” - writers Michelle Gilliam Phillips, John Edmund Andrew Phillips
“Can’t Turn You Loose” - writer Otis Redding
"Dinamite Jim" - writer Giuseppe Cassia, Domenico Colarossi
"Good Thing" - writers Mark A. Lindsay, Terrance Paul Melcher
"Kentucky Woman" - writer Neil Diamond
"Mrs. Robinson" - writer Paul Simon
"Macartur Park" - writer Jimmy L. Webb
"Straight Shooter" - writer John Edmund Andrew Phillips
"Twelve- Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)" - writer John Edmund Andrew Phillips
"Treat Her Right" - writers Roy Kent Head, Gene Kurtz
"The Killing" - writer Bernard Herrmann
"The Radiogram" - writer Bernard Herrmann
"Time For Livin’" - writer Donald J. Addrisi