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Reality Bites (Aus 1994)

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Houston, Texas. Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder) has to choose between Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke) and Michael Grates (Ben Stiller), two very different men. Vickie Miner (Janeane Garofalo) is her friend who shares her flat.

Director: Ben Stiller

Music: Karl Wallinger
Additional incidental music: Greg O'Connor
Music supervision: Karyn Rachtman

Crowded House - "Locked Out" (Neil Finn) (only a few lines) about ten minutes into the movie, playing in the background in a department store (The Gap) where Vickie works; and "Something So Strong" (Neil Finn, Mitchell Froom) (one or two lines) about an hour, five minutes into the movie, in a video clip called "Reality Bites".

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Soundtrack album

reality bites

album

  • CD EMI 663642 (Aus); BMG 786366364-2 (UK)
  • MC BMG 07863 66364 4 (Made In Germany)

7'' vinyl

  • USA 1994, Jukebox only release. Capitol S717905
    • Crowded House - "Locked Out"/The Knack - "My Sharona"
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Album track listing

Side One of cassette:-

The Knack - "My Sharona"
The Juliana Hatfield 3 - "Spin The Bottle"
The Indians - "Bed Of Roses"
World Party - "When You Come Back To Me"
The Posies - "Going, Going, Gone"
Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - "Stay"
U2 - "All I Want Is You"

Side Two of cassette:-

Crowded House - "Locked Out"
Lenny Kravitz - "Spinning Around Over You"
Ethan Hawke - "I'm Nuthin' "
Dinosaur Junior - "Turnip Farm"
Me Phi Me - "Revival"
Squeeze - "Tempted (94)"
Big Mountain - "Baby, I Love Your Way" - [Performed by Peter Frampton in movie credits.]

reality bites artists
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Movie music credits

Soundtrack details from closing credits and Reality Bites Soundtrack (Internet Movie Database):-

"When You Come Back To Me"
Written by Karl Wallinger
Performed by World Party
Produced by Karl Wallinger
Courtesy of Ensign Records Limited

"Locked Out"
Written by Neil Finn
Performed by Crowded House
Courtesy of Capitol Record, Inc.
Under Licence from CEMA Special Markets

"Murder"
Written by Travis Lane
Performed by KMC
Courtesy of Priority Records, Inc.

"Turnip Farm"
Written by J Mascis, Kurt Fedora
Performed by Dinosaur Jr.
Produces by J Mascis
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd./Sire Records
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Baby, I Love Your Way"
Written by Peter Frampton
Performed by Peter Frampton
[Performed by Big Mountain on soundtrack album]
Courtesy of A&M Records Inc.

"Disco Inferno"
Written by Leroy Green and Tyrone G. Kersey
Performed by the Trammps
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Confusion"
Written by Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner,
Gillian Gilbert, Arthur Baker
Performed by New Order
Courtesy of Centredate Company Limited
Trading as London Records

"Arise"
Written by Max Cavalera, Andrea Kisser, Igor Cavalera, Paulo Jr.
Performed by Sepultura
Courtesy of Roadrunner Records

"Story Of My Life"
Written by Mike Ness
Performed by Social Distortion
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

"Something So Strong"
Written by Mitchell Froom, Neil Finn
Performed by Crowded House
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under Licence from CEMA Special Markets

"Road To Nowhere"
Written by David Byrne
Performed by Talking Heads
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Inc,
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Bed of Roses"
Written by Angie Bianca
Performed by The Indians
Courtesy of Folydor/PLG Records
By arrangement with Polygram Special Markets

"All I Want is You"
Written by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen
Performed by U2
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.

"Stay"
Written by Lisa Loeb
Performed by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Produced by Juan Patino

"A Froggy went A Courtin'"
(traditional)
Performed by Ethan Hawke

"Revival"
Written by Me Phi Me & CCT
Performed by Me Phi Me
Courtesy of The RCA Records label of BNG Music

"Rock'n' Roll Part II"
Written by Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
Performed by Gary Glitter
Courtey of Laurence Myers Ltd.

"Conjunction Junction"
Written by Robert Dorough
Performed by Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, Janeane Garofalo,
Steve Zahn

"Tempted"
Written by Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook
Performed by Squeeze
Courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.

"Marriage"
Written by Gregory Corso
Performed by Ethan Hawke

"My Sharona"
Written by Doug Fieger, Berton Averre
Performed by The Knack
Produced by Mike Chapman
Re-Mixed by Dave Jerden
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under licence from CEMA Special Markets

"Spin The Bottle"
Written by Juliana Hatfield
Performed by The Juliana Hatfield 3
Produced by Scott Litt
Courtesy of Mammoth Records/Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Morenaza"
Written by Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio
Performed by Written by Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio
Courtesy of BMG Mexico

"Give A Man A Fish"
Written by Dick Rudolph, Minnie Riperton, Timothy Barnwell,
Todd Thomas
Contains samples from "Sing A Simple Song"
By Sylvester Stewart
Performed by Arrested Development
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records, Inc., A division of ERG
Under License from CEMA Special Markets

"Spinning Around Over You"
Written by Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross
Performed by Lenny Kravitz
Produced by Lenny Kravitz
Courtesy of Virgin Records America Inc.

"School's Out"
Written by Michael Bruce, Glenn Buxon, Alice Cooper,
Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith
Performed by Alice Cooper
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Let's Talk About Sex"
Written by H. Azor
Performed by Salt-N-Pepa
Courtesy of Next Plateau/London Records USA
By arrangement with Polygram Special Markets

"I'm Nuthin'"
Written by David Baerwald
Performed by Ethan Hawke, Jack Irons, Nathan December,
Christopher Wagner
Produced by Michael Beinhorn

"Add It Up"
Written by Gordon Gand
Performed by Ethan Hawke, Jack Irons, Nathan December,
Christopher Wagner
Produced by Michael Beinhorn

"Going, Going, Gone"
Written by Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer
Performed by The Posies
Courtesy of DGC Records

"Flight of The Skajaquada"
Written by Green Jelly
Performed by Green Jelly
Courtesy of Zoo Entertainment

"I'm Just A Bill"
Written by Dave Frishberg
Performed by Winona Ryder

Original Soundtrack Album on RCA Records Cassettes and CDs

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Notes

MusicMaster CD catalogue lists the album under "Compilations", not "Soundtracks".

The cassette liner notes (presumably the CD does too) has all lyrics for all the songs, and details of who wrote/played on each song, which seems to be unusual for soundtrack albums. eg:-

Crowded House - "Locked Out" 3:18
written by Neil Finn
Produced by Youth
Engineered by Greg Hunter
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Neil Finn - lead & backing vocals, guitar
Mark Hart - keyboards, guitar and backing vocals
Nick Seymour - bass & backing vocals
Paul Hester - drums and backing vocals
(Roundhead Music, BMI)
P 1993 Capitol Record Inc.
Crowded House appear courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under license from CEMA Special Markets

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Movie release information

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Classification

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Links

Reality Bites (Aus 1994) - Reality Bites Soundtrack (Internet Movie Database)

The Knack

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Sources of information

cassette, Discography, Film Rev 94-95; Internet Movie; MusicMaster, TiTM; video

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