Description
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Licorice Pizza – Red Vinyl Record
Indie Retail Limited Edition Red Vinyl
The Licorice Pizza (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a rich and lovingly curated musical time capsule that perfectly complements Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 coming‑of‑age film set in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. Rather than functioning as a traditional score album full of original compositions, the soundtrack — released on November 26, 2021 through Republic Records — blends a carefully selected set of period songs by legendary artists with one new original track by Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead’s guitarist and a longtime collaborator of Anderson’s.
Because Licorice Pizza largely unfolds as a series of vignette‑like scenes that capture youth, friendship, first love, and the cultural texture of Southern California in the early ’70s, the soundtrack leans heavily into classic needle drops — recognizably timeless pop, rock, soul, jazz, and folk from that era. You’ll hear iconic songs like David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?”, Paul McCartney & Wings’ “Let Me Roll It,” The Doors’ “Peace Frog,” and Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind,” anchoring memorable moments in the film and evoking the spontaneous, analog feel of 1973.
The soundtrack also pulls from a range of other styles that were part of the period’s sonic landscape, from Nina Simone’s “July Tree” — a jazz‑inflected opening that sets a tender, reflective tone — to playful or sentimental pop from Sonny & Cher (“But You’re Mine”), Chuck Berry’s live rocking “My Ding‑A‑Ling,” and lighter instrumental pieces like Chico Hamilton Quintet’s “Blue Sands.” There are even upbeat standards such as “Ac‑Cent‑Tchu‑Ate the Positive” by Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters, underlining the film’s lighter, nostalgic sequences.
What ties all these diverse selections together is how they feel like an authentic, character‑driven mixtape of the time — music that might have been playing on radios, in diners, at parties, and in cars throughout Southern California in the early 1970s. The inclusion of Greenwood’s original titular track “Licorice Pizza” — a new composition — adds a connective thread that anchors the classic songs to the film’s contemporary release and artistic vision.
The Licorice Pizza soundtrack doesn’t just accompany the movie — it helps define its mood, its emotional rhythms, and its sense of place and time, making it a standout example of how classic songs can be recontextualized to enrich a cinematic narrative while also standing on their own as a compelling playlist of early ’70s gems.
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Track Listing
Nina Simone – July Tree
Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro – Stumblin’ In
Johnny Guarnieri – Sometimes I’m Happy
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters – Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
Chico Hamilton Quintet – Blue Sands
Sonny & Cher – But You’re Mine
Chuck Berry – My Ding-A-Ling (Live At Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco)
The Doors – Peace Frog
Paul McCartney & Wings – Let Me Roll It
David Bowie – Life On Mars?
Clarence Carter – Slip Away
Seals & Crofts– Diamond Girl
Mason Williams – Greensleeves
Donovan With The Jeff Beck Group – Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
The English Congregation – Softly Whispering I Love You
Jonny Greenwood – Licorice Pizza
Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
James Gang – Walk Away
DBlood, Sweat & Tears – Lisa, Listen To Me
Taj Mahal – Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day
