"[6] Mark Lindsay, lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders, whose music is featured in the film, once lived at 10050 Cielo Drive, the address of the Tate murders.

The song was cited as a reference to a portal to hell by a late 1960s Charles Manson-like cult leader, David Berg in letters regarding his group "The Family".

[11] Another Hullabaloo scene was shot featuring DiCaprio singing "Don't Fence Me In" by Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher but it was not included in the final cut of the film.

[13] The Playboy Mansion scene was originally scored to Bobby Jameson's song "Vietnam" from Mondo Hollywood, before being changed to "Son of a Lovin' Man.

[15] Jonah Bromwich of Pitchfork said the music was "a highlight" and an "oft-disquieting mixtape of golden-age rock n' roll, radio DJ patter, and period-specific commercials.

"[2] Ben Allen of Radio Times commented, "Tarantino knows exactly how effective music can be in enhancing key scenes in his films.

"[16] Michael Roffman of Consequence opined, "The collection is chock full of 60's selections that look strange on paper, but work effortlessly together on screen.

He referred to Joan Didion's The White Album and how it illustrated how the Tate murders marked a transition from idealism and "the free spirit hippie vibe" into something "darker and more sinister."

Drawbaugh also stated that the use of the ads was to provide an immersive radio experience, as Tarantino had done with K-Billy (Steven Wright) in Reservoir Dogs.

"[20] Jason Gorber of /Film wrote how Simon & Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson is used to foreshadow "an illicit connection soon to come" by evoking another film, Mike Nichols' 1967 The Graduate, which it was originally written for.

[11][21] Ethan Warren analyzed in detail the film's use of the radio ad for Jack Smight's The Illustrated Man, which appears on the soundtrack.

[22] Author Ron Wilson wrote about the use of the "Lillie Langtry Theme" from John Huston's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.

Although packaged in a mock sleeve for Rick Dalton's version of Green Door, the single itself contained "Bring a Little Lovin'" by Los Bravos and the Paul Revere & the Raiders recording of "Good Thing," which are also on the soundtrack album.