As reported here in early May, the soundtrack for the documentary “American Teen,” is coming out July 15 and the tentative tracklist we reported is basically the same (aside from some reordering of tracks for flow). The Nanette Burstein-directed doc follows the lives of five Warsaw, Indiana students in their senior year of high school. We didn’t totally love the movie entirely, but it’s crowd-pleasing enough that you should probably see it before spending your money on shit like Indiana Jones movies. At the very least your brain will thank you for it later. The soundtrack has one addition to our previously post, the addition of the New Pornographer’s “Adventures in Solitude,” and the songs have been reordered, but that’s about it.
“When I approached the music for this movie, I wanted the musical choices to be inspired by the playlists of Hannah, Jake, Megan, Colin and Mitch, the main characters of the movie. So throughout the year of filming in Warsaw, Indiana, I would download as much music as I could from the students’ iPods… I think the sum total really captures the emotions that these five seniors experienced through their final year of high school,” director Burstein said.
The 1978 track by Australian singer John Paul Young, “Love Is In The Air,” might be our favorite on the disc, though the Patrick Watson ballad comes damn close. The film comes out in limited release on July 25 via Paramount Vantage.
“American Teen” soundtrack (final tracklist)
01. Black Kids – “I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You”
02. The Ting Tings – “Great DJ”
03. Sunny Day Sets Fire – “Lack Of View”
04. Frou Frou – “Breathe In” (Jason Bentley Remix) (exclusive track)
05. Patrick Watson – “The Great Escape”
06. Cat Stevens – “Trouble”
07. John Paul Young – “Love Is In The Air”
08. Ryan Lindsey – “Let’s Go Out” (exclusive track)
09. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – “Dawn Of The Dead”
10. Luna Halo – “Kings & Queens”
11. Blackalicious – “Your Move”.
12. The Unicorns – “Sea Ghost”
13. The New Pornographers – “Adventures in Solitude”
14. Nyles Lannon – “Train” (exclusive track)
15. MGMT – “Kids”
Watch: John Paul Young – “Love Is In The Air”
Watch: Patrick Watson – “The Great Escape”
