Juno (soundtrack)

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Juno soundtrack
Juno soundtrack cover
Soundtrack by Various artists
Released January 8, 2008
Recorded 1959-2007
Genre Anti-folk, indie rock
Length 46:41
Label Rhino Records
Producer Various
Professional reviews

Music from the Motion Picture Juno, released on January 8, 2008, accompanies the Academy Award-winning film Juno. The soundtrack has sold 611,512 copies in the U.S. as of mid-April.[who?]

Contents

[edit] Background

The album features several songs performed by Kimya Dawson and her bands Antsy Pants and The Moldy Peaches, due to a suggestion by lead actress Ellen Page:[1]

"At one point, I [director Jason Reitman] asked Ellen Page before we started shooting, 'What do you think Juno listens to?' And she said, 'The Moldy Peaches.' She went on my computer, played the songs, and I fell in love with it. [Screenwriter Diablo Cody] and I discussed putting a Moldy Peaches song in it where the characters would sing to each other. I got in touch with Kimya Dawson of The Moldy Peaches and she started sending me her work, which was beautiful, and that became a lot of the soundtrack."[2]

Initially, Reitman conceived of the character being a fan of glam rock, but rejected it as too inauthentic. He replaced this by scoring the film with Yo La Tengo, but got into contact with Dawson after listening to "Anyone Else but You". Dawson insisted on seeing the screenplay before allowing her songs to be in the film, and agreed by sending Reitman a package of her solo albums to review.[3]

The Michael Cera/Ellen Page cover of "Anyone Else but You" was recorded on the last day of filming on the streets of Vancouver. During rehearsal, Dawson coached the duo on how to perform it and thought "'Aw, man, they sing it better than us.' They sing it so cute."[3]

[edit] Track listing

  1. Barry Louis Polisar — "All I Want Is You" (2:37)
  2. Kimya Dawson — "My Rollercoaster" (0:53)
  3. The Kinks — "A Well Respected Man" (2:41)
  4. Buddy Holly — "(Ummm, Oh Yeah) Dearest" (1:53)
  5. Mateo Messina — "Up the Spout" (0:53)
  6. Kimya Dawson — "Tire Swing" (3:07)
  7. Belle & Sebastian — "Piazza, New York Catcher" (3:01)
  8. Kimya Dawson — "Loose Lips" (2:24)
  9. Sonic Youth — "Superstar" (4:06)
  10. Kimya Dawson — "Sleep" (0:52)
  11. Belle & Sebastian — "Expectations" (3:35)
  12. Mott the Hoople — "All the Young Dudes" (3:35)
  13. Kimya Dawson — "So Nice So Smart" (2:47)
  14. Cat Power — "Sea of Love" (2:20)
  15. Kimya Dawson and Antsy Pants — "Tree Hugger" (3:14)
  16. The Velvet Underground — "I'm Sticking with You" (2:29)
  17. The Moldy Peaches — "Anyone Else but You" (2:58)
  18. Antsy Pants — "Vampire" (1:20)
  19. Michael Cera and Ellen Page — "Anyone Else but You" (1:56)

[edit] Songs used in the film and promotion

The following songs appear in the film, but are not present on the soundtrack album:

In addition to some incidental score, the following were used in the trailers for the film, but do not appear on the soundtrack or in the movie itself:

The Astrud Gilberto and Trio Los Panchos recordings would later appear on Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs.

[edit] Charts

The soundtrack debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200 after its first week of release, climbing to number three and number two in the following weeks. In the issue dated February 9, 2008, the album hit number one, with 65,000 copies sold. After being number 1 for one week, it dropped to number 2. The album has since become a gold record in the U.S. selling over 500,000 copies.

It is the first soundtrack to top the albums chart in the U.S. since the High School Musical 2 soundtrack the prior September, and the first number-one album for the Rhino label.[4] It was the first number one soundtrack for a 20th Century Fox movie since Titanic in 1997.[3]

Chart (2007/2008) Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200
1
Australian ARIA Albums Chart
5

[edit] Catalog information

Year Format Label Catalog Number
2007 CD Rhino 410236
2008 LP Rhino 432700
2008 CD Rhino 410236

[edit] Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs

Ellen Page as Juno MacGuff on the cover of Juno B-Sides.
Ellen Page as Juno MacGuff on the cover of Juno B-Sides.

On April 8, 2008, a second soundtrack was released exclusively on iTunes called Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs. It contains songs that were originally slated for the film, including a version of the 20th Century Fox Fanfare by Kimya Dawson and Mateo Messina originally planned to be used before "The Simpsons beat [them] to it" and a song sung by Juno (Ellen Page) in a deleted scene from the movie.[5] It was released to other digital music providers on May 13, 2008, but Rhino has no plans to release it as a CD.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Kimya Dawson — Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare (0:20)
  2. Barry Louis Polisar — Me and You (2:16)
  3. Belle & Sebastian — My Wandering Days Are Over (5:24)
  4. Mateo Messina — Go Fly a Kite (0:49)
  5. Kimya Dawson — Viva la Persistence (3:47)
  6. The Bristols — Little Baby (2:16)
  7. Jr. James & The Late Guitar — I'm into Something Good (3:27)
  8. Mateo Messina — Meet the MacGuffs (0:54)
  9. Astrud Gilberto — Once I Loved (2:13)
  10. Kimya Dawson — All I Want Is You (2:31)
  11. Buddy Holly — Learning the Game (2:02)
  12. Mateo Messina — The Lorings (1:25)
  13. Trio Los Panchos — Bésame Mucho (3:01)
  14. Yo La Tengo — You Can Have It All (4:36)
  15. Ellen Page — Zub Zub (1:09)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Reitman, Jason (2007-11-04), Music from the Motion Picture Juno (Liner Notes) 
  2. ^ Lucy. "Juno Soundtrack: Best Soundtrack of The Year?", Product-Reviews, Dansway Communications Ltd, 2007-09-12. 
  3. ^ a b c Rolling Stone 1046, February 24, 2008, p. 16
  4. ^ Hasty, Katie. "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart", Billboard magazine, 2008-01-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 
  5. ^ Reitman, J. (2008). Juno b-sides: Almost adopted songs Digital Format. Los Angeles, CA: Rhino Records

[edit] External links

Preceded by
As I Am by Alicia Keys		 Billboard 200 number-one album
February 9 - February 15, 2008		 Succeeded by
Sleep Through the Static by Jack Johnson