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'''''I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack)''''' is the [[soundtrack]] to the [[I Saw the TV Glow|2024 film of the same name]] directed by [[Jane Schoenbrun]]. It featured 15 tracks which included songs performed by [[Caroline Polachek]], [[Sloppy Jane]], [[Phoebe Bridgers]], [[Kristina Esfandiari]], [[Florist (band)|Florist]], and [[yeule]] amongst others. The album will bewas released by [[A24 Music]] on May 10, 2024.
== Background ==
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Schoenbrun wanted to curate an original soundtrack for the film as music being a formative part of their teenage years. They recalled on seeing commercials on [[MTV]] for the film soundtracks, and inspired by that, they wanted to emulate films that would integrate music more fluidly rather than original songs appear in the opening or end credits. Since, the film being set from late 1990s to mid-2000s, where albums were the dominant way of consuming music, they felt that it was the right film to curate a timeless soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2024 |title=With 'I Saw the TV Glow,' A24 is pushing into movie soundtracks |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91117573/i-saw-the-tv-glow-a24-movie-soundtrack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508005817/https://www.fastcompany.com/91117573/i-saw-the-tv-glow-a24-movie-soundtrack |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Fast Company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webmagazine |last=Cardenas |first=Cat |date=January 27, 2024 |title=Jane Schoenbrun Made Sundance's Hottest Horror Movie About Their Trans Experience |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/i-saw-the-tv-glow-jane-schoenbrun-sundance-horror-movie-transgender-rights-90s-fred-durst-1234955526/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214190001/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/i-saw-the-tv-glow-jane-schoenbrun-sundance-horror-movie-transgender-rights-90s-fred-durst-1234955526/ |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |websitemagazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> They pitched the idea to A24 on curating a soundtrack for the fictional television show ''The Pink Opaque'' and collaborate with contemporary bands and artists to write songs for the same. Schoenburn discovered most of the artists through the music website publication [[Pitchfork (website)|''Pitchfork'']] and some through their friends.<ref name=":0" />
The soundtrack was a joint initiative of putting their favorite artists and iconic musical projects together under the "overarching rubric of making the last great '90s teen-angst movie soundtrack that never actually existed".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Cat |date=May 3, 2024 |title=Jane Schoenbrun Doesn't Really Watch TV Anymore |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/jane-schoenbrun-i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-interview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503123330/https://www.thecut.com/article/jane-schoenbrun-i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-interview.html |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 5, 2024 |website=The Cut |language=en}}</ref> Schoenbrun wanted the film and its soundtrack to be separate creative projects but share the same emotions which would make audiences who watch the film also listen to the soundtrack as well.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=DiVincenzo |first=Alex |date=May 8, 2024 |title='I Saw the TV Glow' – Jane Schoenbrun Talks "Buffy," Dysphoria and Capturing the 1990s [Interview] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3811291/i-saw-the-tv-glow-jane-schoenbrun-talks-buffy-dysphoria-and-capturing-the-1990s-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508204844/https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3811291/i-saw-the-tv-glow-jane-schoenbrun-talks-buffy-dysphoria-and-capturing-the-1990s-interview/ |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Bloody Disgusting |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Development ==
For the soundtrack, Schoenbrun intended to create the "greatest '90s mixtape that didn't exist yet". On the curation of the soundtrack, Schoenbrun said:<ref name=":1" />
The collaborators received a mixtape consisting of 10 songs which came out of Schoenbrun's inspirations and discussed the themes with them. Emily Sprague, the vocalist of the indie rock band [[Florist (band)|Florist]] wrote the song "Riding Around in the Dark".<ref name=":1" /> She wanted to capture the feeling in the song, where in many ways it defined what being young to her.<ref name=":1" /> [[Drab Majesty]] performed the song "Photograph" which resembled [[gothic rock]] music from the 1980s. Schoenbrun refered the 1985 single "[[Bring On the Dancing Horses]]" by the English rock band [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] to the band members, as it was different from the other songs from the band. For the song "Green", they did not want to refer a specific song to [[L'Rain]] but needed more of a vibe, where she gave the prompt "electricity". For [[Jay Som]], they insisted him to write a song "that would have been Teenage Fanclub's biggest hit" which became "If I Could".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=O'Falt |first=Chris |date=May 8, 2024 |title=For the 'I Saw the TV Glow' Soundtrack, Jane Schoenbrun Wanted the 'Greatest '90s Mixtape That Didn't Yet Exist' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-jane-schoenbrun-caroline-polachek-1235001752/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508185243/https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-jane-schoenbrun-caroline-polachek-1235001752/ |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[Caroline Polachek]] wrote and performed the original song <blockquote>"StarburnedA andlot Unkissed"of whichthem wasare herqueer firstartists, songwho formake a feature film and being her first [[grunge]] track. It is featuredmusic in a sequencelot whereof Owendifferent ([[Brigette Lundy-Paine]]) walking through her high school. She described it as a song on "solitude in the digital agegenres, but throughlike aany verygood surrealistcuratorial butwork—and teenageI've kind of lyrical bent". The song was written in late-2021 when she moved to [[Los Angeles]] being indone a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend, who was in [[Europe]]. She recorded it in a session with [[A. G. Cook]] producing it, during the curationlot of [[Desire,curatorial Iwork—it Wantcan to Turn Into You|''Desire, Iadd Wantup to Turn Into You'']] (2023)something that mixed with his boyfriend's guitarmore styles and kept it unused. In 2022, when Schoenburn discussed aboutthan the songsum withof Polachek,its the latter expressed her interest in writing songs for films and after several works, she felt that particular song would fit well in this filmparts".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=HandlerO'Falt |first=RachelChris |date=May 38, 2024 |title=CarolineFor Polachekthe Explains'I HerSaw the TV Glow'Straight-Up GrungeSoundtrack, Jane Schoenbrun Wanted the 'Greatest '90s Mixtape That Didn't MomentYet Exist' |url=https://www.vultureindiewire.com/articlefeatures/interviews/caroline-polacheks-i-saw-the-tv-glow-songsoundtrack-jane-schoenbrun-caroline-polachek-explained.html1235001752/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024050318272320240508185243/https://www.vultureindiewire.com/articlefeatures/interviews/caroline-polacheks-i-saw-the-tv-glow-songsoundtrack-explained.htmljane-schoenbrun-caroline-polachek-1235001752/ |archive-date=May 38, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=VultureIndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>
Schoenbrun presented each artist with a 10-song mixtape of inspirations for the songs, as well as provided specific prompts to each musician.<ref name=":1" /> For the song "Photograph", Schoenbrun referred [[Drab Majesty]] to English rock band [[Echo & the Bunnymen|Echo and the Bunnymen]], specifically their song [[Bring On the Dancing Horses|"Bring on the Dancing Horses"]] from the soundtrack to the 1984 coming-of-age film [[Sixteen Candles|"Sixteen Candles"]]. The song "Green" was recorded by [[L'Rain]], who was given the prompt "electricity". Schoenbrun gave American singer [[Jay Som]] the prompt, "Write a song that would have [[Teenage Fanclub|Teenage Fanclub's]] biggest hit" for the song "If I Could".<ref name=":1" />
Amidst curating original songs, Scohenbrun re-recorded two tracks for the film, with one of them being [[Broken Social Scene]]'s "[[Anthems For a Seventeen Year Old Girl]]" (2002) cover by [[yeule]], which featured in the first trailer. Initially, Scohenbrun discussed with yeule on an original song, but decided to cover the particular song as them being obsessed with it during their high school. <ref name=":1" />▼
The second single from the soundtrack, "Riding Around in the Dark" was written by Emily Sprague, vocalist of the indie rock band [[Florist (band)|Florist]], to capture the feeling of "believing that the world is ending but somehow still living in it".<ref name=":1" />
[[Caroline Polachek]] wrote and performed the original song "Starburned and Unkissed", the third single from the soundtrack, which was her first song for a feature film and her first "straight-up grunge track".<ref name=":2" /> It is featured in a sequence where Owen ([[Justice Smith]]) is walking through his high school. She described it as a song on "solitude in the digital age, but through a very surrealist but teenage kind of lyrical bent". The song was written in late-2021 when she moved to [[Los Angeles]] being in a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend, who was in [[Europe]]. She recorded it with [[A. G. Cook]] during a session for her album ''[[Desire, I Want to Turn Into You]]'' (2023). At the time, Cook was experimenting with electric guitar and pedalboards, which Polachek thought, "really suited the emotion [she] was seeped in", however, the song didn't fit onto Polachek's album, so she "forgot about it, forgot it existed".<ref name=":2" /> In 2022, when Schoenbrun approached Polachek about writing an original song for the film, she "suddenly realized that [she] had the perfect song sitting in [her] back pocket" and that "Starburned and Unkissed", "couldn't fit this film more".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Handler |first=Rachel |date=May 3, 2024 |title=Caroline Polachek Explains Her 'Straight-Up Grunge' Moment |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/caroline-polacheks-i-saw-the-tv-glow-song-explained.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503182723/https://www.vulture.com/article/caroline-polacheks-i-saw-the-tv-glow-song-explained.html |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref>
▲Amidst curating original songs, ScohenbrunSchoenbrun re-recorded two '90s tracks for the film, with one of them being [[Broken Social Scene]]'s "[[Anthems For a Seventeen Year Old Girl]]" (2002) coverre-recorded by [[yeule]], which featured in the first trailer. Initially, ScohenbrunSchoenbrun discussedoriginally withplanned for yeule onto write an original song, but after they began talking about "Anthems For a Seventeen Year Old Girl", they decided toyeule coverwould be the particular"perfect songperson asto themcover being'Anthems'". obsessedSchoenbrun, who was obssessed with itthe duringsong theirin high school. <ref, name="stated:1" />
<blockquote>"It's about being a 17-year-old girl and feeling not cis normal, like you don't fit in with the people who have assimilated to a sense of normative culture. That's also represented in the original song in the way it is produced and sounds."<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>
The other re-recorded song was [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]' "[[Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Tonight, Tonight]]" (1996) covered by [[Snail Mail (musician)|Snail Mail]]—a musical project of [[Lindsey Jordan]]—who starred as Tara. However, this was edited out of the film, apart from a brief transition, and was not included in the soundtrack. The original music video for "Tonight, Tonight" was, however, the basis of the antagonist Mr. Melancholy, who appear in the fictional show. Of the Smashing Pumpkins' album ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'' (1995), which features the song "Tonight, Tonight", Schoenbrun says:<ref name=":1" />
<blockquote>"That's, like, the magic of a suburban youth encapsulated in that album. It's like the magic of night-time in the suburbs. The romance of that double record is rich, the visuals just so perfectly in line with this kind of haunted fairy tale—it was one of the first places I went when I was thinking how I wanted this movie to feel."<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>
== Release ==
The soundtrack was announced on March 13, 2024 with the complete tracklist being unveiled and also made available for pre-order.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Caroline Polachek, Phoebe Bridgers, & More Are On A24's New Soundtrack |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-release-date-tracklist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313170608/https://uproxx.com/indie/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-release-date-tracklist/ |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=UPROXX[[Uproxx]] |language=en-US}}</ref> yeule's cover of "Anthems For a Seventeen Year Old Girl" preceded as the first single from the album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Yeule Covers Broken Social Scene for I Saw the TV Glow Soundtrack Featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Caroline Polachek, and More |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/yeule-covers-broken-social-scene-for-i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-featuring-phoebe-bridgers-caroline-polachek-and-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411004907/https://pitchfork.com/news/yeule-covers-broken-social-scene-for-i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-featuring-phoebe-bridgers-caroline-polachek-and-more/ |archive-date=April 11, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2024 |title='I Saw The TV Glow' Soundtrack Announced: Hear Yeule's Broken Social Scene Cover |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2255400/yeule-anthems-for-a-seventeen-year-old-girl-broken-social-scene-cover/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426214259/https://www.stereogum.com/2255400/yeule-anthems-for-a-seventeen-year-old-girl-broken-social-scene-cover/music/ |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> It was then followed by "Riding Around in the Dark" as the second single, released on April 24,<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2024 |title=Florist Share 'I Saw The TV Glow' Soundtrack Song "Riding Around In The Dark": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260984/florist-riding-around-in-the-dark/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430153644/https://www.stereogum.com/2260984/florist-riding-around-in-the-dark/music/ |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pappis |first=Konstantinos |date=April 24, 2024 |title=Florist Share New Single 'Riding Around in the Dark' for 'I Saw the TV Glow' Soundtrack |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2024/04/25/florist-share-new-single-riding-around-in-the-dark-for-i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510105810/https://ourculturemag.com/2024/04/25/florist-share-new-single-riding-around-in-the-dark-for-i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack/ |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Our Culture |language=en-GB}}</ref> and "Starburned and Unkissed" as the third single on May 3.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=May 3, 2024 |title=Caroline Polachek Shares New Song "Starburned and Unkissed" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/caroline-polachek-shares-new-song-starburned-and-unkissed-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508101123/https://pitchfork.com/news/caroline-polachek-shares-new-song-starburned-and-unkissed-listen/ |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2024 |title=Caroline Polachek Shares "Starburned and Unkissed" From A24's 'I Saw the TV Glow' Soundtrack |url=https://hypebeast.com/uk/2024/5/caroline-polachek-starburned-and-unkissed-single-stream |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510105756/https://hypebeast.com/uk/2024/5/caroline-polachek-starburned-and-unkissed-single-stream |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Hypebeast}}</ref> The soundtrack was released on May 10, 2024 on [[Music streaming service|music streaming platforms]] and is set to be released through [[LP record|physical LP records]] in July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raup |first=Jordan |date=March 13, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow Soundtrack Arrives May 10; Listen to yeule's Broken Social Scene Cover |url=https://thefilmstage.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-arrives-may-10-listen-to-yeules-broken-social-scene-cover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315132208/https://thefilmstage.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-arrives-may-10-listen-to-yeules-broken-social-scene-cover/ |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=The Film Stage |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2024 |title='I Saw The TV Glow' Soundtrack Has Phoebe Bridgers, Caroline Polachek, Bartees Strange, & More: Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2262959/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510110410/https://www.stereogum.com/2262959/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack/music/ |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>
== Critical reception ==
Tessa Kaur of ''The Gamer'' wrote "There are so many ways to tell a story with one movie, but using your soundtrack to connect with your audience is a severely underrated one. It’s almost meta in a way, making the queerness inextricable from the process of making the film, adding another layer of complexity on top of an already critically lauded film."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaur |first=Tessa |date=March 4, 2024 |title=I Saw The TV Glow's Soundtrack Is Trying To Tell You Something |url=https://www.thegamer.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-trying-to-tell-you-something-trans-nonbinary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305100020/https://www.thegamer.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-soundtrack-trying-to-tell-you-something-trans-nonbinary/ |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}</ref> Benjamin Lee of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that the original soundtrack "feel perfectly of the time without being pastiche-y".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |date=January 20, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow review – devastating tale of identity, fandom and obsession |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/20/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review-devastating-tale-of-identity-and-obsession |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216045931/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/20/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review-devastating-tale-of-identity-and-obsession |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and Robert Daniels of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' and William Bibbani of ''[[TheWrap]]'' described it as an "earworm" and "killer soundtrack",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniels |first=Robert |date=May 1, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow movie review |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-review-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503030515/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-review-2024 |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bibbiani |first=William |date=May 3, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow Review: A Modern Masterpiece |url=https://www.thewrap.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503185549/https://www.thewrap.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}</ref> while Ross Bonaime of [[Collider (website)|''Collider'']] called it as "tremendous".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonaime |first=Ross |date=January 19, 2024 |title='I Saw the TV Glow' Review: You'll Be Talking About This A24 Horror Film All Year |url=https://collider.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410190900/https://collider.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |archive-date=April 10, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> Adam Nayman of ''[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]'' wrote "the film pauses for musical numbers that serve as a sort of Greek chorus, delivered by singers who strategically collapse the distance between Nickelodeon and SoundCloud."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nayman |first=Adam |date=May 2, 2024 |title=A24's 'I Saw the TV Glow' Is a Warped Coming-of-Age Story |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/5/2/24146701/i-saw-the-tv-glow-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509001649/https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/5/2/24146701/i-saw-the-tv-glow-movie-review |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}</ref>▼
Colin Joyce of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave 7.1 out of 10 and wrote "Both ''I Saw the TV Glow'' and its soundtrack begin in ways that feel familiar and nostalgic before diving back into the shadows, rendering beloved youthful memories unrecognizably strange."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joyce |first=Colin |title=Various Artists: I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack) |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-soundtrack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514143200/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-soundtrack/ |archive-date=2024-05-14 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> Konstantinos Pappis of [[Our Culture Mag|''Our Culture'']] gave four out of five to the album and wrote "The soundtrack plays to the artist’s strengths, but rather than adhering to its cinematic vision, it also invites them to play with their own memories of being a teenager (or listening to music as a teenager), universalizing the film’s anxieties without necessarily illuminating them."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pappis |first=Konstantinos |date=2024-05-15 |title=Album Review: Various Artists, 'I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack)' |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2024/05/15/album-review-various-artists-i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-soundtrack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517062852/https://ourculturemag.com/2024/05/15/album-review-various-artists-i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-soundtrack/ |archive-date=2024-05-17 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Our Culture |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack)'' track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = [[Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl]]
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| length14 = 4:53
| title15 = Claw Machine
| extra15 = [[Sloppy Jane]] feat.featuring [[Phoebe Bridgers]]
| length15 = 3:47
| total_length = 61:05
}}
== Reception Charts==
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▲Benjamin Lee of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that the original soundtrack "feel perfectly of the time without being pastiche-y".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |date=January 20, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow review – devastating tale of identity, fandom and obsession |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/20/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review-devastating-tale-of-identity-and-obsession |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216045931/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/20/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review-devastating-tale-of-identity-and-obsession |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and Robert Daniels of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' and William Bibbani of ''[[TheWrap]]'' described it as an "earworm" and "killer soundtrack",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniels |first=Robert |date=May 1, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow movie review |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-review-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503030515/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-saw-the-tv-glow-film-review-2024 |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bibbiani |first=William |date=May 3, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow Review: A Modern Masterpiece |url=https://www.thewrap.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503185549/https://www.thewrap.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}</ref> while Ross Bonaime of [[Collider (website)|''Collider'']] called it as "tremendous".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonaime |first=Ross |date=January 19, 2024 |title='I Saw the TV Glow' Review: You'll Be Talking About This A24 Horror Film All Year |url=https://collider.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410190900/https://collider.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-review/ |archive-date=April 10, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> Adam Nayman of ''[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]'' wrote "the film pauses for musical numbers that serve as a sort of Greek chorus, delivered by singers who strategically collapse the distance between Nickelodeon and SoundCloud."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nayman |first=Adam |date=May 2, 2024 |title=A24's 'I Saw the TV Glow' Is a Warped Coming-of-Age Story |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/5/2/24146701/i-saw-the-tv-glow-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509001649/https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/5/2/24146701/i-saw-the-tv-glow-movie-review |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}</ref>
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''I Saw the TV Glow''
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== Release history ==
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|+Release history for ''I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack)''
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! rowspanscope="2row" scoperowspan="row2" | Various
| May 10, 2024
| {{Hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]|}}
| rowspan="2" | A24
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Various artists |date=May 10, 2024 |title=I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-soundtrack/1733894429 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429032651/https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-soundtrack/1733894429 |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |publisher=[[A24 Music]] |via=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref>
|-
| July 2024
| [[LP record|Vinyl]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=I Saw the TV Glow Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |url=https://shop.a24films.com/products/i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-motion-picture-soundtrack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503181455/https://shop.a24films.com/products/i-saw-the-tv-glow-original-motion-picture-soundtrack |archive-date=May 3, 2024 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=A24 Shop}}</ref>
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