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| name = I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack)
| type = soundtrack
| artist = various artists
| cover = I Saw the TV Glow (Original Soundtrack).jpg
| released = May 10, 2024
| recorded = 2023{{ndash}}2024
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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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== 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" />
<blockquote>"A lot of them are queer artists, who make music in a lot of different genres, but like any good curatorial work - andwork—and I've done a lot of curatorial work - itwork—it can add up to something that's more than the sum of its parts".<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></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" />
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<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|''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 - ittale—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 |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>
== Track listing ==
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== 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 adheringto 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 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>
== Release history ==