Music from the Motion Picture Juno is the soundtrack for the 2007 film Juno. The album compiles mostly indie rock[1] songs from the 2000s, and was released by Rhino Entertainment on December 11, 2007.[2][3] It received enough critical and commercial success that other compilations and expanded re-releases have been released in subsequent years.
At one point, I [director Jason Reitman] asked [Elliot] Page before we started shooting, 'What do you think Juno listens to?' And [he] said, 'The Moldy Peaches.' [He] 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.[5]
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, after which she agreed to send Reitman a package of her solo albums to review.[6]
The Michael Cera/Elliot Page cover of "Anyone Else but You" was recorded on the last day of filming on the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia. 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."[6]
The songs "Once I Loved" by Astrud Gilberto and "Besame Mucho" by Trio Los Panchos were included in the film, but not on the main soundtrack. Both selections would later appear on Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs.
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 soundtrack debuted at number eight on the American 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 platinum record in the U.S. selling over 1,000,000 copies.[8]
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.[9] It was the first number one soundtrack for a 20th Century Fox movie since Titanic in 1997.[6]
Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs
Elliot Page as Juno MacGuff on the cover of Juno B-Sides.
On April 8, 2008, a second soundtrack was released exclusively through the iTunes Store 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" (referring to how The Simpsons Movie begins with Ralph Wiggum singing along with the fanfare) and a song sung by Juno (Elliot Page[a]) in a deleted scene from the movie.[10] It was released to other digital music providers on May 13, 2008, and was available as disc two of the deluxe edition soundtrack on November 18, 2008.
Kimya Dawson – "Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare" (0:20)
Rhino Records released a two-disc deluxe edition of the Juno soundtrack on November 18, 2008, which contains all tracks from the original soundtrack, as well as the material available currently on B-Sides.[11] This version has a modified cover with green stripes instead of orange.
Juno's Mix CD
Initial DVD copies of the film purchased at Wal-Mart came with a sampler CD entitled Juno's Mix CD. It contains material found on Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs and one B-Side exclusive.
