The Fault in Our Stars (Music From the Motion Picture)

THE Fault in Our Stars - MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE is the musical companion to the eagerly awaited drama from 20th Century Fox. The soundtrack gathers new material from some of the Atlantic Records Group's most compelling artists, among them Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Grouplove, Lykke Li, and Birdy, who contributes three tracks including a special duet with fellow Atlantic artist Jaymes Young. As if that weren't enough, the album further features a selection of songs from such rising stars as M83, Tom Odell, Jake Bugg, Kodaline, and STRFKR, among others. Grammy Award winning soundtrack producer Kevin Weaver (BOARDWALK EMPIRE, TRUE BLOOD - VOLUMES 1 & 2) and music supervisor Season Kent (THE FIGHTER, ENTOURAGE, NEED FOR SPEED) served as the soundtrack's producers.

The non-score soundtrack for director Josh Boone's big screen rendering of author John Green's wildly popular 2012 young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars was curated by Boone and music supervisor Season Kent, and dutifully reflects all of the hope, anger, heart, and pain that lie at the center of Green's tale of two teens wrestling with the incredible complexities of love and cancer. The task of tackling the film's title track went to soulful Brit Ed Sheeran, and the resulting "All of the Stars" tastefully wraps book references and character lines in an appropriately weepy melody that's both familiar and emotionally charged, but manages to avoid coming off as too maudlin. Sourced track highlights include previously released offerings from Jake Bugg ("Simple as This"), Tom Odell ("Long Way Down"), and M83, the latter of whom's "Wait" is lent gravitas by the director through a moving story he spins in the liner notes, but the majority of the soundtrack is stocked with exclusives. Effusive California indie rockers Grouplove offer up a buoyant and wholehearted balm for what ails us with the likeable (and danceable) "Let Me In," alluring Swedish songtress Lykke Li unveils the ballad "No One Ever Loved," a lush bit of languid, piano-led melancholy that sounds like the lost tenth track from her excellent 2014 long-player I Never Learn, and Charlotte Emma Aitchison, better known as Charli XCX, drops a big, radio-ready slab of electro-pop goodness with "Boom Clap," rounding out a more or less solid collection of heartfelt pop songs that, refreshingly, feel genuinely connected to the film, and not just cobbled together for the sake of commerce. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi

Performer	Various Artists
Music genre	Soundtracks
Music subgenre	Original Soundtrack
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Edition	Standard
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Fault in Our Stars - Fault in Our Stars [CD]
Track listing	Ed Sheeran - All of the Stars,Jake Bugg - Simple As This,Grouplove - Let Me in,Birdy - Tee Shirt,Kodaline - All I Want,Tom Odell - Long Way Down,Charli XCX - Boom Clap,STRFKR - While I'm Alive,Indians - Oblivion,The Radio Dept. - Strange Things Will Happen,Afasi & Filthy - Bomfalleralla,Ray Lamontagne - Without Words,Birdy - Not About Angels,Lykke LI - No One Ever Loved,M83 - Wait,Birdy & Jaymes Young - Best Shot (Bonus Track)
Record label	Atlantic
Music producer	Kevin Weaver, Season Kent
Track name	All of the Stars, Simple As This, Let Me In, Tee Shirt, All I Want, Long Way Down, Boom Clap, While I'm Alive, Oblivion, Strange Things Will Happen, Bomfalleralla, Without Words, Not About Angels, No One Ever Loved, Wait, Best Shot
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N