Various : American Teen (Ost)

Few soundtracks can claim to have such contemporary taste in music as American Teen, which features a near-definitive set list of buzz bands from the mid-2000s. Nanette Burstein's documentary tracks five high-school students during their senior year, and the accompanying soundtrack takes much of its material from those students' iPods. With tracks by the Ting Tings, Frou Frou, MGMT, and Black Kids, the album suggests that kids in northern Indiana have the hippest taste in the country. Whether or not that's actually true, American Teen is the rare sort of soundtrack that stands on its own and enhances the context of the film, as it provides a rare insight into the characters' tastes. Watching Burstein's movie allows one to appreciate the way Cat Stevens' 'Trouble' (one of the few vintage tracks here) orchestrates the protagonist's absence from school, but simply listening to the song (as well as the remaining 14 tracks) proves to be just as enjoyable. ~ Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide

American Teen soundtrack. The movie, American Teen intimately follows the lives of four teenagers in Warsaw, Indiana through their senior year of high school. The film was directed by Nanette Burstein (On The Ropes, The Kid Stays In The Picture) who previously received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Documentary. Soundtrack features music from Black Kids, The Ting Tings and MGMT, as well as exclusive tracks from Frou Frou (Jason Bentley remix), Nyles Lannon and Ryan Lindsey. Lead single 'I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend','How To Dance' impacting modern rock radio simultaneously with soundtrack release. 'Great DJ' impacting radio now.15 tracks.