Paper Towns

Paper Towns (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack to the 2015 film of the same name. It was released by Atlantic Records on July 10, 2015, consisting of new and previously released material from Twin Shadow, Santigold, Grouplove, Haim, Vampire Weekend, The Mountain Goats, The War on Drugs, Galantis as well as Nat Wolff and his brother Alex. Background Jake Schreier, the film's director, claimed the music selection was a long process picking out music that fits perfectly with each scene, admitting that music supervisor Season Kent would send mixtapes to the crew while filming so that they could pick the music that they liked the most. Kent, who previously worked as supervisor in The Fault in Our Stars (2014) also based on Green's novel, claimed although the story and vibe were being different, the themes are nearly identicals, where he "wanted to continue where we left off and make sure we stayed in the same realm". Schrier further recalled that after filming completed, Nat had written a song (later deciphered as "Look Outside") which he recorded it in his iPhone and sent it to the crew members which they liked it. The film version was performed by Nat and Alex Wolff. Green further called the soundtrack as the "perfect summer album" complimenting the artists and music selections. He further called Schreier recollecting on how his favorite track "Used to Haunt" by The Mountain Goats being included in the playlist and said that "There are a lot of times in the movie where the music does some of the stuff that hopefully happens in the book that you can’t fit into the movie, because movies are much shorter than books. I like the way the music carries some of the emotion." Green also insisted selecting particular tracks from that band, as the book based on had references to the songs. Actress Halston Sage felt that before the cast had the soundtrack, they need to find a way to be transported themselves back to their high school days, with The Killers' "Human" (2008) really took them back to their characters. The song was released during their high school time and brought them back to that mindset and age.