Lose Yourself in 13 Reasons Why's Brilliant, Haunting Soundtrack
For much of 13 Reasons Why, Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) spends his time walking around the halls of his high school with a pair of headphones and a cassette player, listening to the 13 tapes left behind by Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford), a former classmate who had committed suicide a few weeks earlier. After finishing the series, the first thing we wanted to do was reach for our own headphones, because the show's soundtrack could not be more perfect. With a great mix of indie hits (like Lord Huron's "The Night We Met," which plays at the school dance), pop covers (Selena Gomez's "Only You"), and vintage classics (get ready for The Cure and Joy Division), the dark drama becomes that much more hauntingly memorable. Minnette actually picked out many of the tracks himself, so you have him to thank while you enjoy the next 36 songs.
"More Than Gravity" by Colin & Caroline
Plays in: Episode 1
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division
Plays in: Episode 1
"You, Me, Cellphones" by Husbands
Plays in: Episode 1
"Cool Blue" by The Japanese House
Plays in: Episode 1
"Young & Unafraid" by The Moth and the Flame
Plays in: Episode 1
"Mess Is Mine" by Vance Joy
Plays in: Episode 1
"Reunion" by M83
Plays in: Episode 2
"Run Boy Run" by Woodkid
Plays in: Episode 2
"Doing It to Death" by The Kills
Plays in: Episode 3
"The Only Boy Awake" by Meadows
Plays in: Episode 3
"Cowards Starve" by Protomartyr
Plays in: Episode 3
"Into the Black" by Chromatics
Plays in: Episode 3
"Fascination Street" by The Cure
Plays in: Episode 4
"Everything Always" by Ctznshp
Plays in: Episode 4
"The Night We Met" by Lord Huron
Plays in: Episode 5
"Amused" by Hunger
Plays in: Episode 5
"Hollow Visions" by Eagulls
Plays in: Episode 5
"Thirteen" by Elliott Smith
Plays in: Episode 5
"It All Feels Right" by Washed Out
Plays in: Episode 6
"The Great Longing" by LUH
Plays in: Episode 6
"In a Black Out" by Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
Plays in: Episode 6
"The Strangers" by St. Vincent
Plays in: Episode 7
"The Walls Came Down" by The Call
Plays in: Episode 7
"Bye Bye Bye" by School of Seven Bells
Plays in: Episode 9
"My Life in Rewind" by Eagulls
Plays in: Episode 9
"24" by Sleigh Bells
Plays in: Episode 10
"Atmosphere" by Codeine
Plays in: Episode 10
"The Stand" by The Alarm
Plays in: Episode 10
"A 1000 Times" by Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
Plays in: Episode 11
"Talking With Strangers" by Miya Folick
Plays in: Episode 11
"The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen
Plays in: Episode 12
"Rescue" by Rogue Wave
Plays in: Episode 13
"Vienna" by Ultravox
Plays in: Episode 13
"Only You" by Selena Gomez
Plays in: Episode 13
"Windows" by Angel Olsen
Plays in: Episode 13
"See a Little Light" by Bob Mould
Plays in: Episode 13