The Art of the Closing Scene

40 actual-film soundtrack selections in four acts: Something Has Changed, The World Keeps Turning, The Beautiful Unresolved, and Roll Credits. Approved draft; Spotify publication pending. Jon Brion's Phone Call replaces the trailer-only M83 selection.

1. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
2. Elliott Smith - Miss Misery
3. Cat Stevens - The Wind
4. Nico - These Days
5. Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
6. Aimee Mann - Save Me
7. The Shins - New Slang
8. Bob Dylan - The Man in Me
9. The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
10. Nick Drake - Northern Sky
11. David Bowie - Queen Bitch
12. The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
13. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
14. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
15. Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby
16. The Cars - Moving in Stereo
17. The Beach Boys - Feel Flows
18. David Bowie - Heroes
19. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
20. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
21. Air - Playground Love
22. Kevin Shields - City Girl
23. Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love
24. Elliott Smith - Angeles
25. José González - Stay Alive
26. Beck - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
27. Roxy Music - More Than This
28. Cat Power - Sea of Love
29. Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Falling Slowly
30. Arcade Fire - Song on the Beach
31. The Faces - Ooh La La
32. Van Morrison - Everyone
33. The Kinks - Strangers
34. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
35. Jon Brion - Phone Call
36. Sigur Rós - Starálfur
37. Cat Stevens - Trouble
38. Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
39. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
40. Elliott Smith - Between the Bars