The Past Lives soundtrack includes music by Leonard Cohen, John Cale and Sharon Van Etten. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Celine Song’s 2023 movie on Showtime and Paramount+. Check out Vague Visages’ Soundtracks of Cinema category for more soundtrack song listings, and then browse cast/character summaries in the Know the Cast section.

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Past Lives stars Greta Lee as Nora, a Korean-Canadian writer who lives in New York City. Teo Yoo co-stars as Hae Sung, the protagonist’s childhood friend from Seoul. The storyline follows Nora as she sorts through personal and professional issues while thinking about the past, present and future. Composers Christopher Bear (High Maintenance) and Daniel Rossen (The Line) scored the 105-minute film; music supervisor Meghan Currier (Bodies Bodies Bodies) picked the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in Past Lives.

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Past Lives Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2023 Movie

• “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye” by Leonard Cohen (00:03:00): An interior sequence begins. The Past Lives soundtrack song plays from a speaker system. The camera pans left as Young Nora (Moon Seung-ah) talks to her mother (Ji Hye Yoon).
• “It’s Not Love If It Hurts Too Much” by Kim Kwang Seok (00:09:00): Young Nora walks with Young Hae Sung (Leem Seung-min) during an exterior scene. Music plays from a nearby speaker system. Young Hae Sung carries a basketball before saying goodbye to Young Nora.
• “Don’t Look Back” by Them feat. Van Morrison (01:21:00): The track accompanies a restaurant scene. Nora and Arthur (John Magaro) talk to Hae Sung. Music plays from the speaker system.
• “You Know More Than I Know” by John Cale (01:29:00): A restaurant sequence continues. The Past Lives soundtrack song plays as Arthur pays a bill. He speaks to Hae Sung about Nora.
• “Quiet Eyes” by Sharon Van Etten, Zachary Dawes, Jay Bellerose, Benji Lysaght, Davey Chegwidden, Owen Pallett, Mike Olsen (01:40:00): The track plays during the end credits.

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The Past Lives soundtrack also includes:

• “Nice” by 5Alarm Music
• “Blazes Away” by Paul Eakins
• “Officer of the Day March” by Paul Eakins

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.