The Turtles All the Way Down soundtrack includes music by Billie Eilish, Outkast and Harry Styles. This info article contains spoilers and song details for Hannah Marks’ 2024 HBO Max movie. 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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Turtles All the Way Down stars Isabela Merced as Aza Holmes, a 16-year-old struggling with OCD. Cree co-stars as Daisy, the protagonist’s best friend who runs a popular Star Wars fan fiction publication. The storyline follows Aza as she learns to overcome her personal insecurities while developing a romantic relationship. Composer Ian Hultquist (Dickinson) scored the 112-minute HBO Max film; music supervisor Season Kent (You) selected the featured needle-drops. Here’s every song in Turtles All the Way Down, an adaptation of John Green’s 2017 novel.

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Turtles All the Way Down Soundtrack: Every Song in the 2024 HBO Max Movie

• “Oh No” by Biig Piig (00:01:00): The Turtles All the Way Down soundtrack song accompanies the opening sequence. Aza narrates about about human beings and organisms. She worries about not being “real.”
• “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish (00:06:00): Aza talks to Daisy and Mychal (Maliq Johnson) about Davis (Felix Mallard). She narrates about “excessive abdominal noise.” Aza worries about a C. diff infection.
• “Ms. Jackson” by Outkast (00:10:00): Aza talks to Daisy during a car scene. Music plays from the speaker system. Aza and Daisy rap along to the track.
• “Fig in Leather” by Devendra Banhart (00:15:00): Daisy lies about having Norovirus. The Turtles All the Way Down soundtrack song continues during a transition sequence. Aza and Daisy enjoy some canoe time.
• “Dance Yrself Clean” by LCD Soundsystem (00:18:00): An exterior sequence continues. Daisy waves a pretend lightsaber. Aza wears blue jeans and a yellow sweater.
• “The Less I Know the Better” by Tame Impala (00:21:00): Daisy and Aza get caught trespassing. The music continues during a transition sequence. Lyle (Tim Gooch) tells Davis about “some visitors.”
• “Sunflower, Vol. 6” by Harry Styles (00:49:00): Daisy talks to Aza about meeting up with Mychal. The Turtles All the Way Down soundtrack song continues during a transition sequence. Aza sends text messages to Davis.
• “The Loop” by Toro y Moi (00:55:00): Aza swims with Davis. The track continues during a bedroom scene. Aza and Davis send text messages to each other.
• “Zeitgeist” by Babe Rainbow (01:01:00): Aza boards an airplane with Davis. She wears an orange outfit. Aza and Davis arrive in Chicago to visit the Northwestern University campus.
• “Paris” by Else (01:34:00): Aza arrives at an art show. The Turtles All the Way Down soundtrack song plays from a speaker system. Aza talks to Mychal.
• “I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Trying)” by Rachel Chinouriri (01:47:00): The track scores the end credits.

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The Turtles All the Way Down soundtrack also includes:

• “Say It (Like You Mean It)” by Chris Price
• “Golden Light” by Strfkr
• “Lemon Perfection” by Munsi feat. Joyeur
• “I’m Gonna Prove My Love” by LeRoux feat. Carl Michaels
• “Roll Back” by George Fitzgerald, Lil Silva

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