The Notebook (2004)

This week Alyssa and Kevin watch the modern classic, The Notebook, as found on DVD in a Little Free Library.

Alyssa Savino is a writer, a pop culture enthusiast, and is "deeply Midwestern." Subscribe to her newsletter, Soft Earlobe, listen to her "mini-podcast" (often about snacks) Xylophone Break, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Opening Credit Music:

“Western Wind,” written by Carly Rae Jepsen, ; performed by Carly Rae Jepsen. The Loneliest Time, Interscope, 2022.

Closing Credit Music:

“Too Much,” written by Carly Rae Jepsen, John Hill, Jordan Palmer, Noonie Bao, and Sammy Leighton Clay; performed by Carly Rae Jepsen. Dedicated, Interscope, 2019.

Episode Music Credits:

“Cowboys,” written by Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons; performed by Portishead. Portishead, Go!/London, 1997.

“To Make You Feel My Love,” written by Bob Dylan; performed by Garth Brooks. Hope Floats: Music From The Motion Picture, Capitol Records, 1998.

“There is A Light That Never Goes Out,” written by Steven Patrick Morrissey and John Marr; performed by Trespassers William. Please, Please, Please: A Tribute to The Smiths, American Laundromat, 2011.

“I’ll Be Seeing You,” written by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal; performed by Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday, Commodore Records, 1944.

“Love Song,” written by Elizabeth Grant and Jack Antonoff; performed by Lana Del Rey. Norman Fucking Rockwell, Interscope, 2019.

“The Luckiest,” written and performed by Ben Folds. Rockin’ The Suburbs, Sony, 2001. 

“Main Title” and “Overture,” composed by Aaron Zigman. The Notebook Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, New Line Records, 2004.