Soundtrack

The music for the episodes was selected by director Winant Scott and "Snuffy" W.G. Walden. They used to watch the final cut of each episode while looking for suitable background songs. In addition, "Snuffy" created some instrumental background melodies individually for every single scene.

In January 1995 an official MSCL soundtrack was released on CD and audio cassette. Not all songs played in "My So-Called Life" episodes were included on that soundtrack. Here's the complete list of songs played in the show, sorted by episode number.

Episode	Performer / Band	Song title	Scene in episode	CD
all	W.G. Snuffy Walden	My So-Called Life Theme	all episodes	11
1	Animalbag	Everybody	at Tino's party
1	the DiVinyls	I Touch Myself	Jordan watches the video on tv
1	R.E.M.	Everybody Hurts	Angela sees her father and his girlfriend
2	Jawbox	Cruel Swing	in Jordan's car
3	Cranberries	Dreams	in Angela's room when Patty comes in
4	Bettie Serveert	Palomine	Angela and Raynne get the Dead tickets from Graham
4	Grateful Dead	Althea	Graham repairs the roof
5	Enigma	Return To Innocence	at the fashion show
6	TLC	What About Your Friends?	in English class before Vic Racine shows up
7	Jordan Catalano	Red	Jordan's song for Angela
8	Buffalo Tom	Soda Jerk	Sharon and Kyle in the hall	2
9	Elvis Presley	Blue Moon	in the scenes with Nicky Driscoll
9	Shelley Fabares	Johnny Angel	in the gym
10	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Fall Down	parking lot scene
10	Juliana Hatfield	Spin the Bottle	before the party
10	the Lemonheads	Down About It	at Rayanne's party
10	Madder Rose	Drop a Bomb	at Rayanne's party: Raynne doing drugs in the bathroom	5
10	Juliana Hatfield	Dame With a Rod	at Rayanne's party: After Angela arrives
11	Archers of Loaf	South Carolina	Jordan's car radio	7
11	the Lemonheads	Dawn Can't Decide	first song at the dance	8
11	Urge Overkill	Dropout	second song at the dance
11	Sunscreem	Pressure	third song at the dance
11	Haddaway	What is Love?	fourth song at the dance (Rickie and Delia)
11	Billy Pilgrim	Try	fifth (last) song at the dance
12	Buffalo Tom	Soda Jerk	live at Pikestreet	2
12	Buffalo Tom	Late at Night	live at Pikestreet, Jordan holds Angela's hand
12	Afghan Wigs	Fountain and Fairfax	Vertigo Club	6
14	the Ramones	I Wanna Be Sedated	Frozen Embryos perform at Vertigo
14	Sesame Street	Sesame Street Theme	sung by Rayanne
15		Silent Night
15		Home for the Holidays
15		Away in a Manger
15	Juliana Hatfield	Make It Home	sung by the so-called angel (Juliana Hatfield)	1
15	Inner Voices choir	I Feel Like Going Home	inside the church
17	Violent Femmes	Blister In the Sun	Angela's freedom dance
17	Sonic Youth	Genetic	Rayanne and Jordan at Louie's	3
18	Live	I Alone	in Patty and Graham's bedroom
18	Frente!	The Book Song	in Angela's Bedroom	9
-	Daniel Johnston	Come See Me Tonight	only on soundtrack	10
-	Further	Petty Core	only on soundtrack	4

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“And, you know, with your hair like that? It hurts to look at you.”
Rayanne Graff, Episode 1: "My So-Called Life (Pilot)"