William Ruhlmann, AllMusic.comThe high-school romantic comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper, directed by Chris Columbus, has a screenplay by Larry Doyle, who adapted his novel, and it sounds like the person or people who assembled the soundtrack album of pop songs (Patrick Houlihan is credited as music supervisor) wanted to split the difference between tracks that a high-school student of 2009 actually might be listening to and songs that Doyle, who graduated from high school in 1976, was listening to around then. Actually, this doesn't work out as badly as it might seem, perhaps because of the choices, perhaps because basic rock & roll music hasn't really changed that much in 30-plus years. For example, Australian band Airbourne's Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast is a sound-alike for any number of songs by an Australian predecessor, AC\u002FDC. Then, too, the old songs are sequenced toward the end, separated from the newer, earlier tracks by some of Christophe Beck's scoring. Beck's main suite uses music that sounds like it belongs in one of Columbus' more adventurous pictures, one of his Harry Potter epics, say. Also adding diversity is the acoustic performance of Eleni Mandell's Forget Me up front, performed here and in the film by 15-year-old Violet Columbus, who just happens to have the same last name as the director. It introduces a Juno-like tone that thankfully is not carried through on the rest of the album. Mandell's own rock version closes things out. Product DescriptionThe hottest soundtrack release of the summer hits stores on June 23rd, paving the way for this summer's blockbuster film I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER opening on July 10th. The film is based on the book by Larry Doyle (The Simpsons). The eclectic soundtrack features tracks by Gym Class Heroes, Kiss, Foreigner, The Kooks, Alice Cooper, OK GO, The Hives, Smokey Robinson, Airbourne, The Perishers, Eleni Mandell and more. The soundtrack will also feature several songs from the score, composed by Christophe Beck, the Emmy Award-winning composer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) whose scores have been heard in such films as License to Wed and The Pink Panther. I Love You Beth Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Paul Rust, follows a nerdy valedictorian (Rust) who proclaims his love for the most popular girl in school, Beth Cooper (Panettiere), during his speech at graduation. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life!