Back in December, Juno arrived on the big screen with a tremendous amount of buzz. It, quite frankly, had a lot to live up to. On one hand people could flock to its wonderful characters and touching story or they could flee to National Treasure: Book of Secrets in an attempt to hide from the high quirk factor.

Fox Searchlight Pictures made the right decision by giving it great television promotion as well as supporting it through a slow national roll out. In doing so, it has garnered the moniker of "the little film that could," much like what they did with Little Miss Sunshine in 2005. As a result, Juno has reached a wide audience and has been nurtured to a box office gross that has passed $100 million (a first for the distributor). However, with all the talk of how good the screenplay and the performances are, one cannot forget the quality of the soundtrack. The album is definitely worth adding to your personal collection.

The music truly fits the quirkiness of Juno to a glove. So, if you are sensitive to quirk I would recommend thinking twice before attempting to work your way through the oft-times weird nineteen track collection. In most other circumstances the songs here would have me running for the hills screaming for mercy. Yet, here I am writing about how much I enjoy it. Strange, huh?

Listening to these songs away from the big screen has made me think a little bit about how a soundtrack can be enjoyed as its own entity. Film has a way of infecting your mind and biasing it towards liking things that you would not normally be attracted to.

If you know anything about me, it would be that in addition to my love of the movies, I am a lover of metal and heavy music in general. Now, there is absolutely nothing on the Juno soundtrack that would qualify as heavy. Knowing that fact, the next logical question would revolve around why, or even how, a metal guy would find room in his heart to squeeze in the predominantly folky stylings found here?