Up in the Air Soundtrack

Each song is provided with a scene description and timestamp, as well as a full-length audio playback.

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Note: Below is a complete playlist of all 9 songs that can be heard in the movie “Up in the Air”. Some of these commercial songs are not included on the official soundtrack album but are used in the movie.


All 9 songs featured in “Up in the Air”:


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"This Land Is Your Land" by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Timestamp: 0:01 | Scene: Opening titles of overhead shots.
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"Goin' Home" by Dan Auerbach
Timestamp: 0:43 | Scene: Montage of travelling and firing people.
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"Angel in the Snow" by Elliot Smith
Timestamp: 1:17 | Scene: Ryan Shows around his old school to Alex.
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"Help Yourself" by Sad Brad Smith
Timestamp: 1:25 | Scene: Montage of the wedding, including the dance.
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"Taken At All" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Timestamp: 1:28 | Scene: Ryan is shown how to fire people over the internet, while he is preparing for Goal Quest XX.
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"Thank You Lord" by Roy Buchanan
Timestamp: 1:31 | Scene: Ryan leaves Goal Quest to visit Alex at her home.
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"The Snow Before Us" by Charles Atlas
Timestamp: 1:42 | Scene: Heartwarming confessions of fired people, Ryan is on the road again.
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"Be Yourself" by Graham Nash
Timestamp: 1:44 | Scene: First song of end credits.
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"Up in the Air" by Kevin Renick
Timestamp: 1:46 | Scene: Second song of end credits.
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What’s the movie about?
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job and traveling the country to fire people, but he sees that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest and a new employee who is introducing a new business model.

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