The lines 'We know full well there's just time/So is it wrong to dance this line', for example, completely captures Hazel and Gus's attitude to life: they know they don't have much time together, but still try to live full lives. This song is played during one of the most emotional and heartbreaking scenes in the film, and perfectly portrays not only the extreme sadness, but also the hope that imbues John Green's book. Ed Sheeran's All Our Stars is great, but I think the artist Birdy provides some of the best songs on this soundtrack, such as Not About Angels. The Fault in Our Stars is a good example of a film with a soundtrack that brilliantly sets the mood (and ensures you will use all of the tissues you brought with you!). And if it goes wrong, things will never be quite the same again. Because, what is the point of soundtracks anyway? To set the mood during a film, to help construct the atmosphere and reveal what characters are feeling, even if they don't say anything you might lose the narrative voice in the transition from page to screen, but music can more than make up for that. But what about when the soundtrack actively changes the storyline? What if the music playing over the top puts a different spin on the actual events, or changes the essence of a character? Situations like this could be when bad soundtracks really start to ruin a good film – and ruin your memory of the book. Imagine a film with no music, how different it would be without something there to set the tone. It can help you get a thorough insight into the world of the book, and reveal depths to characters you didn't even know existed. Wouldn't that be awful? Think of Katniss Everdeen walking on to some 80s cheese or a Jane Austen character coming on to a rap song!Ī good soundtrack can make a film.

The music gives an impression which is the opposite of how you imagined their personality. Picture this: you walk into the cinema to see an adaptation of your favourite book, and just as your favourite character walks on screen for the first time, a song plays that shatters the moment.

The fault in our stars movie song