The music in (500) Days of Summer is getting a bit of attention these days, with music from Simon and Garfunkel, Hall and Oates, The Smiths, Regina Spektor, Meaghan Smith and a beautiful cover of The Smith’s “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” by Zooey Deschanel’s band She & Him.

Buy (500) Days of Summer (Music from the Motion Picture) on iTunes.
Buy (500) Days of Summer (Music from the Motion Picture) on Amazon – for those of you still like your CDs.

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This looks like a refreshing take on a romantic comedy. An oasis in a lifeless desert filled with the empty skulls of Matthew McConaughey, Katherine Heigl, and Renee Zellweger films. Then again, as I’ve said many times before, a good trailer can make a piece of shit sparkle like a diamond. That being said, Zooey Deschanel is every geek’s dream girl: she’s only slightly out of reach and loves The Smiths. Oh and the song in the trailer, other than Hall & Oates’ “You Make My Dreams,” is “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap (no songs for sale on iTunes????). 500 Days of Summer is coming to a theater near you on July 17th, 2009. HD trailer, synopsis and pics after the jump.

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