A tough-talking teen attempts to uncover his ex-girlfriend's killer in director Rian Johnson's hard-boiled high school noir that was inspired by the works of Dashiell Hammett. An outsider by nature, Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to penetrate the elaborate ranks of the high school social scene when the body of his former girlfriend Emily is found lying lifeless in a remote creek. Though the pair had been on the outs, Brendan can't seem to shake the hysterical phone call that he received from Emily the day before her body was discovered, and he's determined to find out seek out the guilty party. From the highest ranking athlete to the lowest level burnout, no one is above suspicion. By the time Brendan's relentless quest for information leads him to a mysterious local drug dealer named Pin (Lukas Haas) who walks with a cane and lives with his mother, his growing hunch that something isn't right with the shifty-eyed pot-slinger finds him edging ever closer to the horrifying truth. 2004

1. Emily's Theme – Nathan Johnson
2. Sister Ray (film edit) – The Velvet Underground
3. The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze – Nora Zehetner
4. Frankie and Johnny – Bunny Berigan
5. I’m In The Middle Of A Riddle – Anton Karas, Kay Armen
6. Pale Blue Arrow – Nathan Johnson
7. Locker 269 – Nathan Johnson
8. Kara's Theme (The Drama Vamp) - China Kent
9. Laura's Theme – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
10. The Pin in the Night – Nathan Johnson, Chris Mears & China Kent
11. Pie House Rats – Seth Kent
12. Emily’s Theme 2 (The White Rabbit) – Nathan Johnson
13. Emily’s Theme 3 (Lunch is Difficult) – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
14. The Dream and the Tunnel – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
15. Emily's Theme 6 (reprise) – Nathan Johnson
16. A Show of Hands – Nathan Johnson
17. Minneapolis – Nathan Johnson
18. Front Page News – Nathan Johnson
19. Knives in My Eyes – Nathan Johnson
20. The Pin's Lair – Nathan Johnson