The album released by Domino Recording Company on June 3, 2014 features tracks from Devonté Hynes and Robert Schwartzman,[1] the film's composers, along with Tonstartssbandht, Mac DeMarco, Nat Wolff and Jack Kilmer.
[7] James Christopher Monger of AllMusic gave 3 stars out of 5 calling it as "a curious collection of druggy, ambient pop that dutifully mimics the permeable pleasures of both summer and youth".
[8] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork gave 3.5 out of 10 summarising "you get a couple of lo-fi electro-alt songs featured in grim high school movies, but the soundtrack does not exactly resemble the Folk Implosion".
[9] Tom Shone of The Guardian described the soundtrack as "a layering of sweet synth pop" comparing Gia's style of filmmaking being influenced by her aunt Sofia Coppola,[10] and The Boston Globe-critic Ty Burr also complimented the same while highlighting the collection as "moody" and "obscure".
[15] Cohen, writing for Pitchfork rated 5.5 out of 10 to the score summarising "Palo Alto may only be useful as background music, but as long as Hynes’ star continues to rise, it's hard not to see him potentially getting more work in this vein.