Exceptional soundtracks can make good movies great. They can also take on a life of their own, becoming a greater highlight than their respective films. In this series, I’m selecting some of my favorite soundtrack songs. While quite a few are well-known recordings, I’m also including a few that have flown under the radar over the years.

Some of the greatest movie soundtracks are the soundscapes behind coming-of-age films. And few can exceed the epic songwriting in one of the greatest in that film category, The Graduate. Surrounded by songwriting gems like “The Sounds of Silence”, “Mrs. Robinson” and “Scarborough Fair”, it seems like “April Come She Will” flies a bit under the radar, even though it’s just as good a track as any on the album.

Written poetically, performed delicately and produced ordinarily, “April Come She Will” is the kind of ember-burning, storm-brewing song that seems only at home when played with an acoustic guitar. It’s about far more than just a fling, it’s a pause to recognize the beauty and frailty in the temporal. Like a brighter, lighter shade of Nick Drake.

“April, come she will when streams are ripe and swelled with rain. May, she will stay, resting in my arms again.”