Over 80% of the cast and crew for To Save a Life consisted of Oceanside and North County locals. Several Oceanside locations, including Oceanside High School, Calvin Christian High School, MiraCosta College, New Song Community Church, Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Harbor, Guajome Park Academy, and Beach are shown in the film. Soundtrack The soundtrack for To Save a Life has been released as a digital download on the official website of the film and iTunes. The film's original score was composed by Timothy Michael Wynn and produced by Christopher Lennertz. Track listing "Boom" (Da Enforcerz) "500,000 Boomin’ Watts" (Flynn Adam) "Bounce" (J-Rus) "Dare you to move" (Switchfoot) "Fall Back" (Bobby Taylor) "Outsider" (The Daylights) "Golden Thread" (Joy Williams) "Sunset Cliffs" (Paul Wright) "Go Together" (Jillian Edwards) "Rollercoaster" (Kendall Payne) "Hero (Red Pill Mix)" (Superchick) "Future Plans" (Timothy Michael Wynn) Release Critical reception To Save a Life received mixed to generally negative reception from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 39% rating based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 4.90/10. Metacritic currently has its score listed as 19%. Marjorie Baumgarten of the Austin Chronicle gave the film a negative review, saying, "To Save a Life is a well-meaning but ineptly made message movie..." Melissa Anderson of The Village Voice said, "For all its initial attempts to soften its religiosity... To Save a Life is about as subtle as this closing credit: 'The producers would like to thank: GOD.'" Andy Webster of The New York Times said, "The film would be a mere nuisance if not for its shameless exploitation of school shootings to advance its agenda." Other reviewers were more supportive of the film. Gary Goldstein of The Los Angeles Times said, "The teen drama 'To Save a Life,' nicely directed by Brian Baugh from a script by Jim Britts, manages to be appealing, poignant and inspiring in ways that are gentle and quite real." Dan Bennett of the North County Times gave the film 3 of out 4 stars, saying, "Not pushy or intent on establishing an absolute doctrine, the film does well by throwing ideas out there, and letting the realistic characters define those." Bob Fischbach of the Omaha World-Herald said, "[To Save a Lifes] messages are good ones for kids to hear. The characters' appeal and a sprinkling of humor should help draw a young audience." Hannah Goodwyn of CBN.com stated: "To Save a Life