"Forever"

I'm almost embarrassed to write this post. Almost. As terrible as the franchise is, one thing they got right, in my mind, is the music. Read on....

I've read the Twilight books. Twilight. New Moon. Eclipse. Breaking Dawn. I saw the first film, but not the rest. How or why it's popular, is beyond me, and I covered that in a post before. There's better material out there for the target audience. Anyway, the focus of this post is the music.

The music supervisor is the same person responsible for the music of tv series such as The OC, Grey's and I believe Gossip Girl. Anyway, she is well versed in music, as the music from The OC was the highlight of the series. Death Cab, Phantom Planet and the Killers became popular and well-deserved attention. Grey's did likewise for Snow Patrol - I can't listen to 'Chasing cars' without bawling to this day. Now, Twilight has done it for Muse...and other bands. i admit, I was looking forward to the music of these films as they going for 'new blood' indie / alt bands...with a slightly darker / romantic edge. Some songs are slower, more melodic and even 'emo' (but not 'screamo') but it's all in good taste. 

The soundtracks thus far have been quite good, with the third being the best, IMO so far. I've got Breaking Dawn Part 2 on at the moment for the first time. So I am glad the franchise is over for two reasons: a) No more crappy movies slabbed together as quickly as possible and b) We get another soundtrack. 

Here are the track lists for all 5 of the soundtracks. My favorites are in italic.

Twilight:

1. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
2. Paramore - Decode (written exclusively for Twilight)
3. The Black Ghosts - Full Moon
4. Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest
5. MuteMath - Spotlight (Twilight Mix)
6. Perry Farrell - Going All The Way (Into The Twilight) (written exclusively for Twilight)
7. Collective Soul - Tremble For My Beloved
8. Paramore - I Caught Myself (written exclusively for Twilight)
9. Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire
10. Rob Pattinson - Never Think (written exclusively for Twilight)
11. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
12. Carter Burwell - Bella's Lullaby (written exclusively for Twilight)

New Moon:

1. Meet Me On the Equinox, Death Cab for Cutie

2. Friends, Band of Skulls

3. Hearing Damage, Thom Yorke

4. Possibility, Lykke Li

5. A White Demon Love Song, The Killers

6. Satellite Heart, Anya Marina

7. I Belong To You (New Moon Remix), Muse

8. Rosyln, Bon Iver & St. Vincent

9. Done All Wrong, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

10. Monsters, Hurricane Bells

11. The Violet Hour, Sea Wolf

12. Shooting the Moon, OK Go

13. Slow Life, Grizzly Bear (with Victoria Legrand)

14. No Sound But the Wind, Editors

15. New Moon (The Meadow), Alexandre Desplat

Eclipse:

1. Eclipse (All Yours) - by Metric
2. Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever) - By Muse
3. Ours - By The Bravery
4. Heavy In Your Arms - By Florence + The Machine
5. My Love - By Sia
6. Atlas - By Fanfarlo
7. Chop And Change - By The Black Keys
8. Rolling In On A Burning Tire - By The Dead Weather
9. Let's Get Lost - By Beck and Bat For Lashes
10. Jonathan Low - By Vampire Weekend
11. With You In My Head (Feat. The Black Angels) - By UNKLE
12. A Million Miles An Hour - By Eastern Conference Champions
13. Life On Earth - By Band of Horses
14. What Part Of Forever - By Ceelo Green
15. Jacob's Theme - By Howard Shore 

Breaking Dawn Part 1:

1. The Joy Formidable - Endtapes
2. Angus & Julia Stone - Love Will Take You
3. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain
4. Sleeping At Last - Turning Page
5. The Features - From Now On
6. Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
7. Theophilus London - Neighbors
8. The Belle Brigade - I Didn't Mean It
9. Noisettes - Sister Rosetta (2011 Version)
10. Cider Sky - Northern Lights
11. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Version)
12. Imperial Mammoth - Requiem on Water
13. Aqualung & Lucy Schwartz - Cold
14. Mia Maestro - Llovera
15. Carter Burwell - Love Death Birth

Breaking Dawn Part 2: (no faves yet...still new!)

1. Where I Come From — Passion Pit
2. Bittersweet — Ellie Goulding
3. The Forgotten — Green Day
4. Fire In The Water — Feist
5. Everything And Nothing — The Boom Circuits
6. The Antidote — St. Vincent
7. Speak Up — POP ETC
8. Heart of Stone — Iko
9. Cover Your Tracks — A Boy and His Kite
10. Ghosts — James Vincent McMorrow
11. All I’ve Ever Needed — Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed
12. New For You — Reeve Carney
13. A Thousand Years (Part Two) – Christina Perri
14. Plus Que Ma Prope Vie — Carter Burwell


And, no - man status not revoked...  I just have a wide, varied taste in music. to 'counter' this, I must say that I've uploaded some Nine Inch Nails to my ipod.