Out with old, in with the new moon!

Of course I had to write something about this soundtrack, or else Nancy would have never heard the end of it. I am a fan of the Twilight series, (mea culpa) but because I started reading the first chapter way ahead this whole frenzy with the movies. So you see I am a fan of the books, not of that crappy movie that Mrs. Hardwicke tried to pull, I can’t believe the woman did ‘13’.

I like images and sounds, so guess what I like movies and soundtracks. The Twilight movie had as a soundtrack a list of tunes mostly after the author’s own inspiring list of songs, it featured Linkin Park, Radiohead (divine piece not featured on the official soundtrack – fail!) Paramore (great promotional track for the soundtrack, personally I like it more than Death cab for Cutie version, no wait, I hate the Death Cab for Cutie version), Muse (the author’s favorite band) and music from Perry Farrell (the dude from Jane’s Addiction and the dude that created the Lollapalooza festival), Blue Foundation or Robert Pattinson (I’ll just mention his name, there aren’t enough adjectives for his beauty or talent). And bonus tracks like ‘La Traviata’ and ‘Claire Du Lune’, the main male character was over 100 years old so of course he had to listen to the mother of all mothers of opera and piano suites.

The music supervision for the second installment of the Twilight series is Alexandra Patsavas as for the first movie, but this time she was probably given more reign to choose the artists to spring songs for New Moon. This woman is amazing, so if you heard Sarah McLaughlin on the Roswell TV show, or Clinic, Jeff Buckley, Iggy Pop on The OC, The Rapture, Ok Go, Cold War Kids on Gossip Girl or great emotional songs at the end on each episode from Grey’s Anatomy it would be because of her. This time around of the franchise she gathered what could closely be a Big League of musical products from incredible artists.

She got Death Cab for Cutie to take the lead with their song ‘Meet me on the Equinox’ and make the clear statement that this time we get educated and elevated on a soundtrack level, with a smart and elegant video; and then she managed to add the surprise ‘Friends’ from Band of Skulls (great band discovery), a mesmerizing ‘Hearing Damage’ from Thom Yorke (yes, that Thom), a mellow ‘Possibility’ from Lykke Li, a fantastic ‘A White Demon love Song’ from The Killers (even they shine here), a melodramatic girly ‘Satellite Heart’ from Anya Marina and a miserable ‘I Belong To You’ from Muse ( the track is beyond mediocre). Adding then even a soft ‘Roslyn’ from Bon Iver & St. Vincent, a pure rock ‘Done All Wrong’ from Black Motorcycle Club and a bold rusty ‘Monsters’ from Hurricane Bells. All to sprinkle it with a charming ‘The Violet Hour’ from Sea Wolf, a typical charismatic Ok Go song ‘Shooting the Moon’, a masterpiece ‘Slow Life’ from Grizzly Bea ( reminiscent of Sigur Rós style), a perfect ballad ‘No sound but the wing’ from Editors (my heart’s sweetheart) and a score song from Alexandre Desplat ( composer for ‘The Painted Vail’, ‘The Queen’, ‘Coco Avant Chanel’ etc), as indicated for a particular scene.

I scream the angelic salutation ‘Hail Alexandra’, more appropriate form here for ‘Hail Mary’, and begin abusing the soundtrack for many weeks to come, until some of us will be curios to see where these tracks fit in the actual movie.