Band of Skulls – ‘Friends’ Official Music Video

Check out this video by Band of Skulls of the song “Friends” which is featured on the New Moon soundtrack.

Band of Skulls – “Friends” live

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New Moon Soundtrack Companion Released March 16th

  The Twilight Saga:New Moon will have a soundtrack companion which includes a CD as well as a DVD.  Here are the details:

The story broke today that an official soundtrack companion would be making its way to the marketplace on March 16th, the same day of release for Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 and just four days before the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the DVD.

According to Tommy2, whose exclusive it was, the companion will come in the form of CD and DVD, and it’ll boast the following upon its tracklists:

CD
1. Lupe Fiasco – Solar Midnite
2. The Magic Numbers – All I Believe In
3. APM Orchestra – Die Fledermaus – Duettino: Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir
4. Eskimo Joe – Thunderclap
5. BB Brunes – Cavalier Noir
6. No Way Out – Sed
7. Ximena Sarinana – Frente Al Mar
8. Jennifer Rostock – Es tut wieder weh
9. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart [Air Mail Remix]

DVD
1. Interview with Chris Weitz and Alex Pastavas
2. Interview with Death Cab For Cutie and Alex Patsavas
3. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox (music video)
4. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart (music video)
5. Lupe Fiasco – Solar Midnite (music video)
6. Hurricane Bells – Monsters (music video)

Source:Examiner

Alexandre Desplat Signs Onto Deathly Hallows Part 1

The composer of  the of the New Moon score, Alexandre Desplat, has signed on to score the new Harry Potter movie!

Desplat was also the score composer for Julie & Julia, The Golden Compass, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, and The Fantastic Mr. Fox, among others.

Recently, Desplat was rumored to have signed on to score Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part I. This information has been confirmed, according to Muggle Net. 

This is the seventh of the eight-part Harry Potter film series (and the first half of the Deathly Hallow films), and it comes to theaters this November 19th.

Muse Performs on Saturday Night Live

Check out the videos of Stephenie Meyer’s favorite band Muse rocking on SNL.

Scene It – Deluxe Twilight Edition Best Buy

Scene It – Deluxe Twilight Edition Quench your thirst for Edward, Bella, Jacob and the rest with the Scene It?: Deluxe Twilight Edition. The game features hundreds of clips, questions and puzzlers from the Twilight movie phenomenon. There are also customized mini games and bonus activities to challenge and delight all Twilight fans.

Twilight Saga Deals at Best Buy

Official Music Video: ‘Solar Midnite’

Here’s the official music video of Lupe Fiasco ‘Solar Midnite’ from the iTunes Deluxe Version of the New Moon Soundtrack.

The iTunes Deluxe Version of the New Moon Soundtrack can be downloaded here.

Source: Aceshowbiz

Death Cab For Cutie at Woodie Awards

Death Cab for Cutie made an appearance at the indie-music Woodie Awards, playing their single “Meet Me at the Equinox” from the New Moon soundtrack. He talks about liking New Moon.

“I love it. I was at the premiere two nights ago and it was great. The movie is awesome.” Walla even approves of the film’s campier aspects. “There are a lot of shirtless dudes,” he admits. “When the shirtless-dude factor happens, it seems a little wink-wink, nudge-nudge. But it’s a high beefcake quotient — an HBQ.”

The Woodie Awards air Friday December 4th at 10pm EST on MTV.

Source MTV

New Moon Soundtrack Goes Platnium!

 

Atlantic Records just revealed that The Twilight Saga: New Moon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has received it’s platinum certification for exceeding sales of 1 million units. Both the soundtracks for Twilight and New Moon have reached #1 on Billboard 200 and the soundtrack for Twilight won Favorite Soundtrack at the recent American Music Awards.

“THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON-ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK” rises this week on the Billboard 200, ranking #8 and selling more than 93,000 units in its sixth week on sale. The soundtrack, which debuted in October, has also received RIAA platinum certification for sales exceeding 1 million units. “THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON” soundtrack, which peaked at #1 in its first full week in stores and online, made history as the first time ever a soundtrack and its sequel have both reached the #1 spot on the chart. In addition, the soundtrack has remained in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 since its release. The musical companion to the highly anticipated second installment of Summit Entertainment’s film franchise features exclusive tracks from some of modern music’s most gifted and admired artists, including Thom Yorke, Muse, The Killers, Anya Marina, and Death Cab for Cutie, who contributed the album’s first single, “Meet Me On the Equinox.” The track is currently #8 at Modern Rock radio. In other news, “TWILIGHT-ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK” took home the award for Favorite Soundtrack at this year’s American Music Awards. “TWILIGHT” has currently sold more than 2.3 million copies in the U.S. alone and over 3.5 million copies worldwide. The soundtrack has remained on the Billboard 200 for 55 consecutive weeks. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON topped the box office this past weekend, pulling in $142.8 million in North America and marking the third biggest opening weekend ever. The film also ranks as the best single opening day ever in North America as well as the best grossing for midnight shows ever at $26.3 million.

Read more here.

Pitchfork Interviews Grizzly Bear

 Pitchfork recently interviewed Grizzly Bear frontman Chris Taylor and asked him about the soundtrack and their contribution.

Pitchfork: Going off the idea that indie music is continuing to grow, there’s the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack, which hit number one on the Billboard charts and is loaded with indie artists– including Grizzly Bear. Were you surprised to be asked to be on that soundtrack?

CT: Initially, it was like, “What?!” But Thom Yorke did it, and we like him. It’s like: “If dad does it, it’s OK, right?” Radiohead are like parents of good modern rock ‘n’ roll in certain ways. They paved that path. They’ve always maintained such a classy vibe environmentally, musically, and as just polite, down-to-earth people. They’re really something to look up to and it’s comforting to know that bands like that can make great music and it can be well received and they can set a precedent.

We wrote and recorded the song in a couple days, handed it in, and crossed our fingers. We were like, “They’re not going to take it.” But they did. We’re also working on two other soundtracks at the moment that I think are getting wrapped up. They’re for much more independent movies– I can’t say what they are yet, though.

Pitchfork: How familiar are you with the whole Twilight universe? Have you read any of the books?

CT: I don’t think I’d really read the books. I’ve seen parts of the first movie, but I haven’t actually sat down and watched the whole thing. I’m interested to see the new one. I find the relationship between the Mormon element and the dark vibe intriguing; the sexy vampire element is fun.

Read more of the interview here!

New Moon Soundtrack Number 1

According to Variety, The Twilight Saga: New Moon official soundtrack is number one of the music charts this week!  The album debuted at number 2 last week but has moved into the top position!

The indie-rock soundtrack for Summit’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” moves up a notch to take the No. 1 slot on the U.S. album chart this week.

The Chop Shop/Atlantic title, which debuted at No. 2 last week after three days in stores, sold 155,000 copies in its first full stanza, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures for the week ending Oct. 25. Teen vampire pic, featuring songs by Death Cab For Cutie, the Killers, Grizzly Bear and other indie acts, opens Nov. 20.

Read more here.

Rolling Stone Reviews New Moon Soundtrack

Check out what Rolling Stone had to say recently about the New Moon Soundtrack:

“It’s a shame John Hughes didn’t live to hear the New Moonsoundtrack — it’s a Pretty in Pink for our vampire-crazed times. Indeed, if Hughes were making a Breakfast Club 2010, Molly Ringwald’s detention buddies would have to include a vampire, a zombie, a werewolf and whatever Judd Nelson was. As any goth girl can tell you, undead dudes are way cooler than the flesh-and-blood kind.

The genius of the Twilight saga is the way it celebrates the passion of the all-American fang hag, with Robert Pattinson as the perfect plasma-slurping pinup boy: He’s hot, he’s sexy, and he’s undead. So New Moon is a movie soundtrack, but it’s also a concept album about the bond between teenage girls and their imaginary bloodsucker boyfriends.”

Read the rest on Rolling Stone.

His Golden Eyes: Hurricane Bells Exclusive Interview

His Golden Eyes has an exclusive interview with artist Hurricane Bells, whose song “Monsters” appears on the New Moon soundtrack.

1. We’re just going start with the most basic question fans usually want to know. Did you ever heard about or perhaps even read the series before you became involved with the Saga? If so, what was your first encounter with the twilight world?
i really was pretty unaware. i had heard of “twilight”, but i had never read any of the books or seen the movie. i found out about my song being selected for the soundtrack, and my friend gave me the first two books and said, “you need to read these”. i am halfway through “new moon” now.

2. As you probably have guessed by now, the twilight fandom is pretty intense (in the best possible way). Have things changed for you at all after track listing came out?
a little bit, yep! i have a record called “tonight is the ghost” that i have been planning to put out, and the soundtrack has changed those plans…i think we may release it sooner now, and perhaps with a real label, as opposed to my putting it out myself. so it’s very exciting.

3. The soundtrack for the first album was very successful. An anomaly in the music business, if you will. How did you get involved with the New Moon soundtrack? Were you contacted by the music director or did you directly pursue the project?
well i have a publisher that pitches songs of mine for me. it was basically done through them. i am not sure how much work went into getting it done. i don’t like to know about those things until they are certain….it can be heartbreaking otherwise, if things don’t actually happen.
but i do know that a lot of people i know were also trying to get songs into the movie, as well…

4. As for the song itself, is there anything you can tell us about it? For example, was it written exclusively for the movie or if you were inspired by certain characters, relationships etc.
no, i had it sitting around for awhile. i left it off of my record because i didn’t feel like it fit somehow. the song is a kinda catchy, up feeling song with some darker lyrics. there is a lot of fuzzed out guitar, and a pretty ripping guitar solo. it was only after i thought about it a bit that i could see how it might fit into the movie.
another thing about it was that i recorded it myself, in my band rehearsal room and my apartment. i mixed it in my friend’s basement. so there were no big studios, and no one else involved except me. no record label. i played all of the instruments, it was like an obsession. so it is pretty amazing to me now that it sits on a record alongside the killers and thom yorke, etc.

5. Were you inspired by anything non-twilight related for the song?
hmm, i just liked the idea of the words, some downer words with this happy little melody.

6. Could you give us a little teaser of the lyrics to your song?
sure, the main line is, “wait, you gotta look before you go, deep into the darkness where i hide”. the song is called “monsters”.

Source

Be sure to check out their myspace at www.myspace.com/hurricanebells

Buy New Moon Tickets Get Free Music Download

When you purchase New Moon movie tickets from Fandango.com or MovieTickets.com, you will receive a code to download an exclusive remix of Anya Marina’s “Satellite Heart”  FREE from iTunes!

Here is the official press release from Summit Entertainment.

Summit Entertainment Offers Free Music Downloads
with Online Movie Ticket Purchases for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON

With Every Ticket Purchase on Fandango and MovieTickets.com,
Advance Ticket Buyers will Receive an Exclusive Remix of “Satellite Heart” from
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Soundtrack

Summit Entertainment has teamed up with leading online movie ticketing sites, Fandango and MovieTickets.com, to offer consumers who purchase advance tickets by December 7, 2009 for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON a free, exclusive remix of the song “Satellite Heart” by Anya Marina, available only on the iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com). A free download code redeemable on iTunes will be distributed via e-mail for every ticket purchased.

The original version of “Satellite Heart” is featured on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON soundtrack, which will be released on October 16 on Chop Shop/Atlantic Records. Anya Marina’s own Chop Shop/Atlantic debut SLOW & STEADY SEDUCTION: PHASE II was released earlier this year, and earned the LA-based songstress a raft of praise, with profiles and reviews in such esteemed outlets as Rolling Stone, Spin, People, Billboard, and the New York Post, among others. With musical roots in San Diego, Marina was recently nominated for three San Diego Music Awards; her track “Move You” won the award for Song of the Year.

Any consumer who has or will purchase tickets for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON at Fandango or MovieTickets.com can expect to receive an e-mail from their ticket provider with the iTunes Store promotional code(s) to access the free download. No additional purchase will be necessary.

New Moon Free Song Download Offer

Buy advance tickets to New Moon and receive a free, exclusive soundtrack song remix on iTunes!

When you buy your tickets on Fandango, you will receive a free exclusive download of “Satellite Heart (Air Mail Remix)” by Anya Marina only on iTunes (original song is from the soundtrack).

Examiner – Review of New Moon Soundtrack

The New Moon soundtrack will be released this Friday! Check out a track-by-track review from the Examiner:

New Moon is less a compilation of potential hit singles and more a conceptual album, though comprising 15 artists, bound thematically by mood, atmosphere, and attentive delivery. Here is a track-by-track analysis of the entire album:

1. Death Cab for Cutie – Meet Me on the Equinox
Upon an initial listen, the vocal tone has a retro, late 60s/early 70s vibe, like a cross between The Animals, The Kinks, and The Doors. The song is a good, moody, driving ditty. It has a bit of a Your Vegas structure to it, as well, because it has a bit of an upbeat tempo, but the message in the song fits in with the morose tone of the movie. The music has some great contrasting elements, because it consistently shifts between a gentle sob and a mournful scream. It ends very poignantly and abruptly, as if to say, “That’s it. Deal with it.”

2. Band of Skulls – Friends
This one has a very angst-y feel to it with a Ramones vibe – very punk-inspired rock. It is also very raw and impassioned, with a definite throwback sound. The chorus sounds almost akin to a sock-hop. But then this extremely dissonant lead guitar washes over the song, almost punching you in the face with post-modernism.

3. Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
Yorke’s cut starts with a rumbling electronic sound, like an embittered NES. However, the track is very depressive in design. The vocals carry the song more than the music does. It is quite minimalistic with keyboard, drum loop and Yorke’s vocal, which affects a sort of Peter Murphy / Morrissey tone to his delivery. It’s probably un-PC to say it, but there is definitely some wrist-opening action here. The verses are very low in the mix, almost mumbled, as if to convey that the words are not as important as the brooding emotion Yorke is expressing.

4. Lykke Li – Possibility
The song startled me because it almost sounds like a child singing, with extreme echo on the voice, and a piano trolling in the distance. It sounds like a child who has just finished crying – very raspy and full of despair; evoking the feeling of loneliness very well. Li vocal performance reminds of a hybrid of Bjork and Susanna Hoffs. “Possibility” is another minimalistic song, with the vocals dominating the music. However, it is very character-driven, bringing an element of confused innocence to the table.

5. The Killers – A White Demon Love Song
There are several things going on in this song right from the opening – a tickling synthesizer, very light and breezy guitars, and vocal melody with a classic Beatles sound to it, like a cross between Sgt. Pepper’s and Magical Mystery Tour. However, the song lulls along almost drunkenly, but as the volume increases, it takes on a bit of a David Bowie persona. From there it becomes extremely dense in mood.

6. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart
Marina kicks in with an embittered-sounding acoustic guitar and near-whispering vocals. It is another song that invokes confusion and frustration. It is interesting to hear a largely acoustic song to take on this role. “Satellite Heart” is accented with synthesized orchestration – adding a touch of listenable contentment to the track. I see this as a follow-up or escalation of the Lykke Li track, enhancing the lost innocence persona, like she’s resolved to the fact that whatever has happened has happened and there is no going back.

7. Muse – I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)
The main difference between this version and the version that appears on The Resistance is that the guitar is the primary instrument here, where in the latter, the piano drives the rhythm. The piano is still there, but it has been thrust into the background. Structurally, it sounds more like an early Maroon 5 song than a Muse song, and it bears a serious, single-friendly atmosphere to it. I’d hate to say it, but it would not sound out of place in a James Bond movie. The extraordinarily crisp production value really sets it apart from anything else on the album, as most of the songs on New Moon have a vulnerable rawness to them.

8. Bon Iver & St. Vincent – Rosyln
“Roslyn” slowly emerges with muted guitars, and is another song where the vocalist almost sounds like he/she has been crying before stepping up to the microphone. The vocals are ghostly, and heavily echoed. It is a mildly sluggish, weepy track with a bit of folk energy to it, especially when the banjo accompaniment kicks in. Ultimately, it appears more like an interlude between acts, or the changing of chapters than an actual song.

9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Done All Wrong
It would seem that a common thread among most songs on this album is using an acoustic guitar as an introductive device. However, this one stands out because it sounds very determined with a hint of bitterness. It is one of those personal, introspective songs that was probably hastily written to retain its rampant emotional turmoil. It also sounds like the kind of song you would hear on a Thursday night in the backroom performance theater inside one of the countless bars in New York City’s Lower East Side. One of the standout elements is that it yields a bit of that Nick Cave sinister-ness to the vocals, as if something subversive is transpiring within the lyrics.

10. Hurricane Bells – Monsters
And now for something completely different, as the Python brigade would say. Hurricane Bells wafts over the album with some heavier rock tones, distorted guitar and a pop-ish melody. There is a distinct New Wave energy about the cut that would not sound out of place in the high school dance sequence in Sixteen Candles. There is a strong resemblance to Psychedelic Furs at moments and conveys a feeling of a person who has lost their way, struggling to find their identity in a world full of plastic people.

11. Sea Wolf – The Violet Hour
These guys sound uncannily like late 80s/early 90s The Cure – utilizing a depressive melody with withered vocals. The middle of the song strikes into a marching rhythm with a trembling dulcimer accompaniment, which gives it a progressive edge. It also smacks a bit of shoegazing. Probably with one other exception, this song puzzles me as to how the audience will react to it, because it does have such a throwback tone to it and doesn’t really resemble “now.”

12. OK Go – Shooting the Moon
OK Go rumbles in with bubbling percussion, acoustic guitar, tambourine, and softly muted vocals that remind of experimental, 1970s art rock. Eventually a Moog-like keyboard worms its way into the music, which adds to the artsy atmosphere. It is a sardonically hopeful song, as it saying, “Sure things are bad, but they can always be a lot worse.”

13. Grizzly Bear (with Victoria Legrand) – Slow Life
Feathery, tranquil acoustic guitar introduces this singer-songwriter song. It explores a strong emphasis on romance and emotional potency. It is something that I could very easily hear during the end credits, invoking strength of will and a passion that refuses to be contained.

14. Editors – No Sound but the Wind
Where Muse threw me for a loop because of its production value, this song jarred me, because of the very strong, brash vocals. It sounds like a very mature man serenading someone a couple decades his junior. It’s actually a little creepy if you think about it, recalling Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, or Rex Manning from Empire Records. Out of all of them, this song has the most difficult time meshing with the over-arcing theme.

15. Alexandre Desplat – New Moon (The Meadow)
Desplat offers a piano-driven cut – very fluid and hinting at the deep emotional distress occurring throughout the film. It sounds less like a piece of score and more like a solo recording designed for vocal accompaniment. It gives the agonized feeling of not knowing what to think, begging “why is this happening to me? When will the pain end?” It’s seriously a very powerful track. The music is structured in such a way that you can almost imagine that the piano is actually singing. It is a great way to close the album, and a very hopeful hint of what we can expect when the score is released on November 24th.

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