The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack is Nearly Perfect

Great soundtracks should take you to the opening credits of a movie. The reverberating of guitar strings or a just a lyric should have the listener picturing settings and scenes in their mind's eye. The music should embody all that a movie is, from the characters to the places to the conflicts and tension. The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack is a brilliant compilation that is dark and rich, everything that the book is and everything that the movie will hopefully be.

Death Cab for Cutie's opening single "Meet Me On the Equinox" marks the beginning of a ninteen-track voyage that parallels the emotional highs and lows of the novel. The simplistic chorus echoes the beginning chapters of New Moon where the longevity of Bella and Edward's relationship is already being questioned. Benjamin, Nicholas, Christopher and Jason put it best when they say, "Everything ends".

There is a plethora of indie talent on this album. Written and performed by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, "Hearing Damage" features a melodic voice over entrancing beats. Bella's epic emptiness after Edward leaves is echoed in "Possibility" by Lykke Li, a haunting, dark melody. Anya Marina's single 'Satellite Heart" is pure poetry and continues the despondent mood. The lyrics of the chorus are just so perfect, so right, that one cannot help but picture Bella trying to trudge along at school without Edward.

I'm a satellite heart

Lost in the dark

I'm spun out so far

You stop, I start

But I'll be true to you

If you read the acknowledgments of Meyers' books, she thanks Muse for being inspirational to her so it was a given that a track from them was going to appear. "I Belong to You" from Muse is a remix of a track from their new The Resistance album that came out September 11^th of this year. The track is likely to be compared to the instant catchiness that was "Supermassive Black Hole" but I encourage listeners to just focus on this track as a single.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, a band underrated on indie circuits, makes a notable appearance with their track "Done All Wrong". Sea Wolf's "Violet Hour" is Jacob's point of view embodied in an upbeat yet casual anthem. Editors' "No Sound But the Wind" has a rich, resounding voice with a driving piano melody that is followed up perfectly with a beautiful instrumental piece by Alexandre Desplat.

With the exception of a couple of tracks, this soundtrack can be listened to all the way through, over and over again. I would have liked to have seen some more work from Robert Pattinson but it is my understanding that he has not ruled out working on an album.

After listening to this album all the way through, I felt so obliged to pay homage to the producers that put this soundtrack together that I looked them up to give credit where credit is definitely due. So from one Twilighter, I applaud you Livia Tortella, Alexandra Patsavas, and Paul Katz. You got the book well enough to put together a great representation of its tone and depth. I cannot wait to see how this music will be used on November 20^th.