The soundtrack details for Chris Weitz’s “Twilight” sequel, “New Moon,” has been unveiled and it’s indie-tastic.
The disc, due October 20 via Chop Shop/Atlantic (“New Moon” music soundtrack supervisor Alexandra Patsavas’ label), features many rumored/partially-confirmed artists like, The Killers, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, Death Cab For Cutie (who wrote the first single) and Muse.
It’s sort of like a Now That’s What I Call Indie Music Perfect For Tweens Who Like Vampires (and that’s basically what Patsavas does well — comps for Urban Outfitters kids). The Thom Yorke song, “Hearing Damage,” is a new song recorded for the film, considering we’ve never heard that title before and so is the Bon Iver collaboration with St. Vincent (that could actually be interesting if not for the fact that it was actually written for this movie). In fact, as Stephenie Meyer writes, “all of the music is original, and exclusive to the soundtrack.” Frankly, if we were one of these bands, we’d prefer selling them an old song and be done with it rather than being that closely affiliated with “Twilight” and write a song specifically for the film, but to each his own we guess. Those indie-rock groupies don’t lay themselves.
Additional bands on the soundtrack probably earning a pretty penny to participate include OK GO, Lykke Li, Black Rebel Motorcycle and Editors. Alexandre Desplat (“Benjamin Button,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox”) composed the score.
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (its full title) hits theaters November 20. The trailer so far looks laughable and the werewolves’ special-effects look like they’re right out of “The Golden Compass,” which makes total sense because Weitz directed that too (hopefully some Coca Cola bears show up at some point.) Best of luck with this one. This new image found over at Rolling Stone is hilarious. Love this new meme.
Update: Grizzly Bear’s song on the “Twilight: New Moon” soundtrack is a duet with Beach House’s Victoria Legrand. Never has so much talent congregated in one spot for something so worthless.
“New Moon” soundtrack tracklist:
* DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE — MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX
* BAND OF SKULLS — FRIENDS
* THOM YORKE — HEARING DAMAGE
* LYKKE LI — POSSIBILITY
* THE KILLERS — A WHITE DEMON LOVE SONG
* ANYA MARINA — SATELLITE HEART
* MUSE — I BELONG TO YOU (NEW MOON)
* BON IVER & ST. VINCENT — ROSYLN
* BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB — DONE ALL WRONG
* HURRICANE BELLS — MONSTERS
* SEA WOLF — THE VIOLET HOUR
* OK GO — SHOOTING THE MOON
* GRIZZLY BEAR — SLOW LIFE
* EDITORS — NO SOUND BUT THE WIND
* ALEXANDRE DESPLAT — NEW MOON (THE MEADOW)
[StephenieMeyers]
Here’s a new single from Thom Yorke that’s not from this soundtrack called, “The Hollow Earth.”