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Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  | 
| Manufacturer: Chop Shop/Atlantic
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $8.99
Rating:  272 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Genre: soundtracks
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B001JOIEZ4
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Twilight Soundtrack November 4, 2008
A. J. Vice (Plano, TX)
80 out of 133 found this review helpful
This is the perfect soundtrack to appeal to the fans of Twilight. Its vapid and pumped full of mediocre tracks by mediocre bands that are force-fed to the youth of America, who would sooner take MTV's word for it than go out in search of their own musical identity. Of course, writing a review like this is an exercise in futility, as fans of Twilight are exactly the kind of people who would sooner be force-fed opinions than take a chance and form one of their own, so I'm more than ready for some fallout from this review. But what can I say, I do love a good exercise in futility, and what needs be said needs be said. Other than the inclusion of Iron and Wine's sublime "Flightless Bird, American Mouth," this soundtrack is chock full of cookie cutter rock and roll tripe. Honestly though, that's an insult to tasty tripe everywhere. Paramore? Muse? Linkin Park? Collective Soul? This soundtrack could be Now That's What I Call Music #2485 for all the soulless garbage clogging up the silicon disc, which honestly deserves a much better fate than housing eleven garbage tracks and one inexplicably present gem. I know that nothing I say will stop people from loving cut-and-paste teen trash like Twilight and the related films, soundtracks, and feminine hygiene products (just you wait for it), but I'm at least going to urge: please, people, think for yourselves, and don't buy into what Hollywood wants you to think is good music. This soundtrack gets 1/10, and that's only because "Flightless Bird..." is such an excellent track.
 Didn't grab me. November 5, 2008
Nicole Wagner (Lincoln, CA)
72 out of 86 found this review helpful
Driving techno and peppy beats wasn't what I expected for Bella and Edward. Somehow it doesn't fit my perception of their love story or the cadence of a dreary green landscape. I don't think it needed to be depressing but this is a bit grating for my ears. Even the lullaby (the only reason why I bought the album) sounds like overly produced scales-- Definitely not something a man in love would compose for the woman who makes him feel everything that he once believed dead. I doubt Edward was surrounded by an orchestra when he plays this for her and the song barely has any emotional impact when played by piano alone.
Robert Pattinson's song was moody and underproduced. I loved it. Iron & Wine was pretty. Linkin Park song almost sets the right mood but fails. Blue Foundation works well for me. Paramore barely gets a nod for me because Evanescence does moody and tortured better.
I think I will buy the movie score (if that is released) to get what I was looking for. This soundtrack is meant to appeal to the masses.
If you are buying the CD for any inserts...don't bother. Nothing but a tiny poster.
All of the songs were good in their own right but the tenor of the music wasn't what I was hoping to experience. Buying this CD for the music without regard to the Twilight story and your gonna love it.
A good example of the music-movie relationship (although the movie was awful) was Queen of the Damned. The sound track set you up for the movie experience. Another was Garden State, great music that fit movie the characters moods.
Not Exactly What I Envisioned, But Not Bad November 10, 2008
A. Laurence
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
I devoured the four Twilight books and grabbed the soundtrack the day it came out in anticipation of the upcoming movie. I found the collection of rock tracks to be a lot darker and angsty than I was hoping for. Good songs, but just harder and angrier. Yes, its a vampire movie and there is action, but I also expected there to be softer pieces more along the lines of Rob Pattinson's song. This is a love story before anything else. I didn't get that feeling at all from the CD. The more I listen, the more I like the music, but I think I'll have to see how its used in the movie before I can make a final judgement.
I do have to agree with other reviewers that the biggest disappointment was Bella's Lullaby. This superorchestrated piece of music is beautiful but nothing like its described in the book. The version of "A River Flows in You" by Yiruma that has been circulating on the web is a beautiful and much more appropriate song that I wish could've been included instead.
I'm hoping the original score released in December will have the moody instrumental music I'm looking for.
(UPDATE: I have seen the movie and I think the music works, surprisingly. The songs have also grown on me quite a bit, so I'd add a star to my review if I could figure out how.)
Interesting, but could have been much better. November 6, 2008
DCross (Northwest)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
To say I had high hopes is an understatement. When I read Twilight I thought of dreary rainy Forks and Bella being kind of an outcast.
The music however, is electronic pop/alt. rock. Some interesting song choices, and I thought Linkin Park fit in perfect with my image of Bella's story. But the rest of the soundtrack just leaves me a little lost.
Paramore's "Decode" was pretty good, but the second song not so much.
Pattinson's song was terrible. Beautiful guitar work but good lord this song was mumbled and left a lot to be desired.
I know a lot of people have complained about Bella's song, and I have to agree. Its a beautiful song...just not for Bella. Edward wrote a PIANO piece. Not a huge instrumental featuring violins as a key. A simple (yet complicated) piece that he'd perfected with time and was supposed to show Bella how much he felt for her. But it just started...and ended. I don't really want to listen to it again.
Iron & Wine (never heard of 'em) was good, but the song was a little misplaced.
I'm finding myself hoping that most of these songs will be background music during the movie, because it'll probably take me completely out of the experience.
Here's to hoping the score will be better...but this time I think I'll wait and preview it BEFORE placing a preorder.
 This is an excellent soundtrack November 4, 2008
Robert G Yokoyama (Mililani, Hawaii)
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
The best songs on this soundtrack are the two tracks by Paramore. These songs rock. Lead singer Hayley Williams provides excellent vocals on the songs "Decode" and "I Caught Myself". "Supermassive Black Hole" is another song that is very good. The singer of this band has an unusually high voice, but it sounds cool. "Tremble For My Beloved" is a great tune from Collective Soul. This is a beautiful love song and one of my favorites. I love the violin playing on the track "Full Moon". "Flightless Bird" is a slow but prettty song by Iron and Wine. "Eyes on Fire" is yet another slow song. This song has a sensual quality that I like though. "Leave Out All The Rest" by Linkin Park is another one of my favorites. This song is sad but very romantic. I will conclude this review with Bella's theme. The piano playing gives me chicken skin. It is absolutely lovely. I really like the music on this soundtrack. I can't wait to see the movie.
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