Twilight (soundtrack)

Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Director Catherine Hardwicke revealed in an interview with MTV that a song by alternative rock band Muse, later revealed to be "Supermassive Black Hole", would be included on the film's soundtrack. The soundtrack includes two songs by Paramore, a new song by Mutemath, and an original song for the film by Perry Farrell. "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" by Iron & Wine was chosen for inclusion in the movie by star Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella Swan. The soundtrack won a 2009 American Music Award for Favorite Soundtrack.

Marketing

The CD booklet on the physical CD folds out into one of four Twilight posters. Hot Topic locations across the United States hosted exclusive Twilight soundtrack listening parties on October 24. Albums bought at Borders bookstores feature an acoustic version of Paramore's "Decode". Summit Entertainment provided a free remix of "Bella's Lullaby" through iTunes, with the purchase of a Twilight theatre ticket through online ticket services Fandango or MovieTickets.com.

Standard listing

iTunes digital album

A digital version of the album, available for purchase on iTunes, includes a digital booklet with artwork and images from Twilight and three bonus songs:

Deluxe edition CD/DVD

A deluxe CD/DVD version of the album includes five additional tracks:

1. "Love Is Worth the Fall" (O.A.R.) – 3:38
2. "Decode" (Acoustic version) (Paramore) – 4:27
3. "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" (Live) (Iron & Wine) – 4:13
4. "Spotlight" (Son Lux Remix) (Mutemath) – 3:27
5. "Full Moon" (Appleblim & Komonazmuk Remix) (The Black Ghosts) – 4:53

Singles

Chart performance

The Twilight soundtrack debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 165,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Twilight is the first soundtrack to hit #1 in advance of its film's release since the 8 Mile soundtrack in 2002. The album was certified double platinum on April 16, 2009. After a re-release of the album in a "Deluxe Edition" in March, 2009, it climbed from #14 to #3 on the Billboard 200, selling 74,000 copies. It remained on the Billboard 200 for 48 consecutive weeks. As of April 2014, the album has sold 2,807,000 copies in the US.

The soundtrack peaked at number one in New Zealand on February 9, 2009 and has been certified platinum, selling over 15,000 copies. The album has been certified gold in Mexico, selling over 50,000 copies. The soundtrack has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.

Score

Carter Burwell composed and orchestrated the score for Twilight over a 9–10 week period, and it was recorded and mixed in about 2 weeks in late September 2008. He began the score with a "Love Theme" for Bella and Edward's relationship, a variation of which became "Bella's Lullaby" that Robert Pattinson plays in the film and that is included on the Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The original theme is featured throughout the film, and serves to "play the romance that drives the story". Another theme Burwell composed was a "Predator Theme", which opens the film, and is intended to play Edward's vampire nature. Other themes include a bass-line, drum beat and distorted guitar sound for the nomadic vampires, and a melody for the Cullen family. Twilight: The Score was released digitally on November 25, 2008 and in stores on December 9. The score album had sold 218,000 copies in the United States as of June 2010.

Track listing

1. "How I Would Die" – 1:53
2. "Who Are They?" – 3:26
3. "Treaty" – 1:58
4. "Phascination Phase" – 2:04
5. "Humans Are Predators Too" – 2:04
6. "I Dreamt of Edward" – 1:06
7. "I Know What You Are" – 2:37
8. "The Most Dangerous Predator" – 2:22
9. "The Skin of a Killer" – 2:58
10. "The Lion Fell in Love with the Lamb" – 3:10
11. "Complications" – 1:11
12. "Dinner with His Family" – 0:38
13. "I Would Be the Meal" – 1:24
14. "Bella's Lullaby" – 2:18
15. "Nomads" – 3:51
16. "Stuck Here Like Mom" – 1:40
17. "Bella Is Part of the Family" – 1:24
18. "Tracking" – 2:19
19. "In Place of Someone You Love" – 1:45
20. "Showdown in the Ballet Studio" – 4:50
21. "Edward at Her Bed" – 1:05