Stephenie Wanted Blue October

As most of you reading this know I am a little obsessed with Blue October. The fact that they are a part of the world of the Twilight Saga (as one of Stephenie's musical inspirations) makes me amazingly happy. Also most of you would agree that BO's music is probably most associated the feelings and some scenes in New Moon (Hate Me, Into the Ocean). AND Stephenie & Justin Furstenfeld (lead singer & songwriter for BO) toured together talking about the influence of music on her writing!

The thing is Blue is noticeably absent from the New Moon Soundtrack.

I am pleased to find out that Stephenie wanted them there, too. We are not sure if they were asked and declined or not approached at all. LOL Somehow thinking it was Blue's choice not be on the Soundtrack makes me feel all better.

Here's a Q&A from her site...

Hi Stephenie, I know that your writing is inspired a lot by the music you listen to, so my question is how much say did you have in the music that was picked for the movie/soundtrack? Thank you! - Marci P.

Not a ton. I had a short wish list, and I got one wish out of the four, and that's really a lot when you think about it. My answered wish: a Muse song. My wishes that were not granted: a Blue October song, a Marjorie Fair song, and a Motion City Soundtrack song. All of these artists were a big part of the New Moon writing process for me, and I would have liked to see them included, but in the end, the soundtrack is truly amazing, so I don't have any complaints.

New Moon Soundtrack: Monsters by Hurricane Bells

There have been a lot of news reports, articles, interviews, etc with the artists on the New Moon Soundtrack; too much for me to report it all here. However, I am going to post this for two reasons 1) It discusses how the music works into the movie, which is very interesting to me and 2) Becky & I saw Longwave perform as the opening act for Blue October back in May (the lead singer from Longwave is Hurricane Bells). Funny story...After the concert, the lead singer, Steve Schiltz spend a lot of time outside in the area where the fans were waiting for Justin & the boys from Blue October to come out. He was loading their equipment and stuff into a trailer parked in front of the theatre....right where Blue October's bus was going to park. Needless to say, Becky & I were not his biggest fans as it approached 12:30 am and he was still lingering around blocking the parking spot LOL. Now here he is on the New Moon soundtrack!! It's a small world. Just in case anyone is wondering, he did eventually leave and the Blue October Bus parked there, and YES we did get to meet and get autographs from Blue October.

Ok thanks for indulging me, check out the article Hurricane Bells: The little band that could

New Moon Soundtrack

Sorry I'm a day late on posting this, work has kept me busy :-(

GREAT NEWS!! The New Moon Soundtrack is being released early! Instead of waiting for Tuesday the 20th , you can pick up your copy on Friday, October 16. I am pretty darn happy about that!

You can listen to the soundtrack at various places on the web now. I am waiting for my iTunes download before I listen to it, with the exception of the 2 songs already available on iTunes (Satellite Heart & Meet Me On the Equinox). I am loving those 2.

So far the reviews have been really good. Lots of critics were surprised to find how much they enjoyed it.

Have you listened to it yet?? What do you think of it?

Meet Me On The Equinox Video

MTV debuted the video for Death Cab For Cutie's Meet Me On The Equinox (from the New Moon Soundtrack) tonight. It's a great song, very fitting, and a good video which reveals some new clips from the MOVIE!!!!

Here's the video (a short intro may play before it), I happen to LOVE it! I will be posting some screen caps shortly.

Death Cab For Cutie - New Music - More Music Videos

New Moon Soundtrack Available for iTunes Pre-Order

I have been waiting for this day!! I keep checking iTunes and finally it's time!

From NewMoonTheSoundtrack.com...

The iTunes preorder for The Twilight Saga: New Moon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack launched today with 4 exclusive bonus songs, including an original song from Lupe Fiasco entitled ‘Solar Midnite.’ As with all the songs on the soundtrack, these bonus songs will be heard in the The Twilight Saga: New Moon
movie and are previously unreleased.

In addition, by preordering the soundtrack through iTunes now, you can immediately download Anya Marina’s ‘Satellite Heart.’ The song debuted yesterday exclusively through MySpace, and you can listen to it at www.myspace.com/anyamarina.

Click here to preorder the album through iTunes now! The soundtrack will be in
stores on 10.20.09.

I will be pre-ordering it tonight!!

Preview a New Moon Soundtrack Song

Listen to Satellite Heart by Anya Marina. I like it and think it suits the mood of New Moon really well.

Meet Me on The Equinox

This is old news but I'm not sure that I ever reported it :-)

Listen to Death Cab for Cutie's New Moon Soundtrack contribution, Meet Me on the Equinox.

MTV Breaks Down The New Moon Soundtrack Artists

Unfamiliar with the artists slated for the New Moon Soundtrack? MTV has broken it down very nicely for us, read the article here.

New Moon Soundtrack Track List Revealed

This just in from Twilighters Anonymous!!

Alexandra Patsavas, music supervisor for the compilation, explains “This is a much more somber movie than ‘Twilight.’ There is a lot of love lost, so the artists that make up the soundtrack reflect that longing — a lot of acoustic instruments, a lot of a cappella singing. This soundtrack definitely feels a bit more indie than the last one.”

NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK TRACK LIST

1. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX

2. BAND OF SKULLS - FRIENDS

3. THOM YORKE - HEARING DAMAGE

4. LYKKE LI - POSSIBILITY

5. THE KILLERS - A WHITE DEMON LOVE SONG

6. ANYA MARINA - SATELLITE HEART

7. MUSE - I BELONG TO YOU (NEW MOON)

8. BON IVER & ST. VINCENT - ROSYLN

9. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - DONE ALL WRONG

10. HURRICANE BELLS - MONSTERS

11. SEA WOLF - THE VIOLET HOUR

12. OK GO - SHOOTING THE MOON

13. GRIZZLY BEAR - SLOW LIFE

14. EDITORS – NO SOUND BUT THE WIND

15. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – NEW MOON (THE MEADOW)

Looking forward to hearing all of the songs!

New Moon Soundtrack News

NewMoonTheSoundtrack.com has made pre-sale information available. Check it out here.

There are several 'bundles' available ranging in price from $9.99 to $499.99 - that's right $499.99!! (I'm still waiting to see what iTunes has to offer)

A Closer Look At The New Moon Soundtrack Lead Single

According to MTV... (my note here, I love Follow You Into the Dark by DCFC which is on Stephenie's New Moon playlist and look forward to hearing this song)

Death Cab for Cutie's contribution to the "New Moon" soundtrack, "Meet Me
on the Equinox," will premiere on MTV.com on September 13, the day of the Video Music Awards.

In an exclusive interview with MTV News, DCFC bassist Nick Harmer talked about the song — which will be the lead single from the second film in the "Twilight" series — and the mysterious way it ended up on the most-anticipated soundtrack of the year.

"We didn't expect it would be chosen for the first single — we were thinking it would be a part of the soundtrack, maybe," Harmer laughed. "I have no idea if ['Twilight' author] Stephenie Meyer approved it or what. It's been an exciting process, because we've been so removed from it. We were in L.A. for a week and we went into the studio and wrote and recorded the song and submitted it. We didn't know where anything stood, and then we just got a call last week like, 'Guess what — your song has been chosen as the first single.' "

Harmer is the first to admit that Death Cab and "Twilight" seem like an unusual pairing (only guitarist/producer Chris Walla has read the entire series), but upon closer inspection, they actually have plenty in common: most of which has to do with geography and, of course, matters of the heart.

"The big connection for us is 'Here's a wildly popular book series about vampires — which are awesome — set in the Northwest,' and we happen to be from the Northwest as well, so there's this sort of hometown pride kind of thing going on," Harmer said. "I'm kind of happy that Stephenie Meyer put Forks, Washington, on the map for the entire globe.

"I think that a lot of our songs in general concern a lot of the things the main characters in the books are going through: There's a lot of stuff about relationships beginning and ending, and the questioning that happens around being in love and falling out of love," he continued. "That's a comfort zone for us, so a lot of the lyrical content [frontman] Ben [Gibbard] writes also happens to line up with what the characters are going through in the film. Basically the 'Twilight' series is about love, and that's a major theme for us. So, it wasn't difficult for us at all."

As for the song itself, Harmer describes it as "pretty dark and brooding, lyrically," and though it was written specifically for the "New Moon" film, don't expect it to vary much from the Death Cab formula.

"I'm pretty sure Ben didn't try to write a song from the perspective of one of the characters from the novel. The emotional stuff is what he homed in on, because that's what we do," he said. "It's an uptempo song ... it fits right into the Death Cab canon. The lyrics are darker and brooding, the music is a little more up. I don't know if it's a rock song ... when you hear it, you'll think, 'Yep, that's a Death Cab song.' "

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will take place September 13 at 9 p.m. ET. Additional celebrity presenters and performers will be announced in the coming weeks. To be the first to find out the inside scoop, follow the Inside MTV Twitter account at Twitter.com/InsideMTV.

Lots of New Stuff

LaineyGossip update on Eclipse filming (she is snarky, love her shower curtain comment, and not a fan of Twilight but I enjoy her and she gives good info)

The main stars have been hard at work this week. David Slade tweeted on Monday that he shot with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and I can tell you exclusively that Kristen has also been working with Taylor Lautner this week. “Bella” goes on a piggyback run with “Jacob” and they run through the forest. She also drops blood everywhere, and at some point she punches him in the face after he kisses her. And for the Twi-Hards, Slade’s Tweet referred to scenes between Stewart and Pattinson that took place in the “meadow”. My source tell me that they talk about getting married, they roll around a little, and they agree on a wedding date. Now go make out with your Edward Cullen shower curtain.

StephenieMeyer.com made an announcment today about the New Moon Soundtrack.....

I just received the following announcement from Atlantic Records (the record label that produced the Twilight Soundtrack):
The first single has officially been confirmed for the New Moon Soundtrack! Death Cab for Cutie has written an exclusive song for the movie entitled 'Meet Me On the Equinox.' Below is a statement from the band about the song:

"We are very excited to be a part of this amazing series of novels set in our own backyard. It just seemed a perfect synergy that a band from the Northwest would create a song for a series of novels set in the Northwest. We wrote 'Meet Me On the Equinox' to reflect the celestial themes and motifs that run throughout the Twilight series and we wanted to capture that desperate feeling of endings and beginnings that so strongly affect the main characters. This song marks the first attempt that Death Cab for Cutie has ever made at contributing new, unreleased material for afilm and we are proud to be a part of the Twilight legacy." — Nick Harmer / Death Cab forCutie

Additionally, we have the exclusive premiere of the soundtrack album cover below! The soundtrack will be in stores on October 20th, 2009, stay tuned for more information! You can pre-order the New Moon Soundtrack now, and we will be posting more artist information as it becomes available. And, if you need some ideas for things to purchase to qualify for free shipping (over $25), I would suggest the Breaking Dawn Special Edition and the Eclipse paperback, which both went on-sale this month.

Have a great day!

Volturi pics and info coming as soon as I can get to them...

HitFlix Gets Soundtrack Info from Chris Weitz

Director Chris Weitz has confirmed to HitFix.com that Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Bon Iver will be contributing all-new tracks to the film "Twilight Saga: New Moon."

"I selfishly want to put songs in by artists I love. And some the cast and crew also happen to love," says Weitz. "I think [Bon Iver] is fantastic. He says he wrote it for the film, but who ever knows if it might just be something laying around in his cupboard."

Weitz mentioned that he will be listening to Yorke's new track tomorrow (July 24) and "unless it's sounds of him belching, I think I'll put it in."

The comments came during the "Twilight" sequel cast and crew interviews at Comic-Con in San Diego, the multi-day fest at the Convention Center.

British rock group Band Of Skulls -- who have lately been opening for Spinnerette -- will also be included and Weitz still is "hoping to get Kings Of Leon."

As previously reported, Alexandre Desplat will be scoring the film, the sounds of which Weitz describes as "lush. That's how I wanted the cinematography to be."

New Moon Soundtrack & Movie Clips

In the LA Times Interview released last week New Moon director Chris Weitz was discussing the pressure he is under right now and what's at stake. I didn't notice that they say he included the name of 3 bands that will be on the New Moon Movie Soundtrack! (Thanks Becky for the tip) and again discussed the scenes that will be showed at ComicCon. Check it out...

.....Driving home from a day of post-production, Weitz says he understands what's at stake. There are 450 visual effects shots to complete, in addition to the score and the movie's soundtrack, which he says will feature songs from Radiohead, Muse and Band of Skulls, among others. But the sequences he's readying for the event -- one, an action scene that will feature some of those effects, the other, a love scene sure to elicit hysteria from the crowd -- will be done in time.....

Muse was on almost all of Stephenie's playlists for books, so they are certainly no surprise; Radiohead was on the Twilight playlist with Creep (love that song) and Band of Skulls is not on any of her playlists. I listened to a few Band of Skulls songs and they sound pretty good.

As for the two scenes that will be shown at ComicCon...."a love scene sure to elicit hysteria from the crowd" This has me really excited! Can Not wait to see what they will be showing!

HitFlix Exclusive: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Director Chris Weitz reveals all

HitFlix has posted a really great interview with Chris Weitz, director of New Moon. It's very long but absolutely worth reading.

Some highlights for me are him confirming the proposal WILL be part of the film, maybe it'll play out a bit differently than in the book, but it will be there; talking about the music (score and soundtrack) and oh heck, there are too many things for me to mention.

Check it out here.

UNofficial New Moon Score?!

This is an odd one. Someone has composed and recorded an UNofficial New Moon Score and is selling it on Amazon and iTunes. The artist is listed as Midnight Sun (Twilight Inspired Artist). The song titles are fun and sound about right for the score.... It's Your Birthday Bella, Papercut, Riding on Motorcylces with Werewolves, Something's Wrong With Jacob... just to name a few. I have listened to a little bit of it and I actually kinda like it. But still pretty weird, right?

Check it out here

New Moon Sountrack Available for Pre-Order!

Amazon has announced the Pre-Sale of the New Moon Sountrack and is saying that it will be released on October 6 (hmm a great birthday present for my sister who just happens to have a birthday on October 6!)

No word on exactly what songs or artists will appear on the soundtrack, but at least we have a release date!!

A Bunch of Stuff

We've been pretty slow on Twilight Saga News lately. While we are in post-production on New Moon and most likely pre-production on Eclipse our favorite actors are either taking well deserved breaks or working on other projects. I have basically chosen not to publish all the news/drama related to the actors here and stick primarily to Twilight news. (Notice I say primarily, leaving the door open just a little bit).

BREAKING DAWN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT??

A while back in an interview Rob mentioned that Breaking Dawn was going to be made into a movie, however there was no confirmation from Summit. Now it's Ashley Green's turn. The press has been hounding her about the rumored Rob/Kristen off-screen relationship (which btw I think is pretty crappy of them to keep asking her about). In one response, she made a comment which indicates that she is under the impression there will be a fourth movie. Still there is no official comment by Summit.

EDWARD'S BIRTHDAY

Our beloved vampire will be celebrating a birthday on Saturday! Anybody remember just how old he will be turning??

NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK

We still have NO official news on who will be serenading us on the New Moon Soundtrack. Reports continue to pop up claiming everyone from Kelly Clarkson to the Jonas Brothers to Jackson Rathbone's 100 Monkeys. I am really starting to get curious!! If I remember correctly Catherine gave the first hint about the Twilight Soundtrack last year at Comic Con, when she hinted about Rob being on there.

TWITTER

If you are on Twitter you can find several Twilight cast members there and a few of them are running contests to gain more followers. Peter Facinelli has a bet going on and really needs to get a lot more followers by Friday midnight, Gil Birmingham is recruiting, Billy Burke wants to poll you about Charlie's mustache and Rachelle Lefevre is going to donate to charity for every 10,000 followers she gets. Check 'em out and give them a hand!

OH YEAH ONE MORE THING

Let's leave this post on a beautiful note. People is releasing it's "Most Eligible Bachelors" edition. Kellan Lutz (Emmett) comes in at #5 (pictured at at Wild West Photo Shoot with one of his 90210 cast mates).

Robert Pattinson (Edward) lands at #10. I am guessing the fact that Rob is stalked, attacked and basically harassed whenever he walks out in public could affect his eligibility ranking - I mean who would want to date someone like that? LOL (I am of course being sarcastic!) This picture of Rob just made me die a little bit.