The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack

Those who've read my prior reviews on this subject know that I despised the "Twilight" movie with a fiery passion, but was a fan of the soundtrack. Now that they've changed directors as well as composers for "New Moon," I checked the "New Moon" soundtrack album out with some degree of eagerness. I bought it the day it came out...and I was utterly blown away.There is not one single dislikeable song on this entire album. "New Moon" is a completely new and original work of music; you cannot find the songs on this compilation anywhere else, with each song completely original and written specifically for the movie soundtrack. The artists range from the well-known to the obscure, from the folk-rock to the alternative, and the impressive range and skill of each musician is apparent from the get-go.The album kicks into a broodingly moody gear with Death Cab for Cutie's amazingly emotive "Meet Me on the Equinox," which bleeds into the slightly punky punch of "Friends" by Band of Skulls. Thom Yorke, the lead singer of alternative rock legends Radiohead, contributes his own dark electronic track "Hearing Damage," to be followed by the soft and introspective strains of "Possibility" by Lykke Li.The Killers of indie-rock fame contribute the original "A White Demon Love Song," which perfectly captures the complicated relationships between Bella, Edward and Jacob throughout the story of "New Moon." Anya Marina belts out the lovely ballad "Satellite Heart," which is followed by a slinky new remix of Muse's new single "I Belong to You." Bon Iver and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club each come in with their own folk/aternative rock songs ("Roslyn" and "Done All Wrong", respectively), each track unique and lively in their own way -- indeed, the "New Moon" soundtrack could easily have fallen into the simple category of 'teen angst music' but the overall quality of the songs and the mixing are enough to completely sidestep that bullet.Hurricane Bells lively rock anthem "Monsters" again ramps the album up from the slowness while still managing to capture the overall, ethereally brooding sense that holds this unique album together. Sea Wolf delivers a punchy folk tune in "The Violet Hour," which leads in to OK Go's new track "Shooting the Moon," a fun pop-infused folk/rock song that has a beat and a style all it's own. Grizzly Bear's darkly romantic "Slow Life" comes up next, and the final song for the album is "No Sound But the Wind" by indie/folk rock leaders the Editors, a lush and gorgeous piano ballad that carries us into the true star of this collection:The final track on this compilation, however, is the true creme de la creme of this collection -- an original score work for the movie composed by the new French composer Alexandre Desplat. Titled simply "New Moon (The Meadow)," the complex piano melodies and heartrending orchestrations perfectly illustrate everything Desplat needed to accomplish, and this particular song outshines every other song on this album. (At this point, I'm almost more excited about the score album coming out than the movie itself!)Bottom line -- whether or not the movie itself will improve on its predecessor is hard to gauge at this point, but this soundtrack is that rare kind of originality, that special kind of gem, that is hard to stumble upon this day, and yet this album managed to do it with grace. Introducing new acts, providing dazzling new material from old favorites, and mixing an album to keep it fresh while never losing the brooding cohesiveness of the project the mix is based upon is a difficult task, but "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has more than stepped up to the challenge -- it hit a solid home run.Five out of five stars.

Being a fan of the whole Saga, I could not miss out this soundtrack in the first place. The soundtrack for the Twilight movie was really one of the best ones I've heard in a long time, and being a huge film buff I've heard tons of them, believe me.As we all Twilighters know, the movie will be out in November, so I couldn't really say how will the music fit in the story. This soundtrack has a particular vibe to it, it's very different than the first one for sure. What I like most about it is the fact that Thom Yorke actually wrote a song for this album, which is absolutely amazing to have an artist in his range. The rest of the songs are pretty good, and the mood varies from very dark to happiness and love (which is kind of obvious, since we all know the story!). I must add that Muse contributed to this soundtrack with the song "I Belong To You" (which you can find on their latest album "The Resistance" but in a slightly different version with the second part sung in French), and I cannot wait to see the movie to see in which scene will we hear the song! There are some bands that have really surprised me with their song writing, because I wasn't a big fan before this album. One of such bands are The Killers. I wasn't a fan before hearing their song "A White Demon Love Song", it's very emotional and meaningful to the New Moon storyline. Also, I want to mention "Shooting The Moon" by OK Go, which is a brilliant song, especially the instrumental in the end!Even though this soundtrack has a different sound than the first one, I rate it 5 stars. It really grows on you when you listen to it more than once, it has something special and meaningful for the New Moon plot. If you're asking about the genre, I describe it as pop/rock, alternative and indie. It's a good combination, trust me.

CD and case are in great condition almost new! Plays well. Seller shipped so quickly. Great soundtrack to listen to on a rainy day. Love New Moon book and movie so having this is great 👍👍👍👍👍

I bought this cd right when it first came out and I have probably listened to it more than a hundred times since then. I'm not lying. I love the music on here and while at first a couple of the songs (specifically the last 5 or so) seemed a bit boring the first time I listened to it, they are now my favorites. I love every song on here and honestly this soundtrack is probably my favorite of all time. I usually don't like soundtracks because they are generally full of silly unoriginal songs with maybe one or two really good ones, but this soundtrack is amazing and the songs are all really unique. I bought the first twilight soundtrack though and enjoyed it so I took a chance on this one and it really paid off. I love every song and the soundtrack has actually inspired me to try listening to some of the bands on the soundtrack I hadn't ever bothered to listen to before like the Editors, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, etc. I think my two favorite songs are "White Demon Love Song" by the Killers, which I think is perfect for the movie and really sums up Bella and Edward's relationship, and "No Sound But the Wind" by the Editors. Both are amazing. Really though every song is great and I think they definitely fit with the overall tone of the movie. You should definitely buy this soundtrack, you won't be sorry.

This soundtrack is a different beast than the Twilight soundtrack...more indie and definitely darker. That being said, I really enjoy about 67% of this CD (yep, I ran the numbers). I'll quickly list the songs I'm not enjoying: Meet Me on the Equinox (I have yet to make it thru the whole song, and I've tried 4 times), Hearing Damage (REALLY don't like this one), Roslyn, Done All Wrong and The Violet Hour. The last three aren't horrible, but they just didn't click with me.Now for the ones I like.Friends and I Belong To You - the two catchiest numbers on the soundtrack; I like singing along with them. I'm enjoying the slightly different take Muse did with the latter. I didn't expect them to actually make the song a little bouncier than the version on their CD "The Resistance" so that was a surprise, and I'm very glad they kept the sax solo.Possibility - haunting; love it.White Demon Love Song - my intro to The Killers and I will definitely be listening to them more. I really like how it builds throughout; the sound just keeps getting bigger.Satellite Heart - Anya Marina has a very distinctive voice that could be annoying for some people, but the song is solid anddefinitely makes me think of Bella.Monsters - I don't know why, I just like it. I really want to see where this one ends up placed in the movie (werewolves, Volturi?)Shooting the Moon - definitely working some guitar in this one, Ok Go say this song was created around the time they were working on their newest album (out in 2010?) and that it fits into the direction they are starting to take. I'll be interested to hear that album. A bit of a "swing" to this one.Slow Life - a solid song; I especially liked the chorus. I may check out some Grizzly Bear songs.No Sound But The Wind - well after hearing the very distinctive vocal tones of the Editor's lead singer I think I will recognize their songs anywhere (already caught one on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"). Love the song, but I'm not sure where the title of this track came from. Sad, but lovely.And finally...The Meadow - I was absolutely thrilled with this track; if I hadn't already pre-ordered the score I would've after hearing this piece. THIS was what Edward should've been playing to Bella in Twilight - or something along these lines (Burwell's lullaby is a pretty piece - but NOT a soothing lullaby). Lovely and haunting piano work in this. It is the highlight of the CD to me and I am anxiously awaiting the entire score.I'm really glad to have been introduced to some new artists with this CD and I think Alexandra Patsavas did a great job pulling it together. A big thanks to Chris Weitz as well for getting Muse on this soundtrack - I hope they're on the next one also. I can see why many people prefer the first soundtrack, as the tone is a little more upbeat and the songs feel more polished. I love that CD and found some new artists on that one, too - number one being Muse, and what a fantastic find that was! This CD is a more challenging listen, but after playing it for a month I think I enjoy it almost as much and am looking forward to seeing where everything fits in the movie. I think I'll appreciate each song even more after that.Edit 11-28-09: Well, having seen where everything fits in the movie, I am VERY impressed. "Monsters" actually has to do with the hidden monsters around Forks (esp. Victoria), so that was a surprise. Even songs I don't care for really fit their scenes. But what blew me away was "Hearing Damage"! This is still not a song I'll listen to on its own, but the way it is placed in the movie is simply incredible. Like a great soundtrack song should, it highlights and emphasizes the scene it is in - so kudos to Thom Yorke, Chris Weitz and Peter Lambert (editor). Also, note that "The Meadow" is exclusive to this soundtrack like all the other songs - it is not on the score CD (which is stunning in its own right).

This is the colored limited print! Plays very well

The listing doesn’t say which variant this was going to be, so I was super happy and surprised to receive the Tiger eye variant. Overall nice pressing, sound quality is great.

I really like this CD. While I think the Twilight soundtrack is a bit better than this New Moon soundtrack, it's still definitely worth buying (especially for the price!). I really don't think you can buy it for any cheaper than this. When I first listened to this soundtrack, I was a bit dissappointed and thought some of the songs were REALLY weird (I think it's because I don't usually listen to this type of music). However at the same time I couldn't STOP listening to it! Now I do so every day, twice a day, since I got it a month ago! It seems odd, but once you listen to it once or twice and warm up to it, you realize how great the CD is! I would list the "highlight" songs...but I then I would be listing 11 of the them...so I guess you could say it's a great CD and it is definitely worth giving it a try! Even if you aren't a Twilight fan, it's still great and can be enjoyed by the biggest Twi-hards or by the most extreme anti-twilighters!

10 von 16 Liedern sind in meinen Ohren absolut genial. Das sind immerhin 63%. Drei Lieder davon habe ich unten benannt.Und es ist ja nicht so, dass der Rest Mist ist, nein.Hier ganz kurz ein Lied, das Einzige, das ich persönlich schlecht (und nervig) finde: Nr. 16 - es tut wieder weh von jennifer rostockAlle anderen Lieder sind gut.Besonders die folgenden sind der absolute Hammer:thom yorke - hearing damage (!!!! --> ich verstehe nicht, warum dieses Lied nicht überall gespielt wird bzw. bekannt ist, es ist mein absolutes Lieblingslied)lykke li - possibilityanya marina - satellite heart (!! die Stimme ist der Hammer)... und viel mehr, das sind nur die ansolut wichtigsten. Die ich persönlich 20 x am Tag hören könnte, es aber nicht tue. Ich habe Angst, dass sie mir doch irgendwann auf den Nerv gehen könnten.Kauft euch diesen Soundtrack, er ist absolut empfehlenswert.

Colección de temas incluidos en la banda sonora de " New Moon ", que incluye un pedazo de canción de Thom Yorke

やっぱり映画の内容にあわせているせいか少し寂しい感じですね。でも悪くない！

I heard as Stephenie Meyer was writing the book, she listened and picked a lot of these songs for the movie. Well I cannot stop listening to all of the songs from the saga! In fact I have began rereading the stories as I listen to these great songs.