The
New Moon soundtrack is the official music for the 2009 film
New Moon. The score for
New Moon was composed by
Alexandre Desplat while the rest of the soundtrack was chosen by music supervisor
Alexandra Patsavas, who also produced the
Twilight soundtrack.
The
New Moon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album was released on October 16, 2009
by Patsavas'
Chop Shop label, in conjunction with
Atlantic Records.
New Moon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
New Moon's soundtrack comprises songs that are all original and exclusive to the soundtrack
and are performed by various
indie rock and
alternative rock artists.
New Moon director
Chris Weitz stated that the soundtrack would feature songs from
Radiohead,
Muse, and
Band of Skulls.
Death Cab for Cutie contributed the soundtrack's lead single, a song written specifically for the film called "
Meet Me on the Equinox", which debuted September 13 during the
MTV Video Music Awards.
Bassist
Nick Harmer says, "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."
The music video for "Meet Me on the Equinox" premiered on October 7, 2009 and includes clips from the movie. The English
rock band
Muse contributed a remix of their song "
I Belong to You", which appears in its original form on their 2009 album
The Resistance.
St. Vincent collaborated with
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon to create a song called "Rosyln". When describing the song, she said, "[Justin] sings in his beautiful falsetto and I'm actually singing very, very low... I think there's something vampirey and creepy about the two of us singing together. It's a simple, stripped-down kind of song."
The soundtrack originally had a release date of October 20, 2009, but the date was moved up four days to October 16 due to "overwhelming and unprecedented demand".
Track listing
- "Monsters" (Hurricane Bells) – 3:16
- "Shooting the Moon" (OK Go) – 3:18
- "No Sound But the Wind" (Editors) – 3:48
iTunes bonus tracks
- "Die Fledermaus - Duettino: Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir" (APM Orchestra)
- "Meet Me on the Equinox" music video (Death Cab for Cutie)
- "Wandrers Nachtlied II, Op. 96, No. 3, D.768" (Ulf Bastlein) (pre-order only)
International bonus tracks
- "Sed" (No Way Out) (Spanish & Mexican)
- "Cavalier Noir" (BB Brunes) (French)
Marketing
Hot Topic locations across the United States hosted
New Moon soundtrack listening parties on the release date, October 16, where fans were able to listen to the entire soundtrack and hear special messages from the featured bands. The album's CD booklet folds out into a
New Moon poster.
International versions of the soundtrack are available in certain countries, featuring bonus tracks from "local" artists. For example,
Mexican Grammy and
Latin Grammy nominee
Ximena Sariñana is featured on
Spanish language versions of the soundtrack, with the song "Frente al Mar" ("
In front of the Sea").
Reception
Initial critical response to the New Moon
soundtrack was generally favorable. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, based on 11 reviews.Chart performance
The soundtrack debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart,
In New Zealand, it was certified Gold on October 18, 2009, selling over 7,500 copies in its first two days of release. The album debuted at number two and was certified Platinum after its first week of release, selling over 15,000 copies.
Score
The score for New Moon
was composed by Alexandre Desplat.[ He replaced Carter Burwell, who wrote the score for the previous film, ]Twilight. Weitz has a working relationship with Desplat, who scored one of his previous films, The Golden Compass''.
Track listing
- "Memories of Edward" – 1:39
- "Wolves vs. Vampire" – 4:32
