Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

iTunes Review

Back in the ‘80's young vampires had it pretty good when it came to identifying with music. England provided tunes in spades with the likes of Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Dead Can Dance, and of course there was no band better for flipping dyed-black bangs out of one's eyes than The Cure. Moving forward, the outstanding 2008 soundtrack to Twilight proved that in the 21st century there is indeed a viable music market for pubescent bloodsuckers in love. The opening "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse shows that just because you're dark and melancholic doesn't mean that you can't be stylishly funky. But it's the Black Ghosts who truly set the tone with the hip and haunting "Full Moon," a folky strum-n-bass number overflowing with elegant sweeping cellos and violas. And although Linkin Park's melodramatic "Leave Out All the Rest" and Paramore's overly emotive "I Caught Myself" might be better suited for One Tree Hill, Perry Farrell and Collective Soul's infectious contributions remind us that vampires like dancing too. Iron & Wine's "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" is easily the prettiest song here.