Breaking Dawn Soundtrack
Dec. 1st, 2011 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akashiverI may not think much of the Twilight books, but the movie soundtracks have been pretty damn good so far.
My favorite overall was probably the "New Moon" soundtrack. Not only did this album serve as a wonderful collection of who-thought-this-would-work-together indie music (Band of Skulls followed by Thom Yorke? Really?) but it also seems like a great *soundtrack.* Let's face it, if you were a passive mopey chick seemingly ditched by your an immortal stalker boyfriend, *you too* would have Anya Marina's "Satellite Heart" on repeat.
Eclipse was also pretty successful, but less for collecting good stuff that was already out there and more for forcing artists like Florence + the Machine and Sia to come up with some really fabulous songs.
The Breaking Dawn soundtrack is less successful. For starters, it seems like an album aiming at the charts rather than a soundtrack: I may not have read the book, but I'll go out on a limb and say there ain't no rappin' in Twilight.
Second, this movie didn't have Howard Shore as a composer. The Carter Burwell piece is pretty good, but it makes me miss Shore's piano melodies.
Third... there are actually some good songs on here. I don't know that there are any amazing standouts, but if I had to pick one as my favorite so far, it'd be Bella Brigade's "I Didn't Mean It." And no, I have no idea how it fits in with the film. There are some other worth checking out: I mean, it's not like Iron & Wine is ever bad, and I admit "A Thousand Years" is kinda pretty... but the other soundtracks were more coherent as both soundtracks and music albums.
My favorite overall was probably the "New Moon" soundtrack. Not only did this album serve as a wonderful collection of who-thought-this-would-work-together indie music (Band of Skulls followed by Thom Yorke? Really?) but it also seems like a great *soundtrack.* Let's face it, if you were a passive mopey chick seemingly ditched by your an immortal stalker boyfriend, *you too* would have Anya Marina's "Satellite Heart" on repeat.
Eclipse was also pretty successful, but less for collecting good stuff that was already out there and more for forcing artists like Florence + the Machine and Sia to come up with some really fabulous songs.
The Breaking Dawn soundtrack is less successful. For starters, it seems like an album aiming at the charts rather than a soundtrack: I may not have read the book, but I'll go out on a limb and say there ain't no rappin' in Twilight.
Second, this movie didn't have Howard Shore as a composer. The Carter Burwell piece is pretty good, but it makes me miss Shore's piano melodies.
Third... there are actually some good songs on here. I don't know that there are any amazing standouts, but if I had to pick one as my favorite so far, it'd be Bella Brigade's "I Didn't Mean It." And no, I have no idea how it fits in with the film. There are some other worth checking out: I mean, it's not like Iron & Wine is ever bad, and I admit "A Thousand Years" is kinda pretty... but the other soundtracks were more coherent as both soundtracks and music albums.
