The Twilight soundtrack is the official music for the 2008 film Twilight

Twilight (2008 film)

Twilight is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based on Stephenie Meyer's popular novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series...

. The score was composed by Carter Burwell

Carter Burwell

Carter Benedict Burwell is an American composer of film scores.-Life and career:Burwell was born in New York City, the son of Natalie , a math teacher, and Charles Burwell, who founded Thaibok Fabrics, Ltd...

, with the rest of the soundtrack chosen by music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas

Alexandra Patsavas

Alexandra Patsavas is an American music supervisor who has worked on over sixty films and television series, most notably The O.C., Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl.-Early life:Patsavas was born in Chicago, Illinois...

. The album was released on November 4, 2008 by Patsavas' Chop Shop

Chop Shop Records

Chop Shop Records is a record label with a partnership under the Atlantic Records group in South Pasadena, California. The label was started by Alexandra Patsavas, who also started Chop Shop Music Supervision, which works with TV soundtracks on shows including Roswell, Boston Public, Grey's...

 label in conjunction with Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, having sold about 165,000 copies in its first week of release, 29% of which were digital downloads. Twilight: The Score was made available for digital download on November 25, 2008, and the album was released to stores on December 9, 2008.

Twilight is the best-selling theatrical movie soundtrack in the United States since Chicago

Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

Chicago: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture is a soundtrack album featuring all of the original songs of the 2002 Best Picture Academy Award-winning musical film Chicago starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C...

. Both the soundtrack and the lead single, "Decode

Decode (song)

"Decode" is a song by Paramore released as a single from the soundtrack to the film Twilight. It is also included as a bonus track on the international version of Paramore's third studio album, Brand New Eyes....

" by Paramore

Paramore

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...

, were nominated for the 2010 Grammy Awards

52nd Grammy Awards

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Neil Young was honored as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year on January 29, two days prior to the Grammy telecast. Only ten of the 109 awards were received during the broadcast...

.

Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Director Catherine Hardwicke revealed in an interview with MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 that a song by alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Muse

Muse (band)

Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...

, later revealed to be "Supermassive Black Hole", would be included on the film's soundtrack. The soundtrack includes two songs by Paramore

Paramore

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...

, a new song by Mutemath, and an original song for the film by Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...

. "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" by Iron & Wine

Iron & Wine

Samuel Beam , better known by his stage and recording name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album...

 was chosen for inclusion in the movie by star Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films including Panic Room , Zathura , In the Land of Women , The Messengers , Adventureland and The Runaways .- Early life :Stewart was born and raised in Los...

, who plays Bella Swan. The soundtrack won a 2009 American Music Award

American Music Awards of 2009

The 37th American Music Awards took place on November 22, 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The nominees were announced on October 13, 2009. For the first time in history, there was no host for the year's ceremony. Instead, various celebrities introduced the performers similar...

 for Favorite Soundtrack.

Marketing

The CD booklet on the physical CD folds out into one of four Twilight posters. Hot Topic

Hot Topic

Hot Topic is an American retail chain specializing in music and pop culture-related clothing and accessories, as well as licensed music on CD. The majority of the stores are located in regional shopping malls. The first Hot Topic store was opened in 1988 by Orv Madden, who retired as CEO in 2000...

 locations across the United States hosted exclusive Twilight soundtrack listening parties on October 24. Albums bought at Borders

Borders Group

Borders Group, Inc. was an international book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company employed approximately 19,500 throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and Waldenbooks stores....

 bookstores feature an acoustic version of Paramore's "Decode". Summit Entertainment provided a free remix of "Bella's Lullaby" through iTunes, with the purchase of a Twilight theatre ticket through online ticket services Fandango

Fandango (ticket service)

Fandango is a corporation in the United States that sells movie tickets over the telephone and Internet, enabling customers to ensure ticket availability and avoid lines at the movie theater.-Services:...

 or MovieTickets.com

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.

Standard listing

Notes

• The first song of the ending credits, Radiohead
  Radiohead
  Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
  
  's "15 Step" (3:59), was not included on the soundtrack.

iTunes digital album

A digital version of the album, available for purchase on iTunes, includes a digital booklet

Digital booklet

Digital booklets are the digital equivalent of liner notes that often accompany digital music purchases. They are most commonly distributed in Portable Document Format. One well-known distributor of digital booklets with digital purchases is the iTunes Store; the first instance of this on the...

 with artwork and images from Twilight and three bonus songs:

#	Song/Artist	Scene	Length
11	"Let Me Sign" by Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...	Edward sucks the venom from Bella's wrist.	2:20
7	"La Traviata Libiamo ne' lieti calici Libiamo ne'lieti calici is the most famous duet from Verdi's La traviata, one of the most well known fragments of opera around the world, and an obligatory performance for any great tenor. The song is categorised as a Brindisi, which encourages alcoholic drinking... " by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...	Edward takes Bella to the Cullens' house for the first time.	3:05
8	"Clair de Lune" by The APM Orchestra	Edward and Bella listening to the song in his room.	5:58

Deluxe edition CD/DVD

A deluxe CD/DVD version of the album includes five additional tracks:

1. "Love Is Worth the Fall" (O.A.R.
   Of a Revolution
   O.A.R. is an American rock band composed of Marc Roberge , Chris Culos , Richard On , Benj Gershman , and Jerry DePizzo...
   
   ) – 3:38
2. "Decode" (Acoustic version) (Paramore
   Paramore
   Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...
   
   ) – 4:27
3. "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" (Live) (Iron & Wine
   Iron & Wine
   Samuel Beam , better known by his stage and recording name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album...
   
   ) – 4:13
4. "Spotlight" (Son Lux Remix) (Mutemath) – 3:27
5. "Full Moon" (Appleblim & Komonazmuk Remix) (The Black Ghosts
   The Black Ghosts
   The Black Ghosts are a United Kingdom-based electronic music duo composed of Theo Keating and Simon William Lord, formed in 2006. They are currently signed to Southern Fried Records in the UK and IAMSOUND Records in North America. Keating and Lord had previously been in the bands The Wiseguys and...
   
   ) – 4:53

Singles

• "Decode" by Paramore
  Paramore
  Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...
  
   was the first single released from the soundtrack. It premiered on Paramore's fan club site and Stephenie Meyer's
  Stephenie Meyer
  Stephenie Meyer is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally, with translations into 37 different languages...
  
   official website on October 1, 2008. The music video for "Decode" premiered on November 3. The song was certified Platinum in the U.S on February 16, 2010, selling over 1,000,000 copies. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010 for Best Song Written for a Movie.
• "Go All the Way (Into the Twilight)" by Perry Farrell was the second single released from the soundtrack. It premiered on Meyer's website on October 23, 2008.

Chart performance

The Twilight soundtrack debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, selling 165,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Twilight is the first soundtrack to hit #1 in advance of its film's release since the 8 Mile

8 Mile (film)

8 Mile is a 2002 American hip-hop drama film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, and Kim Basinger....

 soundtrack

8 Mile (soundtrack)

-Album:-Singles:-Certifications:...

 in 2002. The album was certified double platinum on April 16, 2009. After a re-release of the album in a "Deluxe Edition" in March, 2009, it climbed from #14 to #3 on the Billboard 200, selling 74,000 copies. As of October 2009, the soundtrack has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide and has remained on the Billboard 200 for 48 consecutive weeks.

The soundtrack peaked at number one in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 on February 9, 2009 and has been certified platinum, selling over 15,000 copies. The album has been certified gold in Mexico

Mexico

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, selling over 50,000 copies.

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1
Argentine Albums Chart	5
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums	1
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	4
Mexican AMPROFON AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico...  Albums Chart	5
Mexican Top 20 International Albums Chart	2
Australian ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...  Albums Chart	2
New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...  Albums Chart	1
French Top 200 Albums Chart	4
German Top 100 Albums Chart	6
Greek Top 50 Albums Chart	1
Italian FIMI Compilations Chart	3
Swiss Top 100 Albums Chart	12
Austrian Top 75 Albums Chart	4
Finnish Top 40 Albums Chart	14
Spanish PROMUSICAE PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...  Albums Chart	28
UK Compilation Album Chart	9

Certifications

Country	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Germany Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	Platinum
Mexico AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico...	Gold
Poland	Gold
US Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...	2× Platinum

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Rank
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	15
Swiss Albums Chart	35
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	4

Score

Carter Burwell composed and orchestrated the score for Twilight over a 9–10 week period, and it was recorded and mixed in about 2 weeks in late September 2008. He began the score with a "Love Theme" for Bella and Edward's relationship, a variation of which became "Bella's Lullaby" that Robert Pattinson plays in the film and that is included on the Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The original theme is featured throughout the film, and serves to "play the romance that drives the story". Another theme Burwell composed was a "Predator Theme", which opens the film, and is intended to play Edward's vampire nature. Other themes include a bass-line, drum beat and distorted guitar sound for the nomadic vampires, and a melody for the Cullen family. Twilight: The Score was released digitally on November 25, 2008 and in stores on December 9.. The score album had sold 218,000 copies in the United States as of June 2010.

Track listing

1. "How I Would Die" – 1:53
2. "Who Are They?" – 3:26
3. "Treaty" – 1:58
4. "Phascination Phase" – 2:04
5. "Humans Are Predators Too" – 2:04
6. "I Dreamt of Edward" – 1:06
7. "I Know What You Are" – 2:37
8. "The Most Dangerous Predator" – 2:22
9. "The Skin of a Killer" – 2:58
10. "The Lion Fell in Love with the Lamb" – 3:10
11. "Complications" – 1:11
12. "Dinner with His Family" – 0:38
13. "I Would Be the Meal" – 1:24
14. "Bella's Lullaby" – 2:18
15. "Nomads" – 3:51
16. "Stuck Here Like Mom" – 1:40
17. "Bella Is Part of the Family" – 1:24
18. "Tracking" – 2:19
19. "In Place of Someone You Love" – 1:45
20. "Showdown in the Ballet Studio" – 4:50
21. "Edward at Her Bed" – 1:05

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	65
Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	52

External links

• Official Twilight soundtrack website