Track Listing

1. Eclipse (All Yours) - Metric
2. Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) - Muse
3. Ours - The Bravery
4. Heavy In Your Arms - Florence + The Machine
5. My Love - Sia
6. Atlas - Fanfarlo
7. Chop And Change - The Black Keys
8. Rolling In On A Burning Tire - The Dead Weather
9. Let’s Get Lost - Beck and Bat For Lashes
10. Jonathan Low - Vampire Weekend
11. With You In My Head (feat The Black Angels) - UNKLE
12. A Million Miles An Hour - Eastern Conference Champions
13. Life On Earth - Band of Horses
14. What Part Of Forever - Cee-Lo
15. Jacob’s Theme- Howard Shore
16. Battles – The Line (Soundtrack Bonus Version)
17. Bombay Bicycle Club – How Can You Swallow so Much Sleep (Soundtrack Bonus Version)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #234 in Music
• Released on: 2010-06-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Soundtrack, Deluxe Edition
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Review
With a line-up including Beck with Bat For Lashes, Muse, Metric, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend and Band of Horses, it's obvious that the third soundtrack compilation in the Twilight series of films is aimed at a more mature audience than that of the movie itself. The cinematic saga and its parent novels are of huge appeal to the teenage market; but its tale of human-vampire romance does seem to connect exclusively with those yet to fly the nest.

So the powers that be behind these accompanying albums deserve applause for courting a demographic which otherwise would probably not engage with Twilight in the slightest, unless required to accompany underage progeny to the cinema–the first two films were certified 12A, undoubtedly to the chagrin of innumerable rather-be-elsewhere parents. The cynical will comment that it's merely a method of extracting income from a different market sector–but much like the last instalment, New Moon, there's the feeling that consideration beyond the usual call of duty went into the assembling of this 15-track end product (expanded with material from Battles and Bombay Bicycle Club if purchased in its deluxe edition). 

As they did for New Moon, Muse contribute an exclusive number. Unlike last time around, though, this effort is woefully substandard compared to the band's very best. Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) is every second as terrible as its title, an undercooked-yet-overblown offering finding Matt Bellamy substituting playful sci-fi psychobabble for lyricism of a sickly saccharine slant. It's evidence anew, if any was needed, that Muse are only good when they sound like they're laughing at themselves; with faces straight, they're an awful emo-era Queen. Far better is Sia's My Love, which tackles matters of the heart with a porcelain-delicate beauty that should further anticipation for the Australian singer's forthcoming fourth studio album, We Are Born. 

Let's Get Lost, the Beck and Bat For Lashes collaboration, finds the pair exchanging spectral verses atop beats echoed into luscious layers reminiscent of the Cocteau Twins and The Knife. It doesn't do a great deal across four minutes, but every subtle shift is orchestrated excellently. Academy Award-winning Canadian composer Howard Shore closes the set with the one instrumental included, Jacob's Theme. It acts as both a preview of the score proper and a fine climax to a collection that continues the Twilight series' commendable commitment to a beyond-the-expected cast of artists.

--Mike Diver

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CD Description
Deluxe edition of the official soundtrack for Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third film in the popular vampire franchise. This album features contributions from Beck with Bat For Lashes, Muse, Metric, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, as well as bonus tracks "The Line" by Battles and "How Can You Swallow so Much Sleep" by Bombay Bicycle Club.

Customer Reviews

All my love
The best thing you can say about any movie's soundtrack is that it can stand on its own, and that no matter what you think of the movie, the soundtrack is chock full of amazing music.

And the soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is one of those. Whether you love or hate the teen-vampire-infatuation series, it's undeniable that the soundtrack has some excellent (if less indie than the last one) bands -- expansive rock'n'roll and lush echoing pop, some of it well-known (Muse, Vampire Weekend) and some relative obscure (Florence and the Machine).

"Tear me down, they can't/take you out of my thoughts/under every star/there's a battle I've lost..." It opens with Metric's "Eclipse (All Yours)," a beautifully layered pop melody filled with shimmering rough riffs; after that it segues into the painfully passionate "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" by Muse -- a lament that explodes into a supernova of dark racing riffs and wailing vocals.

There's a pretty good rock'n'roll showing after that, with the Bravery's fast-moving angsty "Ours," the Black Keys' raw bluesy "Chop and Change," the Dead Weather's slow-burning bleak "Rolling on a Burning Tire," and the mildly funky folk of Cee Lo Green's "What Part of Forever." The best: UNKLE's collaboration with the Black Angels is a brilliantly eerie, murky rocker, while Vampire Weekend slips effortlessly into the expansive, glittering "Jonathan Low."

Then there's the pop songs, which are even more remarkable -- Florence and the Machine's exquisitely spooky "Heavy in my Arms," Fanfario's sprightly "Atlas," Sia's haunting strings-and-piano ballad "My Love," Band of Horses' starlight-filled "Life on Earth," and Howard Shore's bittersweet piano melody "Jacob's Theme." But the best of the bunch is Beck's collaboration with Bat For Lashes -- a sensuous, elusive duet of piano and blips.

This soundtrack is pretty different from the two that precede it. It's not as deliciously indie as the "New Moon" one, but it's not crammed with emo popmetal either. In fact, there are only a few songs on this album that don't thrill me to the core, and only one I dislike -- namely, Eastern Conference Champions' blandly monotonous "A Million Miles an Hour."

And the bands included set a wonderful double mood -- some of the songs reflect bittersweet romanticism (Metric, Sia), but there's also a feeling of dark raw menace in others (The Dead Weather). There's a lot of slow sad piano, veils of electronica, bouncy acoustics and some deeply brilliant guitar riffs -- they can shimmer like starlight on the water, or erupt into a fast-moving, expansive band of sound.

And both the singers and lyrics stretch across a wide range. They can be dark and distorted, quirky, sweet, filled with pain and sorrow ("Love is forever... we'll die together"), and sometimes understatedly powerful ("Who is the betrayer?/Who is the killer in the crowd?/The one who creeps in corridors/and doesn't make a sound!").

You don't have to be a fan of the Twilight franchise to appreciate the music in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soundtrack -- some is creepy, some is lovely, and most of it is brilliant.

All my love
The best thing you can say about any movie's soundtrack is that it can stand on its own, and that no matter what you think of the movie, the soundtrack is chock full of amazing music.

And the soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is one of those. Whether you love or hate the teen-vampire-infatuation series, it's undeniable that the soundtrack has some excellent (if less indie than the last one) bands -- expansive rock'n'roll and lush echoing pop, some of it well-known (Muse, Vampire Weekend) and some relative obscure (Florence and the Machine).

"Tear me down, they can't/take you out of my thoughts/under every star/there's a battle I've lost..." It opens with Metric's "Eclipse (All Yours)," a beautifully layered pop melody filled with shimmering rough riffs; after that it segues into the painfully passionate "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" by Muse -- a lament that explodes into a supernova of dark racing riffs and wailing vocals.

There's a pretty good rock'n'roll showing after that, with the Bravery's fast-moving angsty "Ours," the Black Keys' raw bluesy "Chop and Change," the Dead Weather's slow-burning bleak "Rolling on a Burning Tire," and the mildly funky folk of Cee Lo Green's "What Part of Forever." The best: UNKLE's collaboration with the Black Angels is a brilliantly eerie, murky rocker, while Vampire Weekend slips effortlessly into the expansive, glittering "Jonathan Low."

Then there's the pop songs, which are even more remarkable -- Florence and the Machine's exquisitely spooky "Heavy in my Arms," Fanfario's sprightly "Atlas," Sia's haunting strings-and-piano ballad "My Love," Band of Horses' starlight-filled "Life on Earth," and Howard Shore's bittersweet piano melody "Jacob's Theme." But the best of the bunch is Beck's collaboration with Bat For Lashes -- a sensuous, elusive duet of piano and blips.

Finally, there are a pair of bonus tracks -- the ominously perky "The Line" by the Battles, and the vaguely hallucinatory Bombay Bicycle Club's "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?".

This soundtrack is pretty different from the two that precede it. It's not as deliciously indie as the "New Moon" one, but it's not crammed with emo popmetal either. In fact, there are only a few songs on this album that don't thrill me to the core, and only one I dislike -- namely, Eastern Conference Champions' blandly monotonous "A Million Miles an Hour."

And the bands included set a wonderful double mood -- some of the songs reflect bittersweet romanticism (Metric, Sia), but there's also a feeling of dark raw menace in others (The Dead Weather). There's a lot of slow sad piano, veils of electronica, bouncy acoustics and some deeply brilliant guitar riffs -- they can shimmer like starlight on the water, or erupt into a fast-moving, expansive band of sound.

And both the singers and lyrics stretch across a wide range. They can be dark and distorted, quirky, sweet, filled with pain and sorrow ("Love is forever... we'll die together"), and sometimes understatedly powerful ("Who is the betrayer?/Who is the killer in the crowd?/The one who creeps in corridors/and doesn't make a sound!").

You don't have to be a fan of the Twilight franchise to appreciate the music in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" soundtrack -- some is creepy, some is lovely, and most of it is brilliant.

Possibly the best of the three soundtracks
I have enjoyed the previous two soundtracks but I think this one may be my favourite. It has a definitely rocky feel to it and the best mix so far of already established bands and little-known artists. I think they also got the balance right on the mix of tempos, plenty of upbeat songs with a faster pace, but also some softer more balladic songs, and some really darkly moody ones too. You can see how they will reflect the romace/action/dark drama of the film. Like all Twilight soundrack tracks, they have amazing lyrics, each song telling a distinct little story of its own and often it's easy to pick out which part of the film/book they got their inspiration from. I enjoy the fact that they all seem to have been very carefully selected to suit a moment in the plot, rather than just "Oh I like this song, let's stick it on the soundtrack."

So the tracks...
Standouts for me in order of preference:
** The Black Keys (Chop and Change)- great lyrics, heavy beat, guitars. A masterpiece and my favourite track.
** Florence and the Machine (Heavy in Your arms)- what else to say, it's Florence and the Machine, but she has surpassed herself. It's dark, dramatic and a little bit addictive. My second favourite on the album.
** The Bravery (Ours)- feels very current. Could probably be released today and do really well in the UK charts.
** Cee Lo Green (What part of Forever)- it starts and you think, really, what's this rubbish with the whistling, but then great lyrics, really catchy tune, can't stop listening to it.
** Metric (Eclipse All Yours)- deceptively gentle vocals, love it.
** Muse (Neutron Star Collision- love Muse but this one took me longer to appreciate than any of their other work. After several listens, you can't help being sucked into the melodramatic romance of it.

The other tracks are all good too, none that I hate. I find Band of Horses track, Life on Earth, a little dreary, couldn't listen to it too often and Vampire Weekend's Johnathan Low seems out of place. I don't know their music at all really but I like this song. It just seems strange to have a song with story-telling lyrics about an Irish clan boy's life on this soundtrack. Perhaps it's meant to parallel the Wolf Pack and their roots.

I love this soundtrack and the new artists it has introduced me to. I expect I will love it more when I have seen the film and the songs' placement. I would recommend it to anyone who has liked the previous soundtracks. This one is a step above those.