Songs on ‘Twilight’ don’t suck

For those of you who have no previous knowledge of “Twilight”: It’s the supposed new Harry Potter-like tale focusing on vampire love stories. Based on the New York Times bestselling series by Stephanie Meyer, the film tells the story of a vampire who meets his soul mate but must fight his constant urges to drink her blood.

It’s a twisted love story that requires a specific type of soundtrack: one that can maintain the eeriness and fantasy elements of what is actually taking place as well as the true and undeniable love the two characters share for each other. Both are achieved here without a doubt.

Carter Burwell – perhaps best known for his work composing soundtracks for the Coen brothers – wrote the score for the film, but the soundtrack contains 12 tracks that feature a plethora of artists. Some of them are guests one would expect to hear, while others are a bit more out there.

Pop’s newest darlings Paramore wrote two songs specifically for the film: “Decode” and “I Caught Myself,” both fulfilling a need for more turbulent songs to be used during the high-voltage action scenes.

Songs from Iron & Wine and the film’s star Robert Pattinson are beautiful and touch on how deeply in love the two characters are. Pattinson has no previous recording history, but you would never know from hearing him sing.

“Full Moon” by Black Ghosts is in every way reminiscent of The Cure. The track has an ’80s horror movie feel, which can only mean good things for the film itself.

This album is a sign for the immense success that should come with this film. It’s dark and violent yet somehow maintains the sense of pure, everlasting love. There is no question this soundtrack is one of the better ones that have been attached to a movie this huge in recent memory.