What Plays When – Twilight: The Score

Filed Under (music) by Mike Wilton on 23-05-2009

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After the success of my Twilight Soundtrack What Plays When post I got a ton of requests to identify other songs from the film, songs that weren’t on the soundtrack, but on the motion picture score.  For sometime now I have been meaning to do this post, but just hadn’t had the time to sit down and compare Carter Burwell’s score to the DVD.  Finally with the help of fellow Where Is Edward Cullen staffer, Kristina Sanchez, I have been able to complete this post.  One of the annoying things about the Twilight score is that the album release of the score doesn’t follow the order of the film, so keep that in mind as you run down the song list in this post.

Bella during How I Would DieHow I Would Die: ‘Twilight’ is quick to get into the score of the film, and How I Would Die starts immediately.  As soon as the Summit logo fills the screen Burwell’s composition begins.  The song continues through Bella’s monologue until Full Moon by The Black Ghosts begins.  How I Would Die also introduces us to a theme from Bella’s Lullaby which reoccurs through songs in the film.

Edward during Who Are TheyWho Are They: Who Are They is the intro song for everyone’s favorite vampire family, The Cullen’s.  As the Cullen’s walk by the cafeteria window before making their big movie entrance the song starts.

Quilieute and Cullen TreatyTreaty: Treaty is the name of the song which plays in the background as Jacob tells Bella the Quilieute legend about the Cullen’s first coming to Forks and the treaty, which was established between the Quilieute tribe and the Cullen’s at that time.  The song starts out really faint, so you barely notice it at first, but picks up as the story progresses.

Bella during Phasination PhrasePhascination Phase: Phascination Phase sets the tone for the relationship between Bella and Edward.  The song plays in science class as Bella and Edward first start getting to know each other.  The song starts right as Bella tells Edward, “It’s complicated” in regards to why she moved to Forks.

Humans Are Predators TooHumans Are Predators Too: Humans Are Predators Too, as the title suggests, brings us to the one point in the film where humans really are the danger to Bella.  The song begins playing as soon as we see the front of Thunderbird and Whale, the book store Bella visits in Port Angeles. The song continues through Bella’s confrontation with the drunken men in the alley.

Edward during I Dreamt of EdwardI Dreamt of Edward: Don’t most of you die hard female Twilighters? I Dreamt of Edward doesn’t actually begin when Bella thinks she’s having hallucinations of her vampire love interest, it actually starts at the hospital when her and Edward are discussing him saving her and he says, “I hope you enjoy disappointment.”

Bella during I Know What You AreI Know What You Are: Most people would think this is the song that plays in the background when Bella says those same famous five words, but actually this song begins playing when Bella puts all the pieces together and realizes what Edward is.  This song begins as soon as the body of Walon is wheeled away in front of Chief Swan’s station.

Edward and Bella during The Most Dangerous PredatorThe Most Dangerous Predator: The Most Dangerous Predator is the follow up song to shiny, sparkly Edward in the forest.  After Edward “exposes himself” to Bella and they enter the cover of the forest again song starts.

Edward during The Skin of a KillerThe Skin of A Killer: The skin of a killer is a fitting title for this song because of when it begins in the film.  In the forest when Bella says to Edward, “You don’t go out in the sunlight” the song begins.  Obviously we find out that he doesn’t go out into the sunlight because the skin of a killer is glittery.

Edward and Bella during The Lion Fell in Love with the LambThe Lion Fell In Love With The Lamb: “And so the lion fell in love with the lamb”; one of the classic lines from the Twilight novel and the tie in to the song that begins playing while Edward is in the tree and Bella gets up in his face as he tries to explain to her what he is and why she should fear him.

Edward and Bella during the song ComplicationsComplications: That thing that happens when the love of your life’s father is best friends with a member of a tribe that wants to kill you and your family…Complications begins playing as Bella and Edward are discussing her coming over to meet his family and he stops suddenly. Bella asks him what is wrong and he simply says, “Complications”.  That complication of course is the arrival of Billy and Jacob.

Dinner With His Family: Dinner With His Family begins as we see Edward and Bella in the silver Volvo making their way down the windy path to the Cullen household for dinner.

Bella - I Would Be The MealI Would Be The Meal: This one is a bit more obvious since it starts right when Bella says the line, “I would become the meal.” When addressing Rosalie and Emmett’s concerns about Edward and Bella being a couple.

Edward playing Bellas LullabyBella’s Lullaby: The romantic piano piece which finds its way into a number of other songs on the score plays in its entirety starting when Edward jumps out of his bedroom window with Bella on his back.  This of course is also the song which we see Edward play on the piano.

Alice when Nomads startsNomads: Much like Bella’s Lullaby themes from Nomads can be heard throughout the film, but it doesn’t actually play until we are introduced to Laurent, James, and Victoria in the baseball field.  The song begins right as Alice yells out, “Stop!”

Bella - I don't want to get stuck here like momStuck Here Like Mom: Stuck Here Like Mom begins right after Bella tells Charlie she has to go home during the scene where she pretends her and Edward broke up leading her to want to leave Forks for good.

Emmett on the roof of the truck during Bella Is Part of the FamilyBella is Part of the Family: Bella is Part of the Family is the climactic piece that begins after Bella and Edward leave Charlie’s house.  The song starts as soon as Emmett lands in the bed of the truck.

Edward and Bella during the song TrackingTracking: Tracking mixes a bit of romance and suspense by bringing themes from Bella’s Lullaby and Bella is Part of the Family together along with a number of other themes from the film.  Tracking begins as soon as Edward closes the trunk of the car in the garage and continues through the scenes of the Cullen’s helping Bella escape forks.

Bella on the phone with James during The Place of Someone You LoveThe Place of Someone You Love: When Bella gets the call from James while at the hotel in Arizona this song begins. It of course leads up to the big showdown at the ballet studio.  Interesting thing to note is that it carries themes from How I Would Die and in the monologue that is recited by Bella during How I Would Die she says, “I’d never thought about how I was going to die, but dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go.” see the tie in?

Bella during Showdown in the Ballet Studio
Showdown in the Ballet Studio
: This one, again, is pretty obvious.  It’s the song that plays during the confrontation at the ballet studio and starts right when Bella enters the studio.

Edward At Her BedEdward At Her Bed: Edward At Her Bed is the song that begins while Bella is in the hospital after her mom leaves the room.  Right after Edward tells Bella she needs to go to Jacksonville the song begins.

Fat Fish and 100 Monkeys

Filed Under (Musings, music) by Mike Wilton on 16-03-2009

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(The Following is a guest post from Kristina Sanchez)

It all started when my best friend Ali lured me out of tame Orange County to Los Angeles with magic words like “delicious sushi” and “Jackson Rathbone”. An impromptu night on the town!

Fat Fish

The set up at Fat Fish is fairly simple. Delicious sushi goes by on a conveyor belt on color coded plates. The plates are anywhere from $4-$10 and contain the simple sushi pieces to ornate, mouth-watering rolls. Miso soup comes with every meal. Soda and tea are available to be served, but if you want to bring something from the alcohol store across the street, they will gladly ice it, pour it and serve it to you. At the end of the meal, they add up your plates to see how much you pay.

Stick with me, my story gets better. After 7, it’s happy hour! This means everything is ½ off. If that weren’t enough, after 9 it becomes what I’ll call REALLY happy hour. This means everything is available for $2 a plate. Special dishes, such as urchin, are available for a flat $8 fee, regardless of the hour.

The setting of Fat Fish is contemporary and relaxed. The wait staff are warm and friendly. At a price that ended up being cheaper than what I usually pay for at, and with a selection that surpasses the all-you-can-eat places I’ve been to, Fat Fish is wonderful, scrumptious experience. I’d say the only downside here is the embarrassing stack of plates you end up with by the end of your meal!

100 Monkeys

After dinner came dessert in the form of Jackson Rathbone’s band, 100 Monkeys performing live at Crane’s Tavern.  Rathbone is most known for his role as Jasper Hale from last years blockbuster film Twilight. While I knew that Jackson had a band, I hadn’t had a chance yet to check out their music, so I went in blind. Now, I’m always up for anything even vaguely related to Twilight and its talented cast, but I pondered Ali’s reasons – not being a Twilighter. Jackson, she informed me, was the only “Cullen” she found attractive. Obviously, there’s something wrong with the girl’s eyes (and Jasper is a HALE, thank you very much), but I digress the point.

I had mused that it seemed unwise for Jackson, having been photographed in Vancouver on Friday and slated to begin filming for New Moon on Monday, to be in L.A. performing. As it turned out, he wasn’t in L.A. The very first thing I noticed, peering through tight fairly tight-packed crowd of maybe 50 people, was the lack of Jackson on the stage. The second thing I noticed was the guy in the banana suit dancing in the crowd!

I’m not going to pretend that I know the names of songs I heard. 100 Monkeys was already mid-set, as we walked in shortly after 10 PM. The music was catchy and easy to get into. We caught a couple of basic rock-type tunes before the band, singer Ben Graupner happily proclaiming “Time for a switcheroo!”, switched to a soft ballad-type song. “A swaying song!” the exuberant banana man said happily. I was glad because the little room was hot and I was very surprised that he hadn’t died of heat exhaustion. They ended with a number that showed Ben Graupner’s impressive vocal range. His voice turned to a deep, throaty, sexy rumble that sent banana man, and the rest of the small crowd, into happy, bouncy convulsions.

100 Monkeys is the third band I’ve seen in intimate, bar-type venues and by far the best experience. They have a good flow and a beat you can move to. The members themselves are inviting, enthusiastic and completely in love with their audience. If you can catch a live show, I’d highly recommend the experience.

About Kristina Sanchez

Kristina SanchezNo stranger to Musings For A Darkened Room, Kristina is the author of the witty blog How To Be A Customer and an aspiring screenwriter.  Kristina previously entertained readers with her three part series Debunking The Anti-Twilight Propaganda where she took shots at critics who feel Edard Cullen is an abusive boyfriend, Bella Swan is a wallowing weakling, and the relationship between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan is unhealthy.  The series was a huge success and earned this blog as well as her own a lot of Twilight lover and hater traffic.

Twilight Music Updates

Filed Under (Movies & TV, music) by Mike Wilton on 07-02-2009

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Ok so it’s been a while since I have posted anything Twilight related, mostly because I wanted to shift the focus of my blog to feature things more relevant to my industry.  However after mixwit shutdown I was stranded with a ton of dead links on old blog posts about my twilight soundtracks.  So today I went in and cleaned up the links and added some fun new features to each of the posts.  You can now listen to a list of songs from my twilight soundtrack, new moon soundtrack, eclipse soundtrack, and breaking dawn soundtrack right here on my blog.

In some cases these are still not the full soundtracks because not all of the songs are available on imeem, but I have compiled as many of the songs as I could find into each playlist.  In addition to the playable playlist each soundtrack post is accompanied with a full track list of the songs I chose to interpret the storylines of Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight novels.

If you haven’t already be sure to also check out my Twilight Soundtrack review and the Twilight Soundtrack Revisited, which identifies where each song from the Twilight Soundtrack plays during the film.