Chris Weitz has said it once already, but now it actually sounds like a done deal more than wishful thinking.
The “New Moon” director talked to HitFix at Comic-Con, and he confirmed that Thom Yorke has written a new song for the soundtrack to the “Twilight” sequel.
The Radiohead frontman debuted a new song, entitled “The Present Tense” at the Latitude festival over the weekend, as seen below. It doesn’t immediately suggest a link to the vampire franchise, but could this be the one?
Not only that, but melancholy Wisconsin indie folky Bon Iver, who released the fantastic, For Emma, Forever Ago in 2008, is contributing as well.
“I selfishly want to put songs in by artists I love. And some the cast and crew also happen to love,” says Weitz. “I think [Bon Iver] is fantastic. He says he wrote it for the film, but who ever knows if it might just be something laying around in his cupboard” [ed. yes, we assume/hope the same].
Weitz also suggests that excellent rising British rock band Band of Skulls are dead certs for inclusion in the film, and that he’s actively pursuing Kings of Leon as well (because you know Southern Fried boogie that wants to be U2 is pefect for “Twilight”). Between this, and the addition of Alexandre Desplat as composer, it sounds like, at the very least, the soundtrack should prove a better listen than the Linkin Park-featuring original. That said, we find it annoying when a director uses a movie as an excuse feature his latest Ipod Playlist. Pick the material that fits the film, even if it’s not a band you particularly love, but works and fits the mood (and isn’t awful). Music not in service of a film and movie’s as a mixtape is an unwise move and the downside of director’s having so much ownership. This is what your music supervisors are for, guy. – Oliver Lyttelton