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
Who cares if it's for New Moon, at least we get new Thom Yorke this way. No one made a big deal about Jonny Greenwood's contribution to the Harry Potter series. Whether or not Thom wrote it specifically for the movie, I'm not sure we'll find out. It's like the director's quote about Bon Iver, it could just be a tidbit he had lying around. You gotta admit the best thing about the first Twilight is when Radiohead's 15 Step starts playing.
Gotta love Radiohead apologists. "It's still good! It's still good!" 😉
Well…the last time they wrote a song specifically for a film it was called Exit Music (For a Film), one of their best songs, no?
I'm a restless individual and I need to absorb new things all the time. I've had my fill of Radiohead. I know that's crazy to most people, but it's how I am. I've pretty much had my fill of Pitchfork music to be honest. Like Spoon?
Great band, but is there a difference between their 5th and 7th albums?
Stereogum, et al all bores me to tears.
What does that have to do with Radiohead? Nuthin', just trying to let you know where I'm at.
Now you sound like Wayne Coyne. He commented on how a Radiohead album still sounds like a Radiohead album, while the Flaming lips try to make each of their albums sound completely different. Problem is, they bore me to tears.
Pretty much no band/artist completely changes, save for David Bowie, so in reality you're saying, 'If you're a band for more than ten years, chances are I'm gonna tune you out/give up on you."
Another problem is, most of these bands/artists are like you and also get bored with things quickly. They are always searching for new stuff, and after they absorb it, they think it's influenced and changed their music. Bono actually thinks he's making completely different records each time out.
<<"so in reality you're saying, 'If you're a band for more than ten years, chances are I'm gonna tune you out/give up on you.">>
Yeah, really. Don't you get bored when a filmmaker makes the same movie over and over again? Don't you get restless when an artist doesn't grow and repeats his or herself?
Filmmakers, musicians, artists, etc. When they keep doing the same thing over and over again, yeah, i tend to tune out. I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I think that's a completely valid and reasonable criticism.
i also personally get really bored of things and need to escape them after a while, run in the opposite direction really. I'm deathly afraid of stagnation, even stagnation from what I'm absorbing. i'm really hard on myself, if i'm injesting the same stuff, I feel like I'm lazy and unimaginative and don't wanna be like that.
There's a whole world of jazz, classical, world music, etc. that i need to listen to. I'm ravenous. I wanna know more and more. Yeah, i've heard of a lot modern indie-rock, I get it. The good stuff will bubble up and the rest can just continue to be noise.
In high school I sold all my classic rock records, cause i had enough. But you know I've since gone back and bought all the good stuff again. I've been toying with doing that again. Selling all my indie rock from 95 up and then just revisiting it years from now with fresh ears.
It's just played out for me. I've also been deathly afraid of those people who love and listen to the exact same thing they did in high school or college. To me it's emblematic that they're not growing. I have no interest in that.
And hey, all of this is just me. I suppose it's an internal thing that always keeps me on my toes. It's probably a good thing for a music/film "critic."