While “Heavy in Your Arms” doesn’t make an appearance until the Eclipse ending credits, it’s one of Florence + the Machine’s most dark and seductive tracks. Frontwoman Florence Welch has said that the song is about “the weight of love,” and how it can burden a couple: “I felt this was a strong theme in the Twilight series - is someone being rescued or are they being condemned, and is the love you carry bringing you down?” Oh, that one hurts, Flo. I’m really honored.”ĩ. Florence and the Machine, “Heavy in Your Arms” ( The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) “When I went to the premiere, it felt more like everyone’s song - it’s for the whole franchise.
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“I got to add a verse and then arrange it with a full orchestra… being able to redo it, I was incredibly blown away,” Perri told Billboardat the time. She also re-recorded it for the Part 2 soundtrack along with Steve Kazee, turning it into a duet. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Perri, a confirmed Twihard, wrote it specifically with Bella and Edward’s relationship in mind. Perri’s heart-wrenching ballad was chosen as the second single from the Breaking Dawn soundtrack, and it became a bona fide hit, peaking at No. Christina Perri, “A Thousand Years” ( The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1) Lead singer-songwriter Tom Smith explained to Billboard earlier this year that the song was inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, and is actually about a father singing to his son about the “protection of innocence.”ġ0. (It might be appropriate for a funeral, too.) It’s mostly just the piano part that’s used for the scene where Edward drives Bella home, after the Cullens vote on her impending vampirism, but still, it’s somber. “No Sound But the Wind” is depressing as hell, and therefore right at home in this movie. Passion Pit’s sparkling “Where I Come From” soundtracks the end of Bella’s transformation namely, when she sees Edward through her vampire eyes for the first time. Passion Pit, “Where I Come From” ( The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2) OK Go actually has quite the history with Twilight author Stephanie Meyer she once asked the band to play one of her book release parties, and even thanked them in the back of one of the novels for inspiring her as she wrote.ġ6. This song plays during one of many scenes of Bella and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) spending time in his garage while that jerk Edward is away doing god-knows-what, serving as the soundtrack for a sweet bonding moment. OK Go, “Shooting the Moon” ( The Twilight Saga: New Moon) It’s also an early connection between Clark and Stewart, who eventually dated.ġ7. “Show me where it really hurts/ I’ll show you where it really hurts,” Clark coos appropriately, and the track is both gritty and uplifting in that way only St. Vincent, “The Antidote” ( The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2)Įmmett (Kellan Lutz) and Bella arm wrestle to Annie Clark’s kickass shredding during one of the funniest scenes in the final Twilight film. This piano ballad, from English duo Iko (Kiernan Scragg and Neil Reid), is one of the sweeter-sounding songs on this final franchise soundtrack. Scragg’s silken voice is raw and unwavering on the heart-wrenching chorus: “I can breathe, water, water/ When you’re here with me/ You’re not here with me.”ġ8. St. Iko, “Heart of Stone” ( The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2) Jenks, and she realizes that she and Edward (Robert Pattinson) will most likely die during the impending Volturi battle. The Irish singer/songwriter’s moment comes during the scene when Bella (Kristen Stewart) drives home from Seattle after meeting with lawyer and document forger J. McMorrow delivers a fantastic slice of gloom here. James Vincent McMorrow, “Ghosts” ( The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2) 4, 2008), here are the 20 best original songs from across all five albums, painstakingly ranked for your enjoyment.Ģ0. In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the first OST (Nov. Featuring new songs from such hitmaking artists as Paramore, Florence + the Machine, Vampire Weekend and Christina Perri, to name just a few, the Twilight soundtracks more than hold up.
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