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Album Review: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' soundtrack

From Green Day to Feist to Nikki Reed, everybody's bumming out

By Katie Hasty Monday, Nov 12, 2012 1:05 PM

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<p>"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" soundtrack</p>

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" soundtrack

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Are you completely heartbroken that “The Twilight Saga’s” theatrical run is almost over? The soundtrack to “Breaking Dawn – Part 2” understands. The 14-track set will hand you crumpled fistfuls of tissues when it, itself, is not wearily sobbing in its jammies. 

The soundtracks to the series haven’t always been the sunniest, but as Bella and Edward wage their final battles and burrow into their vampiric fates, they’ll have the help of piano-led ballad duets like that from co-star Nikki Reed and ex-“American Idol” contestant and husband Paul McDonald. James Vincent McMorrow fits into the funeral using the Bon Iver mold, a placeholder Bon Iver himself shaped in the “New Moon” tracklist. Broadway’s “Spider-Man” star Reeve Carney more closely channels his upcoming film role as Jeff Buckley for his original song “New For You.” From upstart Iko to sullen Green Day, everybody’s tenderly shuffling through string sections or bummer BPMs.
 

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Leave it to the ladies with the strongest voices to dig this thing out of the grave. St. Vincent introduces one of the more substantial, beefier tracks on “The Antidote,” while Ellie Goulding sparks a little energy near the top on “Bittersweet.” Even at it’s slow pace, Feist’s contribution is on par with her “Metals” tracks in its ominous dynamic, both bitten and shy.
 
Back for seconds, Christina Perri’s catchy ballad “A Thousand Years” seems to be The Chosen One as far as themes go, outside of Carter Burwell’s complicated melodramatic scores. In its coupling of death with love and eternity, its most representative of the “Saga,” as well as the dreary optimism of this soundtrack set.

 

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    Jonnybon

    This soundtrack makes me want to kill myself. Dreary beyond belief.

    November 12, 2012 at 5:40PM EST Reply to Comment
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    darci

    Just saw this movie and I have mixed feelings...happy because I was very happy with the film (even though I went in kind of nervous as I wasn't thrilled with part 1) but sad because it's over. They sure went out on top, with the best action scenes, the best pacing, and the icing on the cake was that this was the best out of the many great Twilight soundtracks, even better than New Moon, which had what I thought was an unbeatable lineup of bands like Sea Wolf, Deathcab and Muse.

    Breaking Dawn Part 2's music lives up to and exceeds the reputation of the soundtracks before it. "Everything and Nothing" by The Boom Circuits and "The Antidote" by St. Vincent were my favorites, but I liked every song I heard.

    With how hurting Hollywood is for new movie ideas, I wouldn't be surprised if we see another remake of this series in less than a decade - look at how quickly they decided to make another Spiderman! - but no matter what, I don't think they'll ever top this original series and I'm glad it went out in style.

    November 20, 2012 at 5:48PM EST Reply to Comment

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