Finally, the "Twilight" universe's favorite band is back, as if Stephenie Meyer and the creative minds behind the big-screen vampire franchise would have it any other way. The English alternative rock band Muse is making it three-for-three when it comes to the vampire movie soundtracks, contributing the lead single "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" off the upcoming third film of "The Twilight Saga, Eclipse." And now they've premiered the brand new video on MTV for the song.The song was first announced on Stephenie Meyer's official website. BBC Radio 1 aired the full song on Monday, May 17 during Zane Lowe's show, accompanied by an interview with band's lead vocals Matt Bellamy, who explained that the song was written after he split with his long-term girlfriend at the end of 2009, and was based on his feelings at the beginning of their relationship. While Muse featured on the Twilight and New Moon soundtracks previously (with "Supermassive Black Hole" in Twilight and a special remix of "I Belong to You" in New Moon), this marks the second time the band has produced the lead single for a movie.
Their sound is a blend of alternative rock, classical music, electronica, metal, spanish guitars, and progressive rock. Usually they use the bass line as the driving force, often with the guitar providing only an extra layer to the song rather than carrying the melody, the bass has distortion and other effects applied to it to achieve a greater weight, allowing the guitar to digress from the main tune and play higher notes. Another peculiarity is Muse's piano style in many of their songs; their music has been inspired by the works of Romantic pianist-composers such as Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Liszt, and has thus resulted in a fusion of Romantic style with modern rock.
If there's one piece that's usually been lacking in the Muse puzzle, it's been a truly memorable video. They've obviously got plenty of bucks to spend on such promos, and the clips usually look good. In Anthony Mandler directed new video, the band plays in front of oversize screens, colored lights glow and mix around them and snippets of Edward, Bella and Jacob flash across the screen. The video doesn't show us a ton of fresh footage, but we do get a sense of story elements set to the tune of a brooding, epic rock song. The 'Eclipse' soundtrack album is due on June 8 and the movie hits theaters on June 30.
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