Twilight Sage “Eclipse” Soundtrack snatches Grammy nomination

The official motion picture soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has nabbed a nomination for this year’sGrammy Awards.

The Eclipse soundtrack is nominated in the following category: “Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.”

Also nominated are several of the Twilight series soundtracks’ artists, including: Cee-Lo Green, Muse, Florence + the Machine, The Black Keys, Paramore, Band of Horses, and Vampire Weekend.

The Twilight soundtrack was nominated in this category last year.

The Grammy Awards air on February 13th at 8:00 p.m. EST.

It should be interesting to see whether The Twilight Saga: Eclipse nabs this award. The album is nominated alongside the albums for Crazy Heart, Glee: The Music, Volume 1, Treme, and True Blood – Volume 2.

Two of the Eclipse album’s songs (“What Part of Forever” by Cee-Lo Green and “Eclipse (All Yours)” by METRIC) are also nominated for Satellite Awards (winners for which will be announced on December 19th)!

Original Post on Examiner.

Trailer of the Week: Watchmen

Before Muse was bundled into the Twilight phenomenon, they were still making great music. In the Watchmen trailer, the song “Take a Bow” was featured from the album Black Holes and Revelations.

“Uprising”, from the album The Resistance, was featured in the TV spot for Night and Day.

Muse is a progressive rock band from the UK. They have appeared on all three Twilight soundtracks.

Muse didn’t really gain popularity in the US until they were mentioned by Stephanie Meyer, author of Twilight, as inspirational to her writing. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme recently commented on appearing on the Twilight soundtrack.

“I’m not sure how cool it is to be on those kind of things, but sometimes you’ve just got to get your music out there in different ways. It’s very difficult in America, because you don’t have anything like Radio 1, nothing is national. You have to take every opportunity you get over there, and sometimes you have to sell your soul.”

-Chris Wolstenholme on BBC radio 1′s Newsbeat column.

Glee, Twilight, and Soundtracks on the Charts

The finale of Glee is a week gone, but that doesn’t mean we have forgotten our favorite high school misfits. On iTunes, the Journey to Regionals (pun intended) album features six songs from the finale including Journey’s “Faithfully”, “Don’t Stop Believin’” and the mash-up of “Any Way You Want It/Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’”.

Glee: The Music Vol. 3 is currently ranked 12th in albums on iTunes. This is the Deluxe addition with 20 songs vs. the poor man’s version that only has 14 tracks. Before you decide, keep in mind that Deluxe has both songs that Broadway powerhouse Idina Menzel did for the show, while the regular version does not.

Meanwhile, holdout Coldplay has granted the Glee producers use of their catalogue for the show. It seems that Coldplay and Bryan Adams have so far been the only holdouts for the show.

If you are wondering if the score for Glee will be released, there is no word on that yet, but the vocals are provided by the Swingle Singers, who have several albums available for purchase. They have appeared on other soundtracks including Thank You for Smoking and Milk.

Also muscling its way into the Top Albums on iTunes is The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack. Currently ranked 9th, the soundtrack features an original song by MUSE written exclusively for the soundtrack.