The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack)
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | June 8, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | Various times | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 58:01 (standard edition) | |||
| Label | Chop Shop/Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Alexandra Patsavas | |||
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| Drowned in Sound |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) |
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| Film score by Howard Shore | ||||
| Released | June 29, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Orchestral | |||
| Label | E1 Music | |||
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. It is the third soundtrack in the film's chronology, and was released on June 8, 2010. The soundtrack was once again co-produced by Alexandra Patsavas, the music supervisor for the previous two films. The track list for the album was revealed in a special MySpace revelation May 12, 2010. The soundtrack debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of 146,000 copies.
The track list was revealed during a special all-day reveal event on the album's MySpace page. It followed the formula of the previous albums, including the songs used in the film ended off by one score track from the score album. Just like in the soundtracks for both "Twilight" and "New Moon", the band Muse features on the album, along with artists such as Sia, The Black Keys and Cee Lo Green being included. The score for Eclipse was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Oscar winner Howard Shore.
According to Metacritic, the soundtrack has received a weighted mean of 76, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It has generally been better reviewed than the soundtrack for New Moon, which received a score of 70, however, Entertainment Weekly gave New Moon a grade of A, whereas Eclipse was given a B+. Conversely, Allmusic gave the soundtrack for Eclipse a better rating than that for New Moon, awarding it 4 stars out of 5 rather than the previous soundtrack, which received only 2.
The soundtrack debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart behind Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals with sales of 146,000 copies, making it the second soundtrack in the Twilight series that did not debut at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, and the first that never hit number one. It peaked at #4 on the German albums chart. In Mexico, the album peaked at #4 on the international albums chart and at #7 on the overall chart. As of December 2010, the album has sold 517,000 copies in the U.S. and more than one million copies worldwide.
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