vampire music

ok, so, an admission. I had an evening alone a few days ago and I finally downloaded and watched the movie ‘Twilight’…

not exactly a fine film in most ways, but I’m obsessed with science fiction and fantasy and I love vampire stories (to a degree), and I figured, since I’ve watched seasons 1-7 of Buffy four times through already (an entirely separate confession, for another entry), it’s time to move on (and grow up? Heh.)

My wonderful 13 year old niece, Colee, has been telling me about the series for quite a while. I tried, truly I tried, no really, to start reading them – I must have gone to the bookstore on eight different occasions and put genuine effort into finding a place in my brain that will be interested in continuing to read these books, because I am always craving a world that will transport me, and for some reason fantastical stories seem to have that effect.

But I just simply could not get past the writing (and this is in no way assuming, for one second, that I am a qualified  judge of whether literature is poorly or well written. It’s just that some things either work or don’t work for my particular capacity, and this style of prose, for me, is too much like the postings in a blog…).

What I did find extremely cool was the soundtrack.

My most-loved song-soundtracks are usually ones that come attached to a Wes Anderson movie (Royal Tenenbaums; The Life Aquatic; Rushmore), and I found this one to be nearly as mood setting and compelling, and I feel it really added an aura to the film that otherwise would be lacking…

My favorite track was “Eyes on Fire” by the ‘Blue Foundations’:

And I was also really fond of “Full Moon” by ‘The Black Ghosts’ and “Supermassive Black Hole” by ‘Muse’.

have a safe and bloodless night.