The Twilight Saga (film series) to 10-week period, and was recorded and mixed in about 2 weeks in late September 2008. Burwell began the score with a "Love Theme" for Bella and Edward's relationship, a variation of which became "Bella's Lullaby" that Robert Pattinson plays in the film, and that is included on the "Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". The original theme is featured throughout the film, and serves to "play the romance that drives the story". Another theme Burwell composed was a "Predator Theme", which opens the film, and is intended to play Edward's vampire nature. Other themes include a bass-line, drum beat and
The Twilight Saga (film series) debuted at #2 on the "Billboard" 200, later jumped to #1 with 153,000 copies sold. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon: The Score" was released on November 24, 2009. The score for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was composed by Howard Shore, who composed the scores for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The film's soundtrack was released on June 8, 2010 by Atlantic Records in conjunction with music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas' Chop Shop label. The lead single from the soundtrack is "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)", performed by the British band Muse. The soundtrack debuted at number two on the