'New Moon' Soundtrack Debuts

Source: Variety

Twi-hards can now get a piece of their vampire pie a month in advance.

The New Moon soundtrack, which contains previously unreleased songs exclusive to the film, hits the music scene today , four days early. The album's release date was moved up after bits of the soundtrack leaked onto the internet Monday.

The much-anticipated album features the sounds of Muse, Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke, OK Go, Death Cab for Cutie, Lykke Li, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, Sea Wolf, Grizzly Bear and others. Before writing their tunes, about half of the 15 acts spoke to New Moon director Chris Weitz.

While excitement is building for the film's November 20 release, New Moon has big shoes to fill at both the box office and on billboard charts. The first Twilight soundtrack has sold nearly 2.3 million copies to date and the first Twilight movie earned more than $380 million worldwide.