Twilight Coven Philippines

UPDATE: Copies are also sold in National Bookstore for Php695.
Copies of the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Movie Companion are spotted in various branches of Fully Booked for Php760. Make sure to grab a copy asap because the pictures are worth it (trust us).

Kindly post in the comments section if you see copies in specific branches/bookstores. Thanks.

Warner Music Philippines has announced that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse OST will be locally available on June 18. It will be sold at Php 500 and comes with a free album cover poster. We have posted the track list for the OST here. Continue to check this site for more updates.

Thanks to Ms. Haze from Warner Music Philippines for the info.

It was just announced on Stephenie's site that her favorite band (and one of mine!), Muse, will contribute yet another song to the Twilight Saga discography, this time, for the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Entitled Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever), it will also be the debut single for the album, and will be released on May 17th. The full soundtrack is set for a June 8th release.

UPDATE (3/16): Theoretically, you should all be able to claim your copies of the graphic novel today. But we're getting reports that some branches don't have the books in-store yet. We're not sure why because we've been assured that stocks have already arrived from the US last week. So to save you the time and effort, make sure to call first before visiting the store where you reserved and ask if they have the book in-store already.

UPDATE (3/12): Edited the post to add the graphic that National Book Store sent along. :) Thanks to Ms. Isabel of NBS Marketing Services.
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We've been informed by Hachette Book Group USA (Phils.) that National Bookstore is now accepting reservations for "Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1". NBS is also giving a 20% discount on reservations. The graphic novel is set to be released on March 16th.



We've been told that NBS already has stocks on hand but that they are embargoed until March 16. This means that if you reserve with NBS or Powerbooks, you are sure to get your copy on the release date. Just visit the nearest National Bookstore or Powerbooks branch to reserve a copy.

We don't know how much the retail price is yet. We'll update this post once we get that information. The graphic novel retails for Php895.00; you will be asked for a Php300.00 deposit to complete the reservation process. Remember: No reservation and no downpayment, no discount. (Thanks to Claire for the information.)

The graphic novel adaptation of Twilight is set to be released on 16 March 2010 in the US, according to publisher Yen Press (the graphic novel imprint of Hachette Book Group).

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, adapted and illustrated by Korean artist Young Kim, will be released in 2 volumes. The 2nd volume's release date has yet to be announced.

The graphic novel will be released in hardcover, and will retail for US $19.99 (approx. PhP920.56, although this is likely not the local retail price).

We will update you guys once we get word on the local release date from the publishers.

More details from the press release posted on Stephenie Meyer's website:

Twilight: The Graphic Novel contains selected text from Meyer's original novel with illustrations by Korean artist Young Kim. A rare fusion of Asian and Western comic techniques is reflected in this black-and-white graphic novel with color interspersed throughout. Meyer consulted throughout the artistic process and had input on every panel.

"I've enjoyed working on this new interpretation of Twilight," said Meyer. "Young has done an incredible job transforming the words that I have written into beautiful images. The characters and settings are very close to what I was imagining while writing the series."

If you want to take a closer look at the cover, click here for a larger image.

My co-admins Daene and Mabelle caught a screening of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen last night when they spotted a huge tarp of the New Moon teaser poster in Glorietta cinemas. The poster apparently indicated "11-25-09" as the release date. This is a Wednesday, and would make sense for us locally, since that is New Movie Day for cinemas around the country. However, we aren't sure why the distributors decided not to go Day and Date with the U.S. on Nov. 20. We've sent a query to the distributors for confirmation and will post as soon as we have more info.

If you guys have photos of the teaser posters around Metro Manila cinemas, send them to us, and like we did for the Twilight film, we'll feature your photos here on the site! :) Send them to: twilightcoven(at)gmail(dot)com .

The New Moon movie may be months away, but there are other things to look forward to in the Twilight Saga.

Little, Brown has announced that the following titles will be coming to stores near you soon!

August 4 - Breaking Dawn Special Edition with a DVD of the Breaking Dawn Concert Series and interviews with Stephenie Meyer. The hardcover edition also has a poster and a reproduction of handwritten lyrics for “My Never,” by Blue October’s Justin Furstenfeld

October 6 - New Moon: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion and New Moon Collector's Edition

October 13 - The Twilight Journals (see picture above). The journals have a tin package, and the pages have decorative quotes from the four books.

We will provide more information about the local release of these titles nearer to their publication dates.

Thank you to Hachette Book Group USA (Phils.) for the information.

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Warner Music Philippines has announced that they will be releasing the Deluxe CD+DVD Edition of Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on March 17th.

Here are the features of the new edition:

TWILIGHT: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
Deluxe CD+DVD Edition

CD:
1. Muse- Supermassive Black Hole (Soundtrack Version)
2. Paramore-Decode (Soundtrack Version)
3. The Black Ghosts- Full Moon (Soundtrack Version)
4. Linkin Park- Leave Out All The Rest (Soundtrack Version)
5. MuteMath- Spotlight (Twilight Mix) (Soundtrack Version)
6. Perry Farrell- Go All The Way (Into The Twilight) (Soundtrack Version)
7. Collective Soul- Tremble for My Beloved (Soundtrack Version)
8. Paramore- I Caught Myself (Soundtrack Version)
9. Blue Foundation- Eyes On Fire (Soundtrack Version)
10. Rob Pattinson- Never Think (Soundtrack Version)
11. Iron & Wine- Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Soundtrack Version)
12. Carter Burwell- Bella’s Lullaby (Soundtrack Version)

BONUS
13. O.A.R. - Love Is Worth The Fall (Soundtrack Version)
14. Paramore - Decode (Acoustic) (Acoustic version)
15. Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird. American Mouth (Live) (Soundtrack Version)
16. Mute Math – Spotlight (Sun Lux Remix) (Soundtrack Version)
17. The Black Ghosts – Full Moon (Applebum and Komonazmuk Remix) (Soundtrack Version)


DVD:

INTERVIEWS
1. Alex Patsavas, music supervisor for Twilight
2. Hayley Williams, Paramore

VIDEOS
1. Paramore- Decode
2. Paramore- Decode (Beyond the Video)
3. The Black Ghosts- Full Moon
4. Iron & Wine- Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Live)

We have just been informed by Hachette Book Group USA (Philippines) about some upcoming Twilight-related book releases:

"Twilight: Director's Notebook" by Catherine Hardwicke

U.S. Laydown: March 17, 2009
Philippine Release Date: 3rd Week of March (tentative)

This intimate look at the making of Summit Entertainment’s film follows visionary director Hardwicke through the creative process. Designed to replicate the director’s own personal notebook that she kept on set, readers will discover the inside secrets on casting, location scouting and wardrobe to storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine’s favorite scenes and much more.

“With this book, I tried to show fans and future directors some of the process that the crew and I went through filming Twilight<,” said Hardwicke. “My challenge was to translate Stephenie’s powerful book and make you feel what she makes you feel when you read her works.”

Click here to download the full press release (DOC format).

Also, sometime in April 2009, they will be releasing a Twilight Saga Paperback Boxed Set containing all 4 books in the series.

We will update you guys when we've been given exact dates for these releases here in the Philippines.

We have just been informed by Hachette Book Group USA (Philippines) that the publication date of Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide has been moved from February 2009 to October 2009.

Product Description:
This must-have hardcover edition--the only official guide--is the definitive encyclopedic reference to the Twilight Saga and provides readers with everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. With exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references, and much more, this comprehensive handbook is essential for every Twilight Saga fan.

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