Twilight Coven Philippines

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.

MySpace has announced the track list from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse OST, which is set to be released on June 8 in the US.

1. Metric – “Eclipse (All Yours)”
2. Muse – “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)”
3. The Bravery – “Ours”
4. Florence + The Machine – “Heavy In Your Arms”
5. Sia – “My Love”
6. Fanfarlo – “Atlas”
7. The Black Keys – “Chop And Change”
8. The Dead Weather – “Rolling In On A Burning Tire”
9. Beck and Bat For Lashes – “Let’s Get Lost”
10. Vampire Weekend – “Jonathan Low”
11. UNKLE – “With You In My Head (featuring The Black Angels)”
12. Eastern Conference Champions – “A Million Miles An Hour”
13. Band Of Horses – “Life On Earth”
14. Cee-Lo Green – “What Part Of Forever”
15. Howard Shore – “Jacob’s Theme”

You can already listen to the sneak preview of Muse's track via MTV. Furthermore, here is a blog entry from Metric regarding their track, which was co-written by Howard Shore who wrote the score for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Continue to check the TCP blog for updates regarding the local release of the OST.

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.

The Twilight: The Graphic Novel Vol. 1 is now available in local bookstores! To know more information regarding the graphic novel, USA Today discusses the material and its contribution to the Twilight franchise.

The next anticipated release for Twilight fans is The Twilight Saga: New Moon DVD which will be out in stores next week. If you're planning to buy other versions aside from / other than the local version, here's a Summit-approved New Moon DVD guide to help you decide.

Also on the New Moon DVD front, here's an interview of CNN with Chris Weitz talking about making the film and what we can expect from the DVD.

MTV on the other hand released a few clips that will be featured in the DVD. Access Hollywood also sent in this clip (below) regarding the cliff diving scene:



Now from New Moon to Breaking Dawn news, Entertainment Weekly has some leads on the possible directors that might take the helm for the final movie. Moreover, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning talked about the major plot points that will be considered in the last movie.

In celebration of Lykke Li's birthday, the music video for Possibility has been released. This song is part of the The Twilight Saga: New Moon Official Soundtrack.

We've been receiving many repetitive questions here and on Twitter about several topics. Instead of answering every single one of the same tweets and emails and comments, we're gonna take the time to address the frequently asked questions here. :)

Q. When is the New Moon DVD going to be released locally?
A. Pioneer Films says they're also aiming for a March release, same as the US. There are no definite details yet, though. Keep monitoring this site for updates.

Q: When will "Twilight: The Graphic Novel" be released locally?
A: In March as well, according to Hachette Book Group USA (Phils). But this will be highly dependent on whether the stores put in their orders on time, and whether their forwarders/shippers don't encounter any logistics problems.

Q: When will "Remember Me" be released locally?
A: As we said before, it's showing March 12th, and will be distributed locally by Pioneer Films. No, TCP isn't planning a Block Screening. :P

Q: What about "The Runaways" and "Welcome to the Riley's"?
A: Again, we already posted about this; we haven't got any information on who will be distributing these movies locally, if any. I didn't see these films in the line-ups of 3 big distributors that I personally work with. Don't worry, we haven't stopped asking around about these movies yet. We will let you know here and on Twitter/Plurk as soon as we have more information.

Q: When will "Eclipse" be released locally?
A: Pioneer Films has no final decision on that yet, but expect a date very close to or the same as the US release.

Q: Will "New Moon: The Score" be released locally?
A: We're not sure yet. We'll update this info as soon as we get an answer to the inquiry we already posted to the publishers. Warner Music Phils. says that "New Moon: The Score" is already available locally. Please let us know if you spot them in stores. In addition, we haven't seen the sheet music for the New Moon soundtrack around yet either. If you're looking for the sheet music for the Twilight soundtrack, they're available at Sound Essentials branches around Metro Manila and occasionally, at Fully Booked stores.

Pinoy Twilighters got another chance to combine their love for Twilight and music in this year's The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack Launch by Warner Music Philippines. The event was held in SM Megamall Activity Center on November 13, 2009 at 6PM and was made possible by Warner Music Philippines, Pioneer Films, Magic 89.9, SM Megamall, National Bookstore, Friendster, Water Plus, Candy Magazine, Yoshinoya, Trigger Happy, and Twilight Coven Philippines.

True to form, just like last year's event, the attendees were treated to food, music, and games in order to celebrate the release of the The Twilight Saga: New Moon movie soundtrack. The participants had free food and drinks from Yoshinoya and Water Plus, plus free issues of Candy Magazine. People also had fun posing for unlimited pictures at the Trigger Happy photobooth.

The event was hosted by Junior Jock Curtis from Magic 89.9, while Twilight Coven Philippines assisted in the facilitation of the games. The games were all geared towards testing the attendees' knowledge of the soundtrack. Participants also got a chance to win advance screening tickets to The Twilight Saga: New Moon, plus New Moon posters, shirts, sampler cds, and Warner Music planners.

The musical acts were definitely the highlight of the event, as bands covered songs featured in the Twilight soundtrack. Gracenote covered Paramore's "I Caught Myself" and "Decode", followed by BlueBoyBitesBack, who covered MuteMath's "Spotlight (Twilight Mix)". Both bands also performed their own music. The event ended with a performance from Urbandub, who also performed in last year's Twilight soundtrack launch event.

The Twilight Coven Philippines administrators would like to thank Warner Music Philippines and the other sponsors for including TCP in their event. Congratulations also to all the winners (especially to those who got advance screening tickets), and thank you to all TCP members and non-members who attended the event.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is available in stores nationwide.

Examiner.com now has the full track list of the score for The Twilight Saga: New Moon from Alexandre Desplat. I guess there's not much guessing here on where most of the tracks will play out based on the titles [we surely had fun hashing the first score over at Danag Ep. 5 - mabelletaka]. Continue to check the site in terms of local availability.

The press pre-screening for The Twilight Saga: New Moon is already over and here's what most of the attendees have tweeted about it (c/o Twilight Lexicon):

“I was very impressed not only by the visual effects and the movie, but by the acting itself. Chris Weitz is bad ass.”

“Just saw New Moon. Better than Twilight and crowd just applauded at end. Leaves on a soap opera sting….”

“I’m not allowed to say anything! But be sure to follow me tomorrow at @celebuzz – Big day for RPattz news!”

“I enjoyed it more than Twilight, lot of frenching! RT @mytwitherapy: @JasonKennedy1 so….how was the new moon press screening?!?!? :-) ”

“@shaunssanctuary just came frm seeing NM.I guess it’s every girl’s dream to have a vampire & werewolf fighting over her!”

“One word: amazing! I was very impressed all around – visuals were stunning. The underwater scene..le sigh. And Summit was fabulous!!”

“ @LarryCarroll: “New Moon” was genuinely awesome. A lot of people are about to be very happy.”

You can also catch the New Moon cast as they embark on their full-swing promotional legs in their various TV appearances. Here's a list of their US schedule from JustJared. Be sure to check the site in terms of local showing schedule.

Fear.net compiled three of the New Moon clips that have been released the past few days. These contain the extended Bella birthday scene, a BellaxJacob scene, and a featurette on the Volturi. They also posted an interview with Melissa Rosenberg talking about her favorite scenes in New Moon along with writing the proposal scene.

If you're done ogling over the pictures over at Harper's Bazaar (I can still hear the squeeing), here's a glimpse of its upcoming article on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in that issue from Extra TV and a feature on these two actors from Harper's Bazaar.

MTV asks the New Moon cast various fan questions sent over to them. Check out the following: Q&A with Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed; Q&A with Kellan Lutz, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Edi Gathegi; and one last Q&A with Kellan Lutz, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Billy Burke.

ReelzChannel has a rundown of the new faces that you will see in the upcoming Eclipse movie.

We've posted a new poll! We want to know: how many times are you going to watch New Moon? Please cast your vote via the widget on the right sidebar of this page.

Meanwhile, the previous poll is still open:



View previous poll results via the TCP Poll Archives

Episode 19 of the Danag podcast will be up this week, where we cover Sam Bradley's Philippine mall tour, the New Moon soundtrack, and a teeny bit of the movie companion (no spoilers, promise!)

Also, thanks to the peeps who claimed their tickets for the blocked screening last Saturday! Our next claiming date will be this Halloween, October 31. :) Wow, it's less than a month 'til New Moon!

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And yet, the biggest news recently has been Eclipse-related. Summit has unveiled the title logo for the third movie on their official Twilight twitter account.

Now this logo is the most vampiric-looking of 'em all. Very David Slade. What do you think?

Eclipse is also in the process of wrapping up and heading for post-production. Only a few scenes left to shoot, and then it's the huge promotional rollercoaster for New Moon for the cast, starting with the "Twilight Saga: New Moon" (U.S.) City Cast Tour. Added reasons to go besides the "stargazing": performances by some of the artists on the OST, and special access for the few who acquire VIP cred. (We only wish we could experience this.)

On MTV.com: The Vampire's Assistant actor says that Cirque du Freak's vamps are cooler than Twilight's. (Before you go all ballistic, though, click on the link and read the article first!) Also, Robert Pattinson's Edward Cullen was inspired by James Dean.

" 'Rebel Without a Cause' was a big influence on the first ['Twilight' film] — it influenced the hairdo and stuff," Pattinson told USA Today. "In lots of ways, it has a very similar character arc: An everyday girl brings this relatively strange individual out of his slump."

Pattinson said he doesn't understand his appeal to young women, and even as his star continues to shine brighter and brighter each day, he's still not used to all the attention. "I'm not entirely sure what it is," he said. "I'll probably realize afterward how I could have controlled it a little bit more. But I am still like a deer in headlights."

Ah, funny how he described himself. That's exactly how I thought he looked like on the cover of USA Weekend.

tMF discusses Chris Weitz and what he can bring to the Twilight franchise. And if New Moon turns out well, would you consider him to direct Breaking Dawn?

More wolf pack meaty-goodness for you: Vanity Fair has an interview with Chaske Spencer. And if you missed it (like we did), they also have interviews with Alex Meraz and Kiowa Gordon.

Will the New Moon soundtrack be as successful as the Twilight one? Hitfix.com predicts it will be number one by this week on the Billboard charts, but will soon be eclipsed (no pun intended) by MJ.

In the meantime, if you were wondering why and how songs and artists were chosen for the soundtrack, read New Moon Rising: The Billboard Cover Story on Billboard.com. It's a good read and very enlightening (and for those asking, explains why Rob doesn't have a song in it.) Some excerpts:

"Keeping it as a combination of obviously great artists -- but making it interesting for people to discover -- was a very carefully considered view," Katz says.

This love triangle forms the plot of "New Moon," and accordingly the soundtrack is moody and wistful, but with an undercurrent of strum und drang machismo. Each song is exclusive to the soundtrack, as-yet-unreleased, and most were written specifically for the movie, remixed or given new lyrics to fit the film's themes. "I was very inspired by the John Hughes movies of the '80s, which made me listen to indie rock bands that probably weren't meant for 13-year-olds: Yello, the Psychedelic Furs, New Order," says music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas, who also produced the album, as she did for the soundtrack to "Twilight." "Hopefully we can create a similar moment in time for 2009 teenagers."

New Moon Spoiler Alerts! EXTRA has a sneak peek of a cute parking lot moment for Edward and Bella. Thanks to the fans who've uploaded it up on Youtube! :)

A recent TV spot of the movie is up on ETOnline. [Is it me or are their bylines getting more cliche than Twilight's? -minamic]

We end this round-up with a link to the People's Choice Awards. The site is just asking for nominations, and Twilight can be up for five categories, so go and show our fandom some love!

For all Smart subscribers, you can get a chance to win a New Moon shirt, New Moon soundtrack, or Twilight soundtrack if you download any of their Twilight-related caller ringback tones. Just key in any of the following keywords:

NEWMOON - to download Meet Me on the Equinox by Death Cab for Cutie
DCOD - to download Decode by Paramore
SUPER - to download Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
FLIGHT - to download Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron and Wine

and send to 5677. Each download costs Php15. Please note that this promo is open to Smart subscribers only.

There are rumours circulating around the online community that the local release date of New Moon was moved to a date earlier than the 20th. We've yet to get confirmation from our contacts in Pioneer Films, nor have we been informed by Ayala Cinemas (since it will affect our Block Screening schedule). We'll let you know ASAP when things change; consider it a rumour for now.

People Magazine will release a special New Moon edition, check out the preview they have posted. We'll let you know if this will be available locally [because that new shot of Eclipse is giving me good goosebumps - mabelletaka].


(c/o Twilight Lexicon)

NewMoonMovie.org shares a preview of the New Moon scene that ET Online will debut in the US on Monday (so that would be Tuesday or Wednesday 7PM and 11PM Philippine time, in ETC 2nd Avenue). This will feature a scene between Bella and the wolfpack (and a very scary Alex Meraz in particular).

The New Moon soundtrack is officially in stores locally, so here are reviews by Examiner and MTV that you can read after listening to the entire soundtrack. Also post your views on the soundtrack in the comments section!

Check out the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars list compiled by Empire Magazine. Twilight stars who made it into the list are Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Kellan Lutz, and Ashley Greene.

Ashley Greene shares her experience playing Alice in New Moon and Eclipse and how she has been since being part of the Twilight cast in this article c/o Vanity Fair.

Self Magazine has posted a behind-the-scenes glimpse of its photo shoot with Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, and Rachelle Lefevre.

Michael Sheen talks about his Twitter experiences with Fear.net.

Jack Huston talks about how he got cast and shares a bit about his character as Royce King II in Eclipse in this interview with Ace Showbiz. He also has another interview with IESB about his role and other projects.

E! Online reported that Kirsten Prout has been cast as Lucy in Eclipse. Summit Entertainment has not posted any official announcement yet regarding this info.

TCP member Nikki has reported a sighting of the New Moon OST at Odyssey in SM North EDSA, Annex. :) It comes with a free poster, which, she says, isn't available yet. (Well, at least the soundtrack's there.)

If you've your own sighting of that elusive New Moon soundtrack, please comment to this blog post so that the other Twilighters will be informed! Or tweet us! Thank you! :D

This just in from Warner Music Philippines:

Please do not repost this entry, just kindly link back to us. Thanks!

UPDATE (10/15, 2:35PM): The soundtrack retails for Php450.

Warner Music Philippines has announced that the New Moon movie soundtrack will be available locally on October 16, to coincide with the change in release date in the US. Stocks will first be available in Odyssey stores. Warner also advised us to keep the receipt when you buy the soundtrack (we do not know why yet, but we suspect that there's a promo involved).

You can also listen to the soundtrack by accessing the Twilight Saga soundtrack MySpace page. If you are in Facebook, join this group made by Warner dedicated to the New Moon soundtrack in the Philippines.

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

Sorry for the delay of this news round-up, as the TCP administrators have been busy supporting the performances of the talented Sam Bradley :P Be sure to grab a copy of the Manila Bulletin tomorrow, October 14, since there is a lengthy exclusive on Sam Bradley (with great photos!) in tomorrow's issue.

We also would like to announce that TCP's New Moon blocked screening will be on November 20, 2009, 8PM in Greenbelt 3 Cinema 3. Tickets are at Php200, which includes your pass to the movie, raffle, and related activities (we'll be having a major event in the cinema lobby prior to the screening). There will only be 165 seats so check the blog daily as we will post reservation instructions this week! We hope to see you there and get to share this movie experience with fellow Pinoy Twilight fans!

So on to the latest (at least the major ones) Twilight news...

There is now an official Twitter page for the Twilight movies, which was launched by Summit Entertainment. Follow them and get to read exclusive tweets from the cast and staff and behind-the-scenes goodness.

The running time for The Twilight Saga: New Moon is 2 hours and 10 minutes according to Cineplex.com. Is this is shorter or longer as you expected? Or is just right?

There is now a documentary on Robert Pattinson as reported by ScreenDaily.com entitled Robsessed. Its UK distributor, Revolver Entertainment, is looking for a November release of the dvd.

Taylor Lautner shares more on being Jacob and his other projects c/o Box Office.

Michael Sheen shares more about being Aro (and playing the undead in general) in this article by USA Today.

Entertainment Weekly rates the New Moon soundtrack and comes up with a resounding grade of A. Be sure to check out the soundtrack as it hits local stores here in the Philippines on October 20.

Check out Vanity Fair's exclusive on three acts in the New Moon movie soundtrack: Sea Wolf, St. Vincent, and OK Go.

Get to know Lykke Li's writing process and how she got hooked on New Moon in this interview by MTV. She is the songwriter of Possibility, which is part of the New Moon movie soundtrack.

Matt Bellamy from Muse talks about their latest album, performances, and their song in the New Moon soundtrack in The National Post.

MTV made an analysis of the music video of Death Cab for Cutie's Meet Me on the Equinox. If you haven't watched the video yet, click here.

Watch the music video of Death Cab for Cutie's Meet Me On The Equinox, the carrier single of The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.



Click here to watch the video in high-res.

As promised, here's the schedule of Sam Bradley's shows:

Press Conference at the Atrium of The Podium, October 7, 4PM. If you're not a member of the press, you can still watch the conference outside the cordoned area since the mall is pretty much open. We hope to see you Twilighters there; please come out to support Sam! :)

SM Megamall on October 9 (Friday), 4PM

SM Mall of Asia on October 10 (Saturday), 6PM

The Podium on October 11 (Sunday), 4PM

SM Clark on October 14 (Wednesday), 5PM

SM Southmall on October 15 (Thursday), 5PM

SM Cebu on October 16 (Friday), 5PM

SM Fairview on October 17 (Saturday), 5PM

SM Sta. Rosa on October 18 (Sunday), 5PM

There will be a Meet and Greet after each show. We've been told that SM will give out postcards to the first 50 people in the concert venues that you can have signed; we'll post more details on that when we have them.

TCP will be at most of the Metro Manila shows. If you come to the show, please approach us! We'll be wearing TCP button pins. See you there!

Sidenotes before I start this round-up:
As you all know, we are in the middle of a at the moment. Although the blog has been silent as of late, we've been trying to generate some noise through our mini-outlet on Twitter. The retweets and show of support has been overwhelming, and we'd like to thank our fellow Twilighters out there who've helped spread the word and/or just basically helped out, however small. If we could give you a hug from Edward or Jacob, we would! (However, we don't own them... nevertheless, it's the thought that counts, right?)

For our fellow local peeps, let's hope and pray the oncoming storm won't directly hit us. But just in case, stock up on necessities, as well as candles, matches/lighters, flashlights and batteries. No harm in being prepared. :)

Now on to the news...
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Anya Marina's song on the New Moon soundtrack, Satellite Heart, can now be previewed on her MySpace page. The ChopShopRecords blog has a note from the artist on how she felt being told about her soundtrack inclusion. This is also up on the Twilight Lexicon.

AceShowbiz has info on four bonus songs that will be included in the New Moon OST.

The bonus tracks are "Solar Midnite" by Lupe Fiasco, "All I Believe In" by The Magic Numbers and Amadou & Mariam, "Die Fledermaus - Duettino: Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir" by APM Orchestra, and "Wandrers Nachtlied II, Op. 96, No. 3, D.768" by Ulf Bastlein. In addition to the four songs, iTunes version soundtrack will also include Death Cab for Cutie's music video for "Meet Me On The Equinox".

Besides, by pre-ordering the soundtrack through iTunes now, fans will get an immediate download of Anya Marina's "Satellite Heart". The song, which is listed in between The Killers' "A White Demon Love Song" and Muse's "I Belong To You ('New Moon' Remix)" in the album, had been debuted on Monday, September 28, through her MySpace.

Individual New Moon character posters have been officially released online. They include Bella, Victoria, Laurent, Alice, Jasper, Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, and the Wolf Pack's Sam, Jared and Paul. The promo-stills can be viewed on several sites, including NewMoonMovie.org and TwiFans.

TwiFans also has recent full-body promos of Edward and Jacob. These are actually life-size standees that can be bought from Nordstrom's online shop, along with the rest of the brand's Twilight-inspired fashion collection.

Speaking of fashion, check out Hot Topic's new New Moon merchandise. Items of note: replicas of Bella's green birthday dress and her green corduroy jacket (I thought Bella's fashion color was blue?), antique-styled makeup boxes, separate Team Edward and Team Jacob themed jewelry, Victoria's necklace and the Volturi crest pendant! Maybe, RPattz-Edward on a sweatshirt, anyone?

BeautybloggingJunkie.com interviewed Robin Matthews, Kristen Stewart's make-up artist on New Moon. And if you're curious about Robert Pattinson's (Edward Cullen) bronze highlights? The Huffington Post has an article on how to achieve the effect, besides visiting the original stylist, of course.

Vanity Fair has a poll asking which New Moon couple is your favorite. (Naturally, Bella and Edward are leading.)

MTV reveals a special Forks-only cover for Stephenie Meyer's bio-comic.

Robert Pattinson has been the subject of quite a few articles lately. He's the cover of Another Man magazine, and is featured on GQ Style, Cinemania and Sci Fi Magazine. More on the latter on Pattinson Online. MTV also discusses RPattz and other overnight sex symbols.

Atlantic Records has officially announced the release of the New Moon soundtrack on their site.

Curious about some of the artists in the OST? Here's two features: St. Vincent talked to MTV about their inclusion in the album. Meanwhile, Hurricane Bells explains to EW how they got a song in.

On Eclipse, EOnline now has Melissa Rosenberg commenting on the darker turn the movie's going with director David Slade.

"David has a darker sensibility, so it clicks," Rosenberg said. "The story has a slightly darker tone. I mean, it goes into a full-out battle, so it is darker in the nature of what it is. David was the perfect director for it."

I don't mind as long as the leg-hitch scene and the proposal--"I promise to love you forever, every single day of forever"--is there. Hopefully, that line won't end up like the lion-lamb line that still makes our skin crawl whenever we watch it. (We already know the tent scene is there, so no worries about that.)

FANDOM NEWS
Thanks to Amala_Thea for the heads-up, we now know that New Moon will have a preview at the Rome International Film Festival, same as Twilight last year. The news bit is here but it's in Italian. :P

Nordstrom's Twilight tees are being modelled by the interns over on MTV. Here they are wearing two of the wolf pack shirts (guest starring Cam Gigandet! He doesn't wear them, though. Haha.) & two with the Cullen and Volturi crests.

MTV also has a 5-page peek at the Female Force comic bio featuring Stephenie Meyer.

Finally, I couldn't resist posting this pic shared by someone from Twitter, through RobPattzNews: a limited edition Pringles flavor. Now I wonder what VAMPIRE tastes like!