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Pattinson and Hardwick Talk Scoring ‘Twilight’
Last week Bloody-Disgusting stringer Tammy Sutton say down with the cast and crew of Summit Entertainment’s Twilight, which arrives in theaters tomorrow at midnight. Beyond the break you can read all of the secrets behind the soundtrack of TWILIGHT from star Robert Pattinson and director Catherine Hardwicke.
“I think [star] Nikki Reed gave a CD of stuff I’d recorded on my computer to [director] Catherine [Hardwicke],” star Robert Pattinson tells B-D. The soundtrack features Pattinson on one of the lead tracks, “She put it into a cut [of the movie] and it kind of worked, so I agreed. I didn’t know it would end up being on the soundtrack. I wanted to put it under another name so it wouldn’t become distracting, which is has. I’m not trying to get a music career out of it or anything,” he jokes.
Catherine Hardwick was aware that the author Stephenie Meyer was a huge fan of the band Muse. She even dedicates one of the books to them.
“We were so lucky to get Muse on the soundtrack, I put myself on tape and tried a zillion times to reach those guys,” Hardwicke explains. “I really wanted them to be apart of this.”
Luckily, Muse would eventually agree to be a part of the soundtrack, which is currently at number 1 on the billboard charts. The rest of the music in the film proved to be a much more difficult task.
“The music supervisor would send CD after CD with up to 50 songs on them. We’d try every song with the picture, and a lot of times music just does not work,” she continues, “if the lyrics start cutting through too much then you miss the dialog. For every song in the movie we probably tried 50-60 songs played to the picture until you get one that works.
“The Iron and Wine song that’s played at the prom, was suggested by Kristen [Stewart]. During rehearsals we play music, and as soon as we put it on and Rob and Kristen started dancing, we thought it was a cool song, but it’s very rare that a song you use during rehearsal makes it all the way through and still works with the picture.”
You can read more about TWILIGHT here as Hardwicke talks about how the film almost didn’t happen!
Just three years after Evil Dead Rise set the box office on fire with a $147 million worldwide haul, Evil Dead Burn was unleashed into theaters this past weekend. Unfortunately, the opening weekend for Evil Dead Burn wasn’t quite as strong as the debut for its predecessor.
Evil Dead Burn debuted in 3,004 theaters across North America and scared up $13.7 million in its domestic debut, about $10 million less than Evil Dead Rise‘s $24.5 million opening.
Worldwide, Evil Dead Burn debuted with $27 million. Given the film’s production budget was somewhere in the ballpark of $20 million, all is certainly not lost for Evil Dead Burn. That said, Warner Bros. and New Line no doubt hoped that Burn would top or at least match the domestic opening of Rise, but instead we’re looking at a case of diminishing franchise returns.
The good news for fans? Next installment Evil Dead Wrath has already wrapped production for expected release in 2028, so there’s no danger of the franchise ending with Evil Dead Burn.
Evil Dead Wrath from director Francis Galluppi (The Last Stop in Yuma County) is currently set for theatrical release on April 7, 2028, though that could change in the coming months.
Will the Evil Dead franchise be taking a break after Evil Dead Wrath? That all depends on how Wrath performs at the box office. But for what it’s worth, the post-credits scene at the end of Evil Dead Burn suggests that the franchise’s creators are hopeful for a bright future ahead.
The critical reception for Evil Dead Burn was a bit less positive than the reception to Evil Dead Rise, with Rise hitting 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and Burn currently sitting at 71%. It’s interesting to note, however, that the “Popcornmeter” on Rotten Tomatoes is a bit higher for Burn than it was for Rise, with Burn‘s currently at 80% and Rise‘s sitting a tad lower at 76%.
The site’s “Popcornmeter” scores are decided by users, rather than verified movie critics.
Which do you prefer? Evil Dead Rise or Evil Dead Burn? Sound off below.
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