Edward In Bed. On Your iPod.

With hundreds of squealing teenage girls (and several older men in shiny shirts), I waited patiently to get inside the cinema on Boxing Day to see ‘Twilight’.

I am not here to talk about the movie, nor my possible man-crush on Edward Cullen: as a physician to the aural, the soundtrack (which I purchased from iTunes – so as to get the 3 bonus tracks) has been playing on my iPod for over 2 weeks now.

Bella describing Edward as having ‘tiny shards of glass’ on his skin, which evokes images of a Lady Gaga-esque face covered in geometric mirrors in my head, consequently making me think of pop techno soundtrack. However, I was completely wrong.

Muse to Linkin Park, Paramore to Mutemath, the Twilight soundtrack is a paramount item in the 12-16 year-old girl’s demographic, offering access to a variety of music that they may not have come into contact with otherwise.  As with any soundtrack, the songs aren’t amazing, but offer emotive addition to film, which is exactly what this soundtrack does. Why it is important, I feel, is that it is freeing the target demographic from the Miley-craze.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Hannah Montana. But in contrast, I think if we are to raise well-rounded, interesting adults, then new music needs to be introduced. Which is exactly what the Twilight soundtrack does - however much it annoys Muse fans.

Dr. Kelly