As far as alternative rock bands go, Muse is one of the most popular and honored acts to come out of Great Britain. Needless to say, it shocked plenty of the group’s loyal fans when their song “Neutron Star Collision” was not only featured on The Twilight Saga: Ecliipse soundtrack, but became the album’s lead single. But when Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme made the following statement, it all became clear:
“I’m not sure how cool it is to be on those kind of things but sometimes you’ve just got to get your music out there in different ways. It’s very difficult in America because you don’t have anything like Radio 1, nothing is national. You have to take every opportunity you get over there and sometimes you have to sell your soul. When we were in the studio writing it, one minute they said they wanted to use it in the end credits, then they said they wanted to use it in another scene. Then it was another scene and in the end we were like, ‘Do what you want with it, we don’t care any more.”
Sure, Muse fans might feel better now that they know their favorite band didn’t hand over music because they love RPatz, but is it any consolation that they did it for the money and exposure? “Sometimes you have to sell your soul.” True or false?
sunflower / 316 posts
There is absolutely no way that Muse is “well known” in the United States from being in Twilight. They have been around for their last 4 cd’s in the states, and they have been very loved. Anyone who freaks out because muse was on the last 3 twilight sountracks needs to get a brain. So their music is on all 3 twilight soundtracks. Big deal. Paramore is in the same boat. Muse still creates amazing music even after “selling their souls” and had fantastic music in all of the cd’s released before, and I’m happy that they are getting (slightly) more publicity for it because it means they will continue to make amazing music.
Neither Stephanie Meyer nor Twilight own them.
daisy / 526 posts
@Jinnex@xanga - I concur.
It’s just more elitist bullcrap that people pull. “omgawwwd, my band isn’t a secret anymore so I need to get all high and mighty about it” Muse hasn’t been a secret for quite some time now. A shit ton of bands put their music in movies. It’s really just another step for them.
daisy / 555 posts
I think that it was a smart move to have it in the movie, because some people didn’t know who they were before the movie and BAM now are devoted fans.
Money and exposure are a part of being a success.
daisy / 568 posts
The Black Keys did the same thing :’(
sunflower / 296 posts
They can soundtrack the next horrible movie spoof, and I wouldn’t give a care. If they are good to me, I’ll still listen.
sunflower / 353 posts
I can’t say that I could believe this coming from a band as popular as Muse.
Mute Math, however, is still not all that well known and I was initially surprised to find out that their song “Spotlight” was for the Twilight soundtrack. I was kind of thinking “ewwww” at first, but if the exposure helps them gain fans, then why not? But even now I don’t think their popularity has changed much, at least not to my awareness.
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i listened to them way before twilight.. at least they’re getting their music out there. they aren’t “selling their souls”.
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PSHH I still love Muse, despite their appearances on the Twilight Soundtracks. Honestly, the songs on the soundtracks, with the exception of Eclipse, have been songs that were taken from their early albums.
So whatever. I just don’t want them to be a sell out.
sunflower / 327 posts
at least they’re famous now. thts smth u shud do if u wanna get famous!
catch every chance u got.
orchid / 180 posts
The author had already made it clear that she was a fan of Muse by putting it on the soundtracks on her website… if you had a popular author say “Hey, my multi-million dollar book franchise is being made into movies, and I want to use your music, because I personally like it”, I think most people would say yes. I don’t like Twilight, but it makes sense to me.
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‘Muse is one of the most popular and honored acts to come out of Great Britain’. If thats the case, we need help.
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There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be exposed. I mean…it sucks if they HATE Twilight though because they’re one of Stephenie’s favorite bands.
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This is often the case for bands because the music industry is just so harsh, but hey, I get what you mean, it doesn’t make it hurt any less.
I’m about to lose one of my favorite indie bands to the Twilight franchise thanks to Eclipse. If they start playing only stadium bands with shrieking preteen girls in the crowd after this, I’m going to have a good long cry about it and relive the good times when I saw them at small gigs where everyone knew the lyrics to every track.
It’s not so much the “selling your soul to make money” part that crushes me about bands that do this, it’s the “losing you to cheap fans that don’t appreciate your music as much as I do” that does it.
orchid / 176 posts
I’ve actually never liked Muse that much. Their music has always felt a bit cheesy to me.
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Muse has been selling out all over the place lately, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. You can hear them on football commercials, for crying out loud, and if it helps them get exposure so more people can appreciate their awesomeness, good for them.
orchid / 225 posts
they are only one of many who have disappointed me this way. sigh.
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ive loved their music years before twilight, so it doesnt matter. twilight sucks, but its understandable they want exposure. these guys have to make a living, right? i have to disagree that theyre not well known here in the U.S., because they definitely are.
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WHO CARES, I LOVE MUSE! I personally think they didn’t need the Twilight saga to gain more exposure. They’re already so damn good.
I’m trying to get tickets for their concerts in SoCal but they sell out so quickly! I doubt this is solely a product of Twilight.
daisy / 743 posts
Only Muse album I ever owned and listened to was Absolution;after that I got ADD and pretty much forget about them.Never even cared to update…
Anyway, if Muse was my musical true love, I wouldn’t even be bothered about their movie soundtrack deals, and i won’t be upset about the “fans” who pretend to like their music to look cool. For me, it’s all about the MUSIC, not the band’s business choices, or whoever pretends to like them.
sunflower / 477 posts
i’m torn. see, I loved muse when they weren’t as popular and people didn’t refer to Supermassive Black Hole as ‘the song from Twilight’ but on the other hand, put yourself in their position. If something you knew was that popular offered you recognition, would you turn it down?
cherry blossom / 40 posts
If they sold their souls…..
does that mean they’re vampires too?
cherry blossom / 26 posts
Thats showbiz.
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Meh, I liked Muse before they were on the Twilight CD, but that didn’t stop me from buying it when it came out. In my opinion the music that’s on those CDs are pretty awesome, so even though the movies/books suck I’d say that being on the CD isn’t bad at all.
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It’s called Guitar Hero?
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Muse was already super famous. But I guess…No, I’m still a little upset by it.
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Radiohead and Death Cab for Cutie also appear on Twilight soundtracks. I don’t care. It’s not like they wrote the damn books. It’s not like, when I hear a song by them that I’ve known since most Twi-hards were sperm, I’m gonna be like, “Oh, god, it’s that Twilight band.” I don’t even care if some of them start listening to my favorite bands because of the movie. That’s right, experience talent, kids! You’re welcome.
It’s funny, we all complain so much about the garbage that kids listen to these days, and then when they start listening to the bands we do like, we become elitist snobs about it. So you’d rather they give their money to Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber? Way to support the existence of the crap you hate.