So, if you happen to live with a fifteen year old girl, or in my case, a late 20’s year old woman, you have probably heard of Twilight. It’s the vampire romance novel that’s not so much about vampires as it is about “I have to go” “I don’t want you to go” “I love you” “No, I love you more” dialogue. Most likely it has gripped your daughter or ahem, wife, and you only see her when she’s on her way to get the next book in the series. Now, there’s a movie adaption of the book and it’s all the rage right now.

Now, you would think that a book and movie primarily aimed at teenage girls would have a soundtrack aimed at teenage girls with lots of bubble-gum pop music. Strangely … it’s not. I borrowed the CD from Adriene a couple of months ago, and it’s actually a surprising collection of enjoyable music.

I guess Paramore could be considered teenage music, but they have some indie credibility and they’ve toured with some favorite indie bands of mine, so I guess they skate through. The two tracks are pretty indicative of their work. There’s a Linkin Park track, too, but it actually doesn’t have much in common with their earlier work aimed at teenagers. The Muse song, Supermassive Black Hole, isn’t new, but it’s one of the Muse songs I actually like. Then there’s one of my favorites, a new track by Mute Math. It’s not my favorite track by them, but I love the handclaps and I’m always happy to hear new Mute Math. There’s even an “oldie” track from one of my favorite Collective Soul albums, Dosage. Rob Pattison contributes his own song, but it’s not as bad as say, Patrick Swayze on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. The Iron & Wine song is total audible candy. I love it.

The collection is moody and a just a little turbulent, but not overly so, much like the movie, I guess, but I thought the collection was decently thought out. I don’t know if I will ever see the movie (who am I kidding, when it comes out on DVD Adriene will chain me to the couch and make me watch it), but the soundtrack is one of the pleasant surprises of 2008.