Thom Yorke In Talks For ‘New Moon’ Soundtrack?!?

Some things just go together like peanut butter and jelly, right? Well how about Radiohead front-man Thom Yorke and the vampire romance, New Moon? According to an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Moon‘s director Chris Weitz spilled details about his plans for the music, and while Weitz will be working again with his Golden Compass composer Alexandre Desplat on the score, rumors have started to pop up about what’s in store for the soundtrack.

A few weeks back there was talk that Coldplay and Kelly Clarkson would be contributing to the official soundtrack, but music snobs out there might want to hold on to their hat because Weitz now tells RT the following: “I am surprised at some of the bands that have said they’re interested. It’s kind of great. The criterion will still always be what’s right for the movie at that given moment, but Thom Yorke is interested; we might, if we’re very lucky, get Kings of Leon to do something… ”

Now you might remember that Yorke provided the track for Radiohead’s 15 Step to play over Twilight‘s closing credits, but I wonder if Yorke does sign on, will he be creating something original, or just hand over the rights to another one of his songs? We will have to wait and see, because neither Leon or Yorke have confirmed their involvement with the soundtrack, and like so much of the news surrounding New Moon, the rumors are running wild.

But Yorke’s spokesperson tells MTV that they were, “not denying [the story], but there’s nothing confirmed as yet” and Kings of Leon’s spokesperson told MTV “They like the film a lot, but it’s a little too early to tell if they can be involved.”

Thom Yorke in Talks for ‘New Moon’ Soundtrack?!?

‘Twilight’ Soundtrack Debuts At Number One

Robert Pattinson and his pretty vampire pals have proven to be a pain in the neck for AC/DC.

The Twilight soundtrack just ended the Aussie metal mavens’ two-week run at No. 1, as the tunes to suck blood by sold 165,000 copies, about 5,000 more than AC/DC’s Black Ice.

The rocked-out soundtrack features new singles by Paramore and Perry Farrell and a U.K. single by Muse that’s already given the band a new chart-high across the pond.

Twilight is the first soundtrack to debut at No. 1 in over two years. (Jack Johnson’s Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies for Curious George debuted on top in early ’06.) The album should continue to be a Top 10 fixture with the big-buzz film set for a Nov. 21 opening.

Hinder’s Take It to the Limit scored the week’s second-best bow (No. 4, 81,000), while opera guy Andrea Bocelli’s Incanto (No. 8, 62,000) and cowboy crooner Brad Paisley’s Play (No. 9, 54,000) also had Top 10 showings.

Just missing the Top 10 was veteran rapper Q-Tip’s The Renaissance (No. 11, 34,000). Elsewhere, Shiny Toy Guns, with new singer Sisley Treasure replacing Carah Charnow, saw Season of Poison open at No. 47 with 12,000.

Yule-themed albums also fared well, with Sarah Brightman’s A Winter Symphony at No. 38, Starbucks’ Winter Wonderland collection at No. 42, Harry Connick, Jr.’s What a Night! A Christmas Album at No. 48, and Jeff Dunham’s Don’t Come Home for Christmas and Josh Groban’s 2007 smash Noël climbing to the top of the Catalog charts. Ho, ho, ho.

Over on the Digital Tracks charts, two major new singles battled it out for No. 1. Kanye West’s “Heartless” (201,000) topped Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” (172,000) in their debut weeks. As a prelude to the big album debuts to come, Beyoncé and Britney Spears’ new singles both remained strong in the Top 5.

Swift’s new album, Fearless, which went on sale yesterday, is already No. 1 at iTunes and is expected to make a strong push for No. 1 on next week’s Billboard 200. Read more