Artist	Song
The Flaming Lips	Do You Realize??
from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2006)
Linkin Park	Papercut
from Hybrid Theory (Bonus Track Version) (2006)
Muse	Hyper Music
from Origin of Symmetry (2009)
Muse	Apocalypse Please
from Absolution (2009)
The All-American Rejects	Time Stands Still
from The All-American Rejects (2003)
Marjorie Fair	Empty Room
from Self Help Serenade (2005)
Matchbox Twenty	Unwell
from More Than You Think You Are (2005)
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
from Weezer (1994)
Evanescence	My Immortal
from Fallen (2003)
Jimmy Eat World	Pain
from Futures (2004)
The Vines	Ride
from Winning Days (2004)
Coldplay	Fix You
from X & Y (2005)
U2	Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
from All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
Rooney	Blueside
from Rooney (2003)
The Fray	Over My Head (Cable Car)
from How to Save a Life (2005)
Evanescence	Going Under
from Fallen (2003)
Saliva	Rest in Pieces
from Back into Your System (2002)
Relient K	Be My Escape
from Mmhmm (2008)
Dido	White Flag
from Life for Rent (2003)
Keane	Everybody's Changing
from Hopes and Fears (2004)
Muse	Unintended
from Showbiz (2009)
The Verve Pipe	Never Let You Down
from Underneath (2001)
Muse	Sing for Absolution
from Absolution (2009)
Coldplay	The Scientist
from A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
Blue October	Sound of Pulling Heaven Down
from Foiled (2006)
Foo Fighters	DOA
from In Your Honor (2005)
Marjorie Fair	Stare
from Self Help Serenade (2005)
Sugarcult	Memory
from Palm Trees and Power Lines (2004)
Armor for Sleep	The Truth About Heaven
from What to Do When You Are Dead (2008)

Comment:

How perfectly does Stephenie Meyer’s taste in music match up with her talent for evoking the trials and triumphs of a love both seemingly impossible and destined by fate? Just listen to Linkin Park’s stinging “Papercut” — one of Meyer’s selections for her special playlist to accompany the [i]Twilight[/i] sequel [i]New Moon[/i] — and the idea that something so small can cause a consequence so huge is brought home even more powerfully. Each of the author’s choices magnifies the essence of her characters and storyline, from Jacob’s bone-deep desire to be there for his friend Bella (Coldplay’s “Fix You,” the Verve Pipe’s “Never Let You Down”), to the perfection of Muse’s “Sing for Absolution” in expressing the desperation of Edward’s misguided mission to spare his loved one from a pain far more eternal than that of a paper cut.

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