Saturday 24 November 2012

Carter Burwell's Bella's Lullaby - Deep Meaning Inside?



  While the newly released hit of Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn Part 2 still remained the box office of the week , I'm really impressed how my 115 minutes just gone by without blinking in the cinema . Despite a few arguments whether Twilight is the worst saga forever or the best saga forever , what makes the BD part 2 is so special is the soundtrack (and of course , the new addition to Cullen's family - Bella and Renesmee) . The melody by Yiruma once I loved most , it became my second top of the list after I heard Carter Burwell's Bella Lullaby .

Plus , I had a wonderful time listening to the OST while watching , being reminded that this was their finale and happy ending forever . I won't spoil the beans for those who haven't watch it , so I'll point out only the OST .

What captured me is this one particular melody that bring my tears out. Reminding me how life is beautiful and reminisce their stories in the past .

Here's an excerpt from CB's website :


My concern, as a composer, is to make the film as a whole compelling, dramatic, emotional and cinematic. But in this case other extraneous concerns quickly started to pile on, all driven by the fans of the book. The piano scene was added because Summit was becoming aware that fans wanted to hear Edward play the melody referred to as “Bella’s Lullaby.” Because I hadn’t started writing yet there was a musical vacuum into which other music started to be pulled. Rob improvised a tune for the shoot. Matthew Bellamy, of Muse, sent in his idea of “Bella’s Lullaby.” And there were countless readers who already had their own ideas. None of this made my job easier.
When I finally began writing music for Twilight, in early July, I moved myself, my family and my studio from New York to Los Angeles to work more closely with Catherine and the editorial team – Nancy Richardson the film editor and Adam Smalley the music editor. I began the score with Bella and Edward, specifically the scene in which he carries her into the treetops. I wanted to capture the excitement but also the challenge of this love which spans barriers of time and species. The film had been edited so that the piano scene followed the treetops scene, and the whole montage had very little dialogue so it was a good canvas on which to paint Bella and Edward’s love theme.
After trying many different approaches with mixed success I put the tune I wrote years ago for my ecstatic and tormented love against the picture and it seemed quite perfect. It has an “A” theme which is a bit ambiguous, like two people trying to find a common ground, climbing to a high and then tumbling down, and a “B” theme that is forthrightly joyful (at least as joyful as my music gets). I showed it to Catherine Hardwicke and she found it “thrilling,” “exhiliarating.” And so this unnamed tune became “Bella’s Lullaby.” It’s worth noting, though, that neither Catherine nor I ever called that. We always referred to this tune as the “Love Theme” and I think it makes much more sense if you think of it this way. It’s more complex and emotional than any lullaby I’ve ever heard.


My favourite line is in 1:12 - 1:50 , repetition at 2:40 - 3:40 . I'm also still practicing the tunes but I'll upload it very soon .

Yiruma's River Flows in You :


What do you think is better lullaby , Burwell's or Yiruma's ?


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