the score for "twilight" was composed by carter burwell, with the rest of the soundtrack chosen by music supervisor alexandra patsavas. meyer was consulted on the soundtrack, which includes music by muse and linkin park, bands she listened to while writing the novels. the original soundtrack was released on november 4, 2008, by chop shop records in conjunction with atlantic records. it debuted at number 1 on the "billboard" 200.