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• By Eric Gorfain
• Sheet Music
• Published by String Letter Publishing

Sink your teeth into tunes from Twilight!

Play two edgy tunes from The Twilight Saga. Arranger Eric Gorfain translates the folksy, psychedelic sounds of the indie-rock bands Grizzly Bear and OK Go into string arrangements that are sure to energize a school recital or bring a contemporary touch to any casual gig. Whether you’re on Team Jacob or Team Edward, or just a flat-out indie rock fan, you’ll enjoy the interesting melody, syncopation, and texture these charts have to offer.

“Slow Life” by Grizzly Bear is a sad and romantic piece that perfectly fits the dark atmosphere of The Twilight Saga. Lazy and moody, this arrangement’s languorous pulse beats like a breaking heart, and eventually turns into a melancholy ode to romantic despair.

“Shooting the Moon” by OK Go is a popular hit with the band’s followers and fans of the The Twilight Saga soundtrack. With a contrasting vibe to “Slow Life,” this arrangement builds on the intensity of the song’s military-band beat while maintaining its playful nature. Culminating with rock ’n’ roll bravado, “Shooting the Moon” is challenging and fun to play.

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(Excerpted from the Performance Notes)

OK Go may be best known for its cleverly choreographed treadmill video to the song “Here It Goes Again,” but they also contributed the upbeat “Shooting the Moon ” to 2009’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack.

The cello opens this string quartet arrangement of that song with an imitation of pounding timpani strokes: it’s pizzicato, but make sure it’s played loudly and with purpose while keeping rock-solid time. The 16th-note pizzicato pickups can be considered more rhythmic than pitched, but try to honor the indicated pitches as much as possible.

In m. 3, the second violinist and violist enter and establish the swung 16th-note groove that continues throughout the song. (Remember, only 16th notes are swung since the song is in a 6/8 feel.) The first violinist lightly plucks eighth-note double stops just to help keep the rhythmic pulse.

Listen to a sample of this arrangement of "Shooting the Moon."

Grizzly Bear—Christopher Bear, Edward F. Droste, Daniel Rossen, and Christopher Michael Taylor—is one of indie rock’s most acclaimed sonic-experimentalist bands. “Slow Life” was its musical contribution to 2009’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack. The song cements the band’s reputation as psychedelic folk rockers of the highest order.

The original version opens with a lightly picked acoustic guitar, represented here by a rhythmic pattern split between the violist and second violinist. The first violinist shadows the second violinist by lightly bowing the same notes that the second violinist is plucking—remember to stay in the shadows, first violinst!

Listen to a sample of this arrangement of "Slow Life."

The pickup note to the piece starts on the “and” of the fourth beat, which will give the listener the impression that the beat is “turned around.” Try to silently count off as an ensemble in order to not give away the actual downbeat—when the melody enters at m. 9, the true downbeat will become apparent.

—Eric Gorfain