November 05, 2009 11:29 ET

Summit Entertainment Records via E1 Music to Release "The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Score" by Academy Award Nominee Alexandre Desplat on November 24, 2009

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 5, 2009) - E1 Music is pleased to announce the highly anticipated release from Academy Award nominated composer Alexandre Desplat, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Score" on November 24th, 2009. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is the second installment of the highly successful film franchise "Twilight," an action-packed, modern day vampire love story. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" premieres in theaters on November 20th, 2009.

Highly regarded Desplat is the winner of numerous awards including 2008's "Film Score of The Year" & "Best Original Score for a Drama Film" by the International Film Critics Association ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), winner of the 2007 Golden Globe for Best Original Score ("The Painted Veil"), and two-time Academy Award Nominee ("The Queen" & "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button").

Desplat comments, "Chris Weitz and 'New Moon' provided me with a rich canvas to create the colors of desire, longing, heartbreak and eternal love."

With even more anticipation, a growing fan base, and an award-winning/critically-acclaimed composer, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Score" is a must-have companion to the movie experience and sure to please not just movie fans but fans of the Score genre.

Paul Katz of Eye2Ear Music serves as both the executive producer of the score album as well as Summit Entertainment's point person on film-related music and soundtracks.

The tracklisting:

1.  New Moon
2.  Bella Dreams
3.  Romeo & Juliet
4.  Volturi Waltz
5.  Blood Sample
6.  Edward Leaves
7.  Werewolves
8.  I Need You
9.  Break Up
10. Memories of Edward
11. Wolves v. Vampire
12. Victoria
13. Almost a Kiss
14. Adrenaline
15. Dreamcatcher
16. To Volterra
17. You're Alive
18. The Volturi
19. The Cullens
20. Marry Me, Bella
21. Full Moon

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," directed by Chris Weitz and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, will be released November 20, 2009. In the film, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of -- only to find herself in greater peril than ever before. Following Edward Cullen's (Pattinson) departure from Forks, Washington, Bella discovers his image comes to her whenever she puts herself in jeopardy. In time Bella's frozen heart is gradually thawed by her budding relationship with Jacob Black (Lautner) who has a supernatural secret of his own.

About E1 Entertainment

E1 Entertainment (AIM: ETO) is a leading independent entertainment content owner that acquires film, television and music rights and exploits these rights in all media in more than 190 countries. The company currently operates in Canada, the U.S., the UK, Holland and Belgium through its four primary businesses units: E1 Television, E1 Films, E1 Music and E1 Distribution. These businesses collectively represent E1's extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production/distribution, Kids content, Licensing and Distribution. E1's content library includes more than 3,700 feature films, 2,700 hours of original television programming and 15,000 music tracks.

About Summit Entertainment, LLC

Summit Entertainment, LLC is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.