Stephenie Meyer created a playlist of music that she listened to when writing each book in the series.
Twilight[]
The Twilight playlist at Stephenie Meyer's website.
- "Why Does it Always Rain on Me?" — Travis
- "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" [video edit] — My Chemical Romance
- "Creep" [radio edit] — Radiohead
- "In My Place" — Coldplay
- "By Myself" — Linkin Park
- "Dreaming" — OMD
- "Please Forgive Me" — David Gray
- "Here With Me" — Dido
- "With You" [reanimation remix] — Linkin Park
- "Time is Running Out" — Muse
- "Dreams" — The Cranberries
- "Tremble for My Beloved" — Collective Soul
- "Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)" — Billy Joel
New Moon[]
The New Moon playlist at Stephenie Meyer's website.
Bella's perspective[]
- "Do you realize?" - The Flaming Lips
- "Papercut" - Linkin Park
- "Hyper Music" - Muse
- "Apocalypse Please" - Muse
- "Time Stands Still" - The All-American Rejects
- "Empty Room" - Marjorie Fair
- "Unwell" - Matchbox Twenty
- "Pain" - Jimmy Eat World
- "Ride" - The Vines
- "Blueside" - Rooney
- "Over My Head (Cable Car)" - The Fray
- "Going Under" - Evanescence
- "Tautou" - Brand New
- "Be My Escape" - Relient K
- "Ya Mamma" - Fatboy Slim
- "Stare" - Marjorie Fair
- "Memory" - Sugarcult
- "The Truth About Heaven" - Armor For Sleep
Edward's perspective[]
- "Sing For Absolution" - Muse
- "D.O.A." - Foo Fighters
- "The Scientist" - Coldplay
- "Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" - Blue October
Jacob's perspective[]
- "Fix You" - Coldplay
- "Never Let You Down" - Verve Pipe
Eclipse[]
The Eclipse playlist at Stephenie Meyer's website.
- "Mexican Standoff" — Elbow
- "Hamburg Song" — Keane
- "Clocks" — Coldplay
- "The Small Print" — Muse
- "Stab My Back" — The All-American Rejects
- "Mr. Brightside" — The Killers
- 'Newborn" — Muse
- "Love Me Like You" — The Magic Numbers
- "Vindicated" — Dashboard Confessional
- "Hysteria" — Muse
- "Uninvited" — Alanis Morissette
- "Yes Please" — Muse
- "Infra-Red" — Placebo
- "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot" — Brand New
- "Luv" — Travis
- "Blackout" — Muse
- "It's A Disaster" — Ok Go
- "This Is How I Disappear" — My Chemical Romance
- "Sleep" — My Chemical Romance
- "Falling Away With You" — Muse
- "Accident & Emergency" — Patrick Wolf
- "The Well and the Lighthouse" — Arcade Fire
Breaking Dawn[]
The Breaking Dawn playlist:
Book I[]
- Beach Boys — "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
- Billy Idol — "White Wedding"
- INXS — "Never Tear Us Apart"
- Muse — "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"
- Blue October — "Congratulations"
- Plain White T's — "Take Me Away"
- Jack's Mannequin — "Dark Blue"
- Coldplay — "No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground"
- Fuel — "Hemorrhage"
Book II[]
- Nine Inch Nails — "Down In It"
- Aerosmith — "What it Takes"
- Incubus — "Earth to Bella (part 1)"
- Interpol — "No I in Threesome"
- Korn — "Twisted Transistor"
- TV on the Radio — "Wolf Like Me"
- My Chemical Romance — "The Sharpest Lives"
- Motion City Soundtrack — "Point of Extinction"
- R.E.M. — "Accelerate"
- Blue October — "My Never" (song not released until March 2009)
- Jimmy Gnecco — "Someone to Die For"
Book III[]
- The Smashing Pumpkins — "Today"
- Right Said Fred — "I'm Too Sexy"
- Jimmy Eat World — "Chase this Light"
- Jackie Wilson — "Your Love is Lifting Me Higher"
- Linkin Park — "Pts. Of Athrty"
- 3 Doors Down — "Duck and Run"
- Simon and Garfunkel — "Hazy Shade of Winter"
- Death Cab for Cutie — "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
- Muse — "Intro [Absolution]"
- Muse — "Take A Bow"
- Muse — "Assassin"
- Ok Go — "Invincible"
- Travis — "Safe"
- Arcade Fire — "No Cars Go"
Midnight Sun[]
The Midnight Sun playlist at Stephenie Meyer's website:
- Crooked Ways - Motion City Soundtrack
- One of a Kind – Placebo
- Sick, Sick, Sick – Queens of the Stone Age
- Down In It – Nine Inch Nails
- Map of the Problematique – Muse
- Na Na Na Na Naaa – Kaiser Chiefs
- Not the One – Collective Soul
- Notice – Gomez
- Clair de Lune – Debussy
- With You – Linkin Park
- Demons – Dry the River
- Ocean of Noise – Arcade Fire
- Ice Dance – Danny Elfman/Edward Scissorhands Score
- First Day of My Life – Bright Eyes
- Pledging My Love – Johnny Ace
- Turning Page – Sleeping At Last
- Saw Lightning – Beck
- Digeridoo – Aphex Twin
- Machine Gun – Portishead
- Incarnation – Le Castle Vania
- Blood Hands – Royal Blood
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 – Sergei Rachmaninoff
- The Dark is Rising – Mercury Rev
- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space – Spiritualized
- The Night We Met – Lord Huron
- How to Disappear Completely – Radiohead
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner[]
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner playlist:
- "Yes Please" - Muse
- "Heads Will Roll" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- "Midnight and I" - White Rabbits
- "Now We Can See" - The Thermals
- "Falling In" - Ha Ha Tonka
- "Rocking Horse" - The Dead Weather
- "New Noise" - Refused
- "What If We Could" - Blue October
- "The Royal We" - Silversun Pickups
- "Count Me Out" - Meese
- "Blindness" - Metric
- "Set the Sails" - Dan Mangan