Beirut

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Origin	Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Genre(s)	World music Indie Folk Electronica
Years active	2006—present
Associated acts	Owen Pallett Alaska in Winter A Hawk and a Hacksaw Kocani Orkestar The Silent League
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Members
Perrin Cloutier
Hari Ziznewski
Jason Poranski
Nick Petree
Kristin Ferebee
Paul Collins
Jon Natchez
Kelly Pratt
Tracy Pratt
Ben Lanz
Lucy Blyth
Zach Condon
Former members
Heather Trost
Jeremy Barnes

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Vampire Weekend, Beck Confirmed For Twilight Eclipse Soundtrack

May 12, 2010

Songs by Vampire Weekend and Metric will appear on the soundtrack to the new film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

The 15-song score will also feature tracks by The Bravery and a collaboration between Beck and Bat For Lashes.

Songs from the new movie are currently being revealed on the MySpaceMusic Twitter feed.

It has already been confirmed that a new song by Muse, entitled ‘Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)’, will be the soundtrack’s lead single.

Muse have already appeared on the soundtracks the previous two films in the vampire franchise.

Eclipse will see Pattinson and Kristen Stewart reprise their roles as vampire Edward Cullen and schoolgirl Bella Swan.

The soundtrack to the last film, New Moon, also featured Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Editors and Band of Skulls.

The tracklisting so far is:

(by Jason Gregory)

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