A little from the director's notebook....
I took a peek at Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight: Director's Notebook that is due on shelves this Tuesday, March 17th. There was one picture of Rob playing music in the studio, terrible quality (even worse from my cell pic)...
"Rob's songs were raw and emotional. Adam Smalley, our music editor, tried the songs against picture. 'Never Think' fit in beautifully with the restaurant scene, but 'Let Me Sign' made Bella's death scene in the ballet studio much more powerful. Even Rob agree, so he went into Bright Street Studios and recorded the songs with a cellist- and Adam, Karl, and Kenny Woods at the boards."
"Rob's 2 Songs:
Kristen and Nikki kept telling me about Rob's songs and his voice- but he would never let me head him sing. 'I'll bring you a CD tomorrow' turned into 2 months. Finally I convinced him to go to my friend Karl Leiker's studio in his Venice apartment and just lay something down. He sat in a low Japanese chair in a tiny room and sang and played guitar- all on the same track... 6 songs..."
"One of my favorite days was watching Rob record. He sand the songs dozens of times, but no two takes were alike. The music seemed to flow from somewhere deep inside."
During filming:
"One night Rob improvised for an hour and a half on the piano, mesmerizing us with haunting melodies. Grown women were actually crying."
LOL, why do I believe this though??!
Sidenote on Bella's lullaby:
"Years ago, Carter was in love with an amazing and challenging woman. She left him and he wrote a piece of music that tried to express the thrill and pain of having his heart broken. This unnamed tune became Bella's Lullaby and the woman became his wife."
I thought this was sweet ♥
"Rob's songs were raw and emotional. Adam Smalley, our music editor, tried the songs against picture. 'Never Think' fit in beautifully with the restaurant scene, but 'Let Me Sign' made Bella's death scene in the ballet studio much more powerful. Even Rob agree, so he went into Bright Street Studios and recorded the songs with a cellist- and Adam, Karl, and Kenny Woods at the boards."
"Rob's 2 Songs:
Kristen and Nikki kept telling me about Rob's songs and his voice- but he would never let me head him sing. 'I'll bring you a CD tomorrow' turned into 2 months. Finally I convinced him to go to my friend Karl Leiker's studio in his Venice apartment and just lay something down. He sat in a low Japanese chair in a tiny room and sang and played guitar- all on the same track... 6 songs..."
"One of my favorite days was watching Rob record. He sand the songs dozens of times, but no two takes were alike. The music seemed to flow from somewhere deep inside."
During filming:
"One night Rob improvised for an hour and a half on the piano, mesmerizing us with haunting melodies. Grown women were actually crying."
LOL, why do I believe this though??!
Sidenote on Bella's lullaby:
"Years ago, Carter was in love with an amazing and challenging woman. She left him and he wrote a piece of music that tried to express the thrill and pain of having his heart broken. This unnamed tune became Bella's Lullaby and the woman became his wife."
I thought this was sweet ♥