What the handsome young men have to do with this post is practically nothing. They are the wolves in New Moon and are so pretty too. Every once in awhile I have to add some beefcake to GA.

New Moon news seems to be happening every day and will probably get only more intense as the movie gets closer. The screams were heard around the internet as the songs for Twilight: New Moon were listed on the British Amazon.com and fans were able to listen to 30 second snippets of each song. It doesn’t seem to be up now, so I think we lost our chance.

But don’t fret Twilight fans. Because of all the excitement, New Moon Director, Chris Weitz has announced on his twitter that the soundtrack will be released this Friday, October 16, 2009. Four days before the original release date.

“Due to overwhelming demand, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON soundtrack is being released this Friday!”

iTunes has yet to update to that, but you can see all the artists and songs on iTunes. At this moment you can only sample one song on iTunes, Anya Marina’s Satellite Heart. You can also only purchase the album as an album all together but you do get the full Death Cab for Cutie video when you order it on iTunes.

Here are three video clips for Death Cab for Cutie’s New Moon song, Meet me on the Equinox:

video seems to not be loading due to load. Might be up later tonight:

I love love love that they are using Death Cab for Cutie in the soundtrack. Here are some of the other artists to get excited about: Band of Skulls (“Friends”), Thom Yorke (“Hearing Damage”), Lykke Li (“Possibility”), the Killers (“A White Demon Love Song”), Anya Marina (“Satellite Heart”), Muse (“I Belong to You [New Moon]“), Bon Iver with St. Vincent (“Rosyln”), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (“Done All Wrong”), Hurricane Bells (“Monsters”), Sea Wolf (“The Violet Hour”), OK Go (“Shooting the Moon”), Grizzly Bear (“Slow Life”), Editors “No Sound but the Wind” and Alexandre Desplat (“New Moon [The Meadow]“). I think I’ll be putting my order in now.