Early last November, weeks before Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart introduced the world to "Twilight" movie madness, the film's soundtrack shot straight to the top of the Billboard albums chart. After conquering bookstores and on its way to a $70 million opening weekend at theaters, "Twilight" had showed it could rock your iPod too.

Fast-forward a year, and it's set to happen again. Little more than a month before "New Moon" premieres, the movie's soundtrack is looking to make a splash when it drops Friday (October 16). MTV News has been mapping the universe of "New Moon" music for months -- which bands made the cut, which bands didn't, what the lucky few had to say about being selected -- and we've gathered all our reporting together so you will know everything there is to know about the movie's tunes, in MTV's "New Moon" soundtrack cheat sheet:

The First Soundtrack

News about the original "Twilight" soundtrack started to trickle out as early as April 2008, when MTV News visited the movie's Oregon set and reported that Pattinson would lend his musical talents to the disc. That summer at Comic-Con, director [article id="1591520"]Catherine Hardwicke confirmed the info[/article], saying he'd composed three songs. While only one RPattz track, "Never Think," made the cut, the Brit actor was joined on the soundtrack by Muse, Paramore, [article id="1595993"]Perry Farrell[/article] and Linkin Park, among others.

" 'Twilight' really caught my attention and held it," [article id="1595214"]Paramore's Hayley Williams[/article] told MTV News that September. "I'm really excited to see the book adapted to film and excited that our band gets to be a part of the phenomenon."

The soundtrack ended up [article id="1599170"]selling 164,700 its first week[/article] on its way to achieving double-platinum status.

Collecting the 'New Moon' Sounds

Which bands would get the call for the soundtrack sequel? For months, there was a whole lot of speculation without much in the way of solid answers. Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson, [article id="1616493"]Thom Yorke and the Kings of Leon[/article] were among the names floated early on. The first verified news came in August, when MTV News revealed that Death Cab for Cutie had secured the soundtrack's first single with their tune [article id="1619688"]"Meet Me on the Equinox."[/article] We then [article id="1621380"]premiered the song during VMA weekend[/article].

After weeks of [article id="1621745"]guesswork and insider leaks[/article], "Twilight" author [article id="1621970"]Stephenie Meyer unveiled the full track list[/article] on her Web site September 21. The artists and bands included Muse, the Killers, Thom Yorke, Lykke Li and OK Go.

The Artists Speak

Ever since the lineup went public, MTV News has been hitting up these musicians for their thoughts on joining the "Twilight" universe and the inside word about the songs they've contributed.

"We were all really excited to be asked to write for it, because it had become such a massive phenomenon," [article id="1623883"]Death Cab frontman Ben Gibbard[/article] said. "We wrote and recorded the song and turned it in, and you hoped the people deemed it worthy."

It was indeed deemed worthy, as was the track recorded by [article id="1622066"]Bon Iver and St. Vincent[/article] called "Rosyln." "I think there's something vampirey and creepy about the two of us singing together," said St. Vincent, whose real name is Annie Clark. "It's a simple, stripped-down kind of song. It's really elegant and beautiful."

[article id="1623564"]Swedish singer Lykke Li[/article] revealed that she caught an early viewing of "New Moon," sat down at the piano and composed "Possibility." "It's almost like a fever haze," she explained. "It's very repetitive, like a mood you go into. ... The lyrics are like, 'When you walk, you walk like a thief with blood on your hands, because I die when you leave me.' "

Returning for the second "Twilight" soundtrack, [article id="1623856"]Muse said they were thankful[/article] for the increased exposure. "I think our music has reached out to whole loads of new people that haven't heard us before," drummer Dominic Howard said. "It's great to know that people are discovering our music. It's a nice side project to be involved in."

The Vampire Future

The "Twilight" future is actually arriving a bit early this year -- four days, to be exact -- after the [article id="1623698"]soundtrack release date[/article] was shifted from October 20 to October 16. But what comes next? "Eclipse," the third of the franchise films, is in the midst of shooting in Vancouver. Which musicians might make it onto that soundtrack?

[article id="1623698"]Muse have hinted[/article] that the band will be contributing music yet again to the franchise. "We might even do something for the third one," Howard told us. "How about that for a scoop?"

But for now, it's all just speculation. And here's some more: Jackson Rathbone, who plays vampire Jasper Cullen, leads a band called 100 Monkeys, which is providing the soundtrack and score for his upcoming movie "Girlfriend." Could this mean that Rathbone might show up on "Eclipse," as Pattinson did on "Twilight"?

"We'd love it," Rathbone told MTV News in June. "[But] we're not really pushing for it. It's one of those things where if they want to put our song on the album, I'm not going to complain."

Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."

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