Whether you're a fully-fledged Twihard or have no interest in the mega-franchise vampire machine, there really is no avoiding The Twilight Saga. Interested or not, it's worth taking a listen to the soundtrack to the latest film, Eclipse, as it stands alone as a decent compilation of moody tracks from a mix of chart favourites as well as a smattering of more alternative names - who probably don't deserve the flack they're receiving for getting in on the Twilight action. They're all in pretty good company, after all.

Florence and the Machine lead the way with the eerie Heavy in your Arms, an emotional, drum-heavy track that we can only pray will not be ruined by a You've got the Love-style radio over-kill.

Heading the list of names involved are Muse, with their new single Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever). Having featured in both previous Twilight films with Supermassive Black Hole and I Belong to You, Muse have become something of a Twilight movie mascot and this latest single - penned especially for Eclipse - is bound to satisfy both Muse and Twilight fans alike. 

Predictably dramatic and potentially anthemic, the powerful and hopeful love song is perfectly moulded for the film (just listen to those cheesy lyrics), yet retains the musical sophistication that ensures Muse continue to score hit after hit.

Atmospheric soft-rock dominates much of the album, with Florence and the Machine leading the way with the eerie Heavy in your Arms, an emotional, drum-heavy track that we can only pray will not be ruined by a You've got the Love-style radio over-kill. Other songs are more overtly character-driven, including Metric's moving  - if a bit sickly sweet - title track and Sia's melancholic My Love.

Cee Lo Green, of Gnarls Barkley fame, reveals the most upbeat and catchy song of the lot: What Part of Forever, a tune that treads that fine line between profoundly irritating (whistling-haters, beware) and just simply quite lovely. 

The brilliant Chop and Change from The Black Keys and Fanfarlo's folksy Atlas both keep the pace slightly lifted, with the former almost certainly marking the slow-mo entrance of one of the film's characters with a too-cool-for-school guitar riff and unhurried tempo. In fact, we'll eat our proverbial hat if it doesn't accompany the first appearance of either Edward, looking suave in a pair of Ray-Bans, or Jacob, the shirtless man-child. 

Eclipse succeeds in bringing together a diverse range of music, delivering a mix of  genres that merge well under the Twilight theme.

Hilariously enough, the appropriately named Vampire Weekend make a welcome appearance with Jonathan Low. We really wanted to come up with a decent vampire-themed pun but failed miserably. So for now you'll just have to make do with the fact that the song is actually pretty good, and a departure from their summer-holiday sounds of Contra.

With an impressive range of names having written music especially for the film (including Beck and Bat for Lashes, Band of Horses and Bombay Bicycle Club, on top of those previously mentioned), Eclipse succeeds in bringing together a diverse range of music, delivering a mix of  genres that merge well under the Twilight theme.

Occasionally whiny, yet thankfully never quite matching the sulkiness of the story's main protagonist, the Eclipse album is the latest - and arguably best - musical instalment from an altogether successful soundtrack series. A compilation, which for many could outshine the forthcoming movie, Eclipse has the ability to appeal to lovers and haters.