New Moon Soundtrack included in another best of 2009 list

The Soundtracks Examiner has a list of the best soundtracks of 2009 and New Moon was included in the list.

Below is what they had to say.
See the entire list here.

9. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (Alexandre Desplat)

Go ahead, call me a sellout, but Desplat’s motifs on this score will not leave my head. I was actually agonizing over which Desplat release to include on this list (he did seven scores for 2009), and I had narrowed it down to this one and Coco Avant Chanel. And while Coco was ultra-elegant and sophisticated, it ultimately seemed formulaic for Desplat’s ability. New Moon, on the other hand, is what happens when a composer truly immerses himself in his music. Each chord progression is a different emotion, swelling and swooning as it reaches its impending detonation. Whether or not you’ve seen the movie, it is challenging not to be moved by Desplat’s work herein.