10 Rock Bands That Made Songs Specifically For Movies

10. Decode - Paramore

Most of the people who grew up watching the Twilight movies could probably tell you how campy some of them are to look back on. Even though the raw physical appeal of a pale sparkly vampire may have set the world on fire, Hayley Williams herself has owned up to some of the best moments in the franchise being pretty cheesy when she first saw it. That didn’t mean that they skimped out on the soundtrack by any stretch.

Since emo has been a genre known for wearing its heart on its sleeve a little too much, Decode became the perfect fit for Twilight’s first installment, with Paramore coming off of Brand New Eyes and already tapping into their more vulnerable side. Though most of the emotions on the record had to do with the band letting all of the drama out on each other, this song feels like the fallout of a relationship, with Hayley saying that she feels like she barely knew her old flame by the end of things.

And while most Paramore songs tend to sound larger than life in this part of their career, you can tell that they understood the assignment here, with more muted guitars than usual and melodies that sound like you’re all alone in the middle of a dark forest. The movies might not have held up as well, but the songs definitely do.