Howard Shore’s orchestral score, a departure from Carter Burwell’s work on the first two films, adds a sweeping, epic quality to the battle sequences, giving Eclipse the feel of a tragic opera.
Furthermore, Slade uses the "flashback within a flashback" technique to perfection. We learn the origin stories of the secondary vampires: Jasper’s (Jackson Rathbone) tragic past fighting in the Southern vampire wars, and Rosalie’s (Nikki Reed) horrifying human history of being assaulted and left for dead by her fiancé. These vignettes serve a crucial purpose: they are cautionary tales. They remind Bella—and the audience—that immortality is not a fairy tale. It is filled with loneliness, violence, and eternal regret. Rosalie’s plea for Bella to reconsider becoming a vampire is heartbreaking because it comes from a place of genuine love and trauma, not jealousy. the twilight saga eclipse