Motion pictures can be a powerful instrument for bands. The right song on the right soundtrack can open the gates and this has just happened for Danish alternative collective Blue Foundation with their song ‘Eyes On Fire’ from the very successful soundtrack to movie ‘Twilight’.

On account of said song – and their skills in general of course – American label Astralwerks have signed the Danes and released both ‘Eyes On Fire’ and their latest album ‘Life Of A Ghost’ (2007) in the US last week.

You can hear ‘Eyes On Fire’ plus selected songs from their back catalogue on Blue Foundation’s MySpace, but here’s the official video for the new hit track, directed by Boris Bertram and shot in part at The Black Hole nightclub in Russian city Chelyabinsk.

Located in the foothills of the Ural Mountains this was where the Soviet Union conducted the first tests of their nuclear bombs and the area was consequently closed to the public for 45 years until 1992. The city is today described as one of the most polluted places on earth. The other half of the video was shot in the altogether more pleasant free state Christiania in Copenhagen.