Music of Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks spawned three soundtrack albums, one for the series, one for the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and one focusing on season two music from the series but also including tracks used in the pilot, season one and the prequel film. All of the songs from this album, released in conjunction with the series, were written by Angelo Badalamenti, who won a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Twin Peaks Them... more

Twin Peaks spawned three soundtrack albums, one for the series, one for the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and one focusing on season two music from the series but also including tracks used in the pilot, season one and the prequel film. All of the songs from this album, released in conjunction with the series, were written by Angelo Badalamenti, who won a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Twin Peaks Theme". While most of the songs were instrumental, three tracks included lyrics which were written by David Lynch. These three songs are also available on vocalist Julee Cruise's album Floating into the Night. Cruise's album also contains other tracks that were featured in the series but not included on any soundtrack release. The film soundtrack features music by Badalamenti and Thought Gang with lyrics by Lynch. Badalamenti, Cruise and Jimmy Scott provide vocals. Some 17 years after the release of the first volume of music from the television... less