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Angelo Badalamenti's score for David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks is a model of film music ideally matched to the images and actions it underscores. Lynch's world, in which almost nothing was what it seemed to be, was so devastatingly chilling, mysteriously sinister, and fall-down funny -- so surreal -- that audiences were kept in a state of emotional upheaval that tended to either make them flee or turn them into avid followers. The sometimes overtly and sometimes subliminally creepy music Badalamenti created contributed immeasurably to the deeply unsettling textures of the series. That was largely because of his skill at creating such complexly layered music that, like the drama itself, simultaneously stirred up such a flurry of powerful, conflicting emotions.
The theme song "Falling" is a perfect example of the emotional layering Badalamenti used throughout the series. Its words, and even its melody, make it seem like a traditional love ballad, but the accompaniment is so deeply menacing that anyone to whom it might actually be sung as a love song would be hard pressed to keep from jumping up and running like hell. That threatening undercurrent, created by throbbing electric guitars, synthesizers with a vibrato that's off the charts, and a weirdly, relentlessly chugging percussion, subverts whatever style of music it underlies, whether it's the cool jazz of "Audrey's Dance" or the surging romantic passion of "Laura Palmer's Theme." (The spookiest thing about "Laura Palmer's Theme" is that its soaring lyricism evolves out of, and then recedes back into, music that evokes a chillingly dark perversity, an aural analog for Lynch's twisted narrative and visual imagery.) The composer and his ensemble deliver vivid performances of this eccentric music, and Julee Cruise's vocals are hauntingly ethereal. The sound is immaculate: clean, present, and atmospheric.
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Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Producer, Piano, Writer, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer, Writer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Time Leitner, Mixer - Julee Cruise, Vocals, MainArtist - Albert Regni, Clarinet, Saxophone - Angelo Badalamenti, Piano, Synthesizer - Art Pohlemus, Engineer - Badalamenti, Writer - David Lynch, Producer - JAY HEALY, Mixer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Lynch, Writer - Mike Krowiak, Mixer - Stephen Marcussen, Masterer - Vincent Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Time Leitner, Mixer - Julee Cruise, Vocals, MainArtist - Albert Regni, Clarinet, Saxophone - Angelo Badalamenti, Synthesizer - Badalamenti, Writer - David Lynch, Producer - JAY HEALY, Mixer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Lynch, Writer - Mike Krowiak, Mixer - Stephen Marcussen, Masterer - Vincent Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Howie Weinberg, Masterer - Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Julee Cruise, Vocals - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Art Pohlemus, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - David Lynch, Producer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Grady Tate, Drums - Eddie Daniels, Clarinet, Flute - Al Regni, Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Eddie Dixon, Electric Guitar - Time Leitner, Mixer - Julee Cruise, Vocals, MainArtist - Albert Regni, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, Piano, Writer, Synthesizer - Art Pohlemus, Engineer - David Lynch, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - JAY HEALY, Mixer - Kinny Landrum, Synthesizer - Mike Krowiak, Mixer - Stephen Marcussen, Masterer - Vincent Bell, Electric Guitar
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Angelo Badalamenti's score for David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks is a model of film music ideally matched to the images and actions it underscores. Lynch's world, in which almost nothing was what it seemed to be, was so devastatingly chilling, mysteriously sinister, and fall-down funny -- so surreal -- that audiences were kept in a state of emotional upheaval that tended to either make them flee or turn them into avid followers. The sometimes overtly and sometimes subliminally creepy music Badalamenti created contributed immeasurably to the deeply unsettling textures of the series. That was largely because of his skill at creating such complexly layered music that, like the drama itself, simultaneously stirred up such a flurry of powerful, conflicting emotions.
The theme song "Falling" is a perfect example of the emotional layering Badalamenti used throughout the series. Its words, and even its melody, make it seem like a traditional love ballad, but the accompaniment is so deeply menacing that anyone to whom it might actually be sung as a love song would be hard pressed to keep from jumping up and running like hell. That threatening undercurrent, created by throbbing electric guitars, synthesizers with a vibrato that's off the charts, and a weirdly, relentlessly chugging percussion, subverts whatever style of music it underlies, whether it's the cool jazz of "Audrey's Dance" or the surging romantic passion of "Laura Palmer's Theme." (The spookiest thing about "Laura Palmer's Theme" is that its soaring lyricism evolves out of, and then recedes back into, music that evokes a chillingly dark perversity, an aural analog for Lynch's twisted narrative and visual imagery.) The composer and his ensemble deliver vivid performances of this eccentric music, and Julee Cruise's vocals are hauntingly ethereal. The sound is immaculate: clean, present, and atmospheric.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:49
- Main artists: Angelo Badalamenti
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Records
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 1990 Warner Records Inc., 1990 Lynch/Frost Productions Inc. ℗ 1989, 1990 Warner Records Inc.
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