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The first book to focus on the soundtrack of Twin Peaks, with publication timed alongside the series return.

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When Twin Peaks debuted on the ABC network on the night of April 8, 1990, thirty-five million viewers tuned in to some of the most unusual television of their lives. Centered on an eccentric, coffee-loving FBI agent´s investigation into the murder of a small town teen queen, Twin Peaks brought the aesthetic of arthouse cinema to a prime time television audience and became a cult sensation in the process.

Part of Twin Peaks´ charm was its unforgettable soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti, a longtime musical collaborator of film director and Twin Peaks co-creator David Lynch. Badalamenti´s evocative music, with its haunting themes and jazzy moodscapes, served as a constant in a narrative that was often unhinged and went on to become one of the most popular and influential television soundtracks of all time. How did a unique collaborative process between a director and composer result in a perfectly postmodern soundtrack that ran the gamut of musical styles from jazz to dreamy pop to synthesizer doom and beyond? And how did Badalamenti´s musical cues work with Twin Peaks´ visuals, constantly evolving and playing off viewers´ expectations and associations? Under the guidance of Angelo Badalamenti´s beautifully dark sonic palette, Clare Nina Norelli delves deep into the world of Twin Peaks to answer all this and more.

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Acknowledgements
Track Listing
Welcome to Twin Peaks
Beautiful Darkness
There´s Always Music in the Air
Falling
Wrapped in Plastic
She´s Full of Secrets
Freshly Squeezed
I´ll See You Again in 25 Years
Notes
Bibliography

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The Soundtrack from Twin Peaks book is thoroughly enjoyable. It is music I know backwards, but it gives me all kinds of new trajectories and connections ... This is the strength of the [33 1/3] series. Manchester Review of Books 20170213

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