The music of Julee Cruise and Twin Peaks was on the minds of many in summer 1990. Her single “Falling” was released on June 12, months ahead of an official soundtrack release. The only way to hear music from the show was Julee’s 1989 album “Floating Into The Night.” In July, VH-1 produced a 24-minute special…
A few years ago during the COVID-19 global pandemic, I fell in love with Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World. In 2019, Criterion released an epic 287-minute director’s cut of this ultimate science-fiction road trip staring Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Sam Neil and Max Von Sydow with gorgeous cinematography by Robby Müller. While…
Twin Peaks mania descended on the United Kingdom when the BBC2 began airing David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1990. Britain immediately fell in love with the dreamy music created by Angelo Badalamenti and Julee Cruise. “The Independent’s” long time music critic Andy Gill spoke with the musicians…
When Twin Peaks first aired in spring 1990, audiences had never seen (or heard) anything quite like it on network television. Immediately, people were drawn into the music of this wonderful and strange world. As part of the Julee in June take over of Twin Peaks Blog, here is an interview by Kent and Keith Zimmerman…
The music from David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks is inextricably linked to their wonderful and strange world. Angelo Badalamenti’s tunes were my gateway to a decades long journey and I never tire of listening to the soundtrack. That’s one reason I’m thrilled the OR-E-GON Symphony is featuring this music during a hauntingly surreal evening on…
The music of Twin Peaks was my gateway to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show. Decades later, I can’t get enough of the dreamy jazz synth that transports me to another world. I was recently contacted by Owen Van Spall, a programmer at Riverside Studios in London, about an incredibly unique opportunity to…
One of my favorite free panel discussions during the Real Twin Peaks 2025 event was “Always Music in the Air – The Sounds of Twin Peaks.” Scott Ryan, author and editor of “Blue Rose Magazine” and Josh Eisenstadt, Director, Screenwriter and long-time Twin Peaks fan, spoke to a packed house at Boxley’s in North Bend, Washington…
For Record Store Day Black Friday 2024, a new limited edition red vinyl album was released featuring the late maestro, Angelo Badalamenti. Being a long-time collector of vinyl albums, I got up early on Friday, Nov. 29 to acquire a copy at Park Avenue CDs in Orlando, Florida. Here’s a recap of another Record Store…
The music of Twin Peaks was my gateway to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show. In the early 1990s, there were only a handful of releases available – two albums by Julee Cruise – “Floating Into The Night” and “The Voice of Love” – and two soundtrack albums with one from the television…
The music of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks was my gateway to the show. I borrowed the official soundtrack from my local library in September 1993 before I even saw a frame of the series. I was obsessed with the haunting score composed by the late Angelo Badalamenti. Today, there is always [Twin Peaks]…