Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (soundtrack)

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
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ReleasedAugust 7, 1992 (1992-08-07)
RecordedExcalibur Sound (New York City), Capitol Recording (Hollywood, California), Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California)
Length56:10
Label Warner Bros
Producer
Angelo Badalamenti chronology
Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
(1990)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
(1992)
The City of Lost Children
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 8.4/10 [2]
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The soundtrack for the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me was composed by Angelo Badalamenti and released on August 7, 1992, by Warner Bros. Records. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Angelo Badalamenti, except where noted

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [5]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Theme From Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"  6:40
2."The Pine Float"  3:58
3."Sycamore Trees" David Lynch  3:52
4."Don’t Do Anything (I Wouldn’t Do)"  7:17
5."A Real Indication"Lynch 5:31
6."Questions in a World of Blue"Lynch 4:50
7."The Pink Room" Lynch4:02
8."The Black Dog Runs at Night"Lynch 1:45
9."Best Friends" 
  • Lynch
  • David Slusser
2:12
10."Moving Through Time"  6:41
11."Montage From Twin Peaks" (Girl Talk / Birds in Hell / Laura Palmer’s Theme / Falling)  5:27
12."The Voice of Love"  3:55
Total length:56:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. [5]

Performance

Technical

  • Angelo Badalamenti – production (all tracks); arrangement, orchestration (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12)
  • David Bianco – recording (track 7)
  • Ted Jensenmastering (all tracks)
  • David Lynch – production (all tracks); arrangement, orchestration (tracks 5, 7, 8, 9)
  • Art Pohlemus – recording (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12)
  • Tom Reaction – art direction, design
  • Michael Semanick – recording (track 9)
  • David Slusser – arrangement, orchestration (track 9)

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References

  1. "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Angelo Badalamenti". AllMusic . Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. Beta, Andy. "Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me OST Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. Q (11/92, p.99) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..this is skillfully, delicately orchestrated music...[it] has no need of a film to gain merit.."
  4. "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me". Amazon.de . Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (booklet). Angelo Badalamenti. Warner Bros. Records. 1992. 9 45019-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)