TPS2

by Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch

Overview

For Twin Peaks fans, hearing more of the series' immediately recognizable music is almost as much of a revelation as another chapter from Laura Palmer's diary. While "All New" is something of a misnomer, Twin Peaks: All New Season Two Music is a nice way to commemorate the release of Twin Peaks' second season on DVD after years of languishing in the video netherworld. This music isn't as iconic as David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's first-season soundtrack, but like everything in Twin Peaks' second season, it's fascinatingly fragmented, while going deeper into the series' lore and emotions. The familiar themes of Twin Peaks are revisited and reconfigured: "Love Theme"'s minor-key melodrama gets chilly, discordant high notes underscore its tragic feel, while "Packards' Vibration" sets the "Bookhouse Boys" melody to vibraphone, adding some whimsy to its menace. As Twin Peaks delved further into Laura's world and all the intrigue in that small Washington State town, the music followed, covering everything from gritty electric blues ("Drug Deal Blues") to rollicking piano pieces ("Hayward Boogie") to barbershop quartet harmonies ("Harold's Theme"), while still delivering the noirish jazz and dreamy atmospheres that defined Twin Peaks. Though Twin Peaks: All New Season Two Music's sound is more scattered, the duality of innocence and corruption is drawn more sharply. "High School Swing" radiates sock-hop joy, and "Audrey's Prayer" is luminously pure, especially when compared to the raunchy bump and grind of "Blue Frank" and "I'm Hurt Bad"'s lurid brass and organ swells. Even more than Twin Peaks, this soundtrack captures the feeling of dusk turning into evening and all the promise -- good and bad -- that night brings. In Twin Peaks, "nightlife" means that the night has a life and mind of its own: "Night Bells'" rhythms rustle ominously, and a palpable dread runs through "Dark Mood Woods/The Red Room" and "Laura's Dark Boogie," where the bass is so low that it's felt more than heard. However, Twin Peaks: All New Season Two Music's most striking moment is "Just You." Sung by Sheryl Lee, Lara Flynn Boyle and James Marshall, it's the most heartbreakingly lonely love song that Ritchie Valens never recorded, with the trio's vocals echoing out into emptiness. Like all of Lynch and Badalamenti's songs with lyrics, the song manages to imbue well-worn sentiments like "together forever in love" with ambiguity that makes them compelling all over again -- and that kind of familiar mystery haunts every part of Twin Peaks' world. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	06/14/2019
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0603497854943
Rank:	6953

Tracks

1. Twin Peaks~Love Theme Intro
2. Twin Peaks~Shelly
3. Twin Peaks~New Shoes
4. Twin Peaks~High School Swing
5. Twin Peaks~Hayward Boogie
6. Blue Frank
7. Twin Peaks~Audrey's Prayer
8. Twin Peaks~I'm Hurt Bad
9. Twin Peaks~Cop Beat
10. Twin Peaks~Harold's Theme
11. Twin Peaks~Barbershop
12. Twin Peaks~Night Bells
13. Twin Peaks~Just You
14. Twin Peaks~Drug Deal Blues
15. Twin Peaks~Audrey
16. Twin Peaks~Josie and Truman
17. Twin Peaks~Hook Rug Dance
18. Twin Peaks~Packards' Vibration
19. Twin Peaks~Half Heart
20. Twin Peaks~Laura's Dark Boogie
21. Twin Peaks~Dark Mood Woods/The Red Room
22. Twin Peaks~Love Theme Farewell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Angelo Badalamenti   Primary Artist,Piano,Synthesizer,Keyboards
David Lynch   Primary Artist
Ron Carter   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Vinnie Bell   Guitar (Electric)
Alicia Witt   Piano
Eddie Dixon   Guitar (Electric)
Albert Regni   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Andy Armer   Keyboards
Buster Williams   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Steven Hodges   Drums
Don Falzone   Guitar (Bass),Bass
David Jaurequi   Guitar (Electric),Guitar
David Cooper   Vibraphone
James Marshall   Vocals,Vocals,Vocals
Kinny Landrum   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Grady Tate   Drums
Jay Hoggard   Vibraphone
Eddie Daniels   Clarinet
Lara Flynn Boyle   Vocals
Sheryl Lee   Vocals
Dave Cooper   Vibraphone
Al Regnie   Sax (Tenor),Clarinet
Stephen Hodges   Drums

Technical Credits

Angelo Badalamenti   Composer,Audio Production,Executive Producer,Producer,Arranger
David Lynch   Audio Production,Executive Producer,Package Design,Art Direction,Producer,Lyricist,Composer,Arranger,Mixing,Design
Tom Baker   Mastering
Daniel J. Coe   Assistant
Dean Tokuno   Photography
Peter Iovino   Photography
Kimberly Wright   Photography
George Tutko   Engineer
David Bianco   Engineer
Art Pohlemus   Engineer,Mixing