Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
User Score
Based on 853 ratings
1990 Rank: #2All Time: #125
Liked by 215 people
August 31, 1990 / Release Date
Soundtrack / Format
Warner Bros. / Label
Dark Jazz, Ambient / Genre
Angelo Badalamenti / Composer
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Pitchfork
The timeless score to David Lynch’s television show doesn't need any visuals to achieve the same sense of unsettling beauty.
90
AllMusic

The music from Twin Peaks is dark, cloying, and obsessive -- and one of the best scores ever written for television.

90
Uncut
Both wonderful and strange.
nemgax
100

I’m going to name all my children special agent dale cooper

RemisReviews
86

I've heard about this album quite a lot, but I've never given it a proper listen. Until Now!

The genre tags made me excited, I mean Ambient, Dark Jazz in the form of a soundtrack? Sounds like something I'd love! Not gonna lie though, I didn't really like the artwork, which put me off from listening to the album since the cover art is usually very important for me, but I checked it out now, finally.

And damn, this thing is good! A very smooth, pleasant, and beautiful listen. Absolutely love ... read more

dearsongs
NR

I'm just so familiar with these songs from watching the original run of this show countless times, this is very comforting music and probably my favorite soundtrack.

Nukeproofbear
88

Never watched the show but i can tell you the music goes hard

SecretDemonGF
90

Happened across the vinyl when I was browsing through the record shop today and I just had to pick it up. Twin Peaks is a fantastic series, and Angelo Badalamenti's beautiful and haunting score certainly played its part in its success. This is how I imagine the American North West, as someone who's never been there: foggy and mysterious, yet spectral in its beauty.

PabloCommunist
97

A soundtrack as powerful and memorable as the TV show it was made for. Badalamenti perfectly creates all the haunting and interesting music necessary for the small town of Twin Peaks to come alive

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Added on: September 21, 2013