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.
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Overview
The soundtrack includes music by Badalamenti, who had composed and conducted the music on the television series and its original soundtrack. In addition to his instrumental compositions, Fire Walk with Me's soundtrack features vocal accompaniment to Badalamenti's songs by Jimmy Scott and Julee Cruise.
Badalamenti performs vocals on "A Real Indication" and "The Black Dog Runs at Night", two songs by Thought Gang, a musical project between Badalamenti and Lynch. Lynch wrote the lyrics for several of the soundtrack's songs, including "Sycamore Trees", "Questions in a World of Blue", "A Real Indication" and "The Black Dog Runs at Night", and was the soundtrack's producer alongside Badalamenti.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
Reception and legacy
In her book about the soundtrack of the series and film, Clare Nina Norelli noted that pieces are "informed by jazz" and generally "set up a different atmosphere from that of the series".
In Music in Twin Peaks: Listen to the Sounds, the soundtrack was said to "[reinforce] physical and mental transformations and changes in characters".
Upon its release, Fire Walk with Me's soundtrack charted in the United States, peaking at number 173 on the Billboard 200. It was nominated for, and later received, the Best Music at the 1992 Saturn Awards and Best Original Score at the Independent Spirit Awards.