Subject: Fwd: Soundtrack<-----a misnomer. and a few random musings. From: eh1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edwin Huang) Date: 1990-05-04, 16:19 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks ---------- Forwarded message begins here ---------- Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 12450;andrew.cmu.edu;Erik Lamont Harmon Received: from walden.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail ID ; Fri, 4 May 90 19:13:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from walden.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 4 May 90 19:12:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from VUI.Andrew.3.20.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.walden.andrew.cmu.edu.sun3.35 via MS.5.6.walden.andrew.cmu.edu.sun3_35; Fri, 4 May 90 19:12:53 -0400 (EDT) ReSent-Message-ID: ReSent-Date: Fri, 4 May 90 19:12:53 -0400 (EDT) ReSent-From: Erik Lamont Harmon ReSent-To: Edwin Huang Return-path: Date: Fri, 4 May 90 04:31:51 -0700 From: larryn@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU (Crosley Bendix) Message-Id: <9005041131.AA19234@csufres.CSUFresno.EDU> To: eh1q@andrew.cmu.edu Subject: Soundtrack<-----a misnomer. and a few random musings. Ok, Ive been looking at this newsgroup long enough now that noone has actually heard the Julee Cruise record, "Floating Into the Night." Until now, that is. I had the cd of this album from the day it was released...long before the show was even hyped. Anyway, I think I've digressed a bit. All the tracks are written by David Lynch, and all the music, of course, is composed by Angelo Badalamente (sp?). It contains the track Julee Cruise sang in "Blue Velvet." For those of you who don't pay CLOSE attention to music credits, this is the song that was played at the VERY end of the movie. Let's see what else does it have. The opening theme music is one of the songs on the Julee Cruise album, on the album though the song has words, and the song that was being sung (by Julee Cruise, by the way) in the roadhouse on the TP pilot, is also on the album. Let's see, what ISN'T on the album. Unfortunately, the tune the midget dances to is not on the disc, and neither is that haunting piece of theme music that they've used incessantly through- out ALL the episodes. Believe me, I like the music, but Im getting a little bit weary of the overuse of that one particular piece. On a whole, I'd say the album is pretty good, not particularly for the lyrics, which seem rather prosaic, but for the feelings the songs evoke. The album has David Lynch's signature ALL over it, and is a joy to listen to in the wee hours of the morning....This is "after midnight" music at its best. Also, a few random comments: I don't know if it is just me, but I find myself at the beginning of each show looking at who directed it, and if it is not David Lynch, already having the idea in my head Im not gonna like it. It's pretty unfortunate, really, even though I feel a little bit uneasy with the way the show has been promoted as a "David Lynch TV Series" and up to this points has only directed, what, one of the actual episodes, (not counting the pilot). so much emphasis has been made on the David Lynch aspect, that I am afraid we true fans are gonna be left in the lurch, when Lynch moves onto other things, and lets Twin Peaks fall where it may. Also, Ill be damned pissed if at least the true killer of Laura Palmer is not revealed by the end of these first set of scripts. "CinderSoul" Be with me Beauty, for the fire is dying... Beauty, have pity, for the strong have power, The rich their wealth, the beautiful their grace, Summer of man its sunlight and its flower, Spring-time of man all April in a face. Let me have wisdom, Beauty, wisdom and passion, Bread to the soul, rain where the summers parch. Give me these, and though the darkness close Even the night will blossom as the rose. -John Masefield