It’s been almost a week now since the conclusion of
Twin Peaks: The Return, and the world is still reeling from the way it concluded. (We can’t say “the way it ended,” because we still don’t want to believe that it’s all over.) Thankfully, we here at Rhino can offer at least a little bit of musical salve to fill the vacuum left by the series.
As of today, you can walk into your friendly neighborhood record store – or, failing that, you can walk up to whatever electronic device you use to access the internet – and purchase not one but two CDs worth of
Twin Peaks music:
- TWIN PEAKS: LIMITED EVENT SERIES SOUNDTRACK
- TWIN PEAKS: MUSIC FROM THE LIMITED EVENT SERIES
What’s the difference between the two? Quite a bit, actually.
TWIN PEAKS: LIMITED EVENT SERIES SOUNDTRACK features the moody instrumental material that kept you on the edge of your seat throughout the course of the 18 episodes, which means you get lots of Angelo Badalamenti, of course, along with contributions from Muddy Magnolias, Grady Tate, Johnny Jewel, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki, David Lynch & Dean Hurley, Chromatics, and Thought Gang, which – spoiler alert – is actually the aforementioned Mr. Badalamenti teamed with the equally-aforementioned Mr. Lynch.
TWIN PEAKS: MUSIC FROM THE LIMITED EVENT SERIES, on the other hand, offers the material that was spotlighted in the Roadhouse and various other locales throughout the world of
Twin Peaks, and it’s a remarkably diverse bunch of tunes from a variety of time periods. In addition to contributions from The Platters (“My Prayer”
, Booker T. and The M.G.’s (“Green Onions”
, ZZ Top (“Sharp Dressed Man”
, and Otis Redding (“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”
, you also get material from Nine Inch Nails, Eddie Vedder, Julee Cruise, Shawn Colvin, Rebekah Del Rio, the Cactus Blossoms, and many others.
Below you’ll find the full track listing, but in case you’re wondering about the possibility on vinyl releases of these albums, just know that they’re forthcoming, they’ll be available by the end of the month, and they’ll be worth the wait.