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Music in Twin Peaks
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ABSTRACT
In this edited volume, contributors explore an essential element of the influential television series Twin Peaks: the role of music and sound. From its debut in 1990 to its return to television in 2017, Twin Peaks has amassed a cult following, and inspired myriad scholarly studies. This collection considers how the music and sound design not only create the ambience of this ground-breaking series, but function in the narrative, encouraging multiple interpretations. With chapters that consider how music shapes the relationship of audiences and fans to the story, the importance of sound design, and the symbolism embedded in the score, this book provides a range of perspectives for scholars of music and film studies, while giving fans new insight into an iconic television show.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |11 pages
Introduction: Twin Peaks
part Part I|91 pages
Performance and Audience
chapter 2|14 pages
Playing with Sound
chapter 3|15 pages
Where Music is Always in the Air
chapter 4|14 pages
The Bang Bang Bar, Silencio, and Lynch’s Audiences
chapter 5|14 pages
The Music is Not What It Seems
chapter 6|13 pages
‘Singer’; ‘Girl Singer’; ‘Roadhouse Singer’; ‘Herself’
part Part II|58 pages
Sound Design
chapter 7|14 pages
“The Thread Will Be Torn”
chapter 8|14 pages
Sound Design, Music, and The Birth of Evil in Twin Peaks: The Return
chapter 9|14 pages
“What is Gordon Cole Listening To?”
chapter 10|14 pages
David Lynch’s Metaphysical Sound Design
part Part III|71 pages
Musical Meanings