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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.
List of contents
Introduction
1 Pitching the Peaks: Media Advertising for the Original Series
James Deaville
2 "Listen to the Sounds": Fan Engagement with the Soundtrack of Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
Jessica Getman
3 Where Music is Always in the Air: Voice and Nostalgia in Twin Peaks
Brooke McCorkle Okazaki
4 The Bang Bang Bar, Silencio, and Lynch’s Audiences: Meaning and Musical Performance in Twin Peaks: The Return
Katherine M. Reed
5 The Music is Not What It Seems: An Examination of Labor and Capital in the Music of Twin Peaks: The Return
Martha Schulenburg
6 "Singer"; "Girl Singer"; "Roadhouse Singer"; "Herself": Julee Cruise in the World of Twin Peaks
David Sweeney
7 "The Thread Will Be Torn": Sound Design as a Measure of Self-Knowledge in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Andrew Burt
8 Sound Design, Music, and The Birth of Evil in Twin Peaks: The Return
Kingsley Marshall and Rupert Loydell
9 "What is Gordon Cole Listening To?": The Rhetoric of Subjective Sound in Twin Peaks: The Return
Zeynep Toraman
10 David Lynch’s Metaphysical Sound Design: The Acousmatic Personification of Judy
Steven Wilson
11 Americana on the Internet: Listening to Twin Peaks
William Weston Bennett
12 "Like Some Haunting Melody": The Laura Palmer Theme in the World of Twin Peaks
Andrew Kohler
13 Listen to the Skins: Drumming and Time in Twin Peaks
Kai West
14 Chaos and Creation: Music, Redemption, and the Atomic Bomb in Twin Peaks: The Return
Reba A. Wissner
About the author
Reba Wissner is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Columbus State University.
Katherine Reed is Assistant Professor of Musicology at California State University, Fullerton.
Summary
In this edited volume, contributors explore an essential element of the influential television series Twin Peaks: the role of music and sound. 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.
