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{{Infobox album
| name       = Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Angelo Badalamenti]]
| cover      = Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me Soundtrack.jpg
| alt        = A black-and white chevron floor and red curtains are in the background. In the front of the cover is a burning half of a heart-shaped necklace pendant which depicts a smiling young woman with light skin and blonde hair. The phrases "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" is placed upon this in white bold writing, while "Music Composed by Angelo Badalamenti" appears in smaller and thinner red writing.
| released   = {{Start date|1992|08|07}}
| recorded   = Excalibur Sound ([[New York City]]), Capitol Recording ([[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]]), [[Fantasy Studios]] ([[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], California)
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
| length     = {{Duration|m=56|s=10}}
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros]]
| producer   = {{flatlist|
* Angelo Badalamenti
* [[David Lynch]]
}}
| prev_title = [[Soundtrack from Twin Peaks]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[The City of Lost Children]]
| next_year  = 1995
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack]  - Angelo Badalamenti|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-music-from-the-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000082921|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=July 28, 2014}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
| rev2Score = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beta |first1=Andy |title=Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me OST Album Review |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22787-twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-ost/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Q (11/92, p.99) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..this is skillfully, delicately orchestrated music...[it] has no need of a film to gain merit.."</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Calgary Herald]]''
| rev4score = B+<ref>Tremblay, Mark (August 30, 1992). "Recent Releases". ''[[Calgary Herald]]''.</ref>
}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me|url=https://www.amazon.de/Twin-Peaks-Fire-Walk-With/dp/B000002MF9/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406399965&sr=8-1|website=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.de]]|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref>

== Overview ==
The soundtrack includes music by Badalamenti, who had composed and conducted the music on the television series and its [[Soundtrack from Twin Peaks|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]].<ref name=":23">{{cite AV media notes |title=Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me |others=[[Angelo Badalamenti]] |year=1992 |type=CD |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]] |id=9362 45019-2}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":23" />

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline      = Track listing
| total_length  = 56:10
| all_writing   = [[Angelo Badalamenti]], except where noted.
| title1        = Theme from ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me''
| length1       = 6:40
| music1        = [[Angelo Badalamenti]]
| title2        = The Pine Float
| length2       = 3:58
| music2        = Badalamenti
| title3        = Sycamore Trees
| note3         = vocals by [[Jimmy Scott]]
| length3       = 3:52
| lyrics3       = [[David Lynch]]
| music3        = Badalamenti
| title4        = Don't Do Anything (I Wouldn't Do)
| length4       = 7:17
| music4        = Badalamenti
| title5        = A Real Indication
| note5         = by Thought Gang, vocals by Badalamenti
| length5       = 5:31
| lyrics5       = Lynch
| music5        = Badalamenti
| title6        = Questions in a World of Blue
| note6         = vocals by [[Julee Cruise]]
| length6       = 4:50
| lyrics6       = Lynch
| music6        = Badalamenti
| title7        = The Pink Room
| length7       = 4:02
| music7        = Lynch
| title8        = The Black Dog Runs at Night
| note8         = by Thought Gang, vocals by Badalamenti
| length8       = 1:45
| lyrics8       = Lynch
| music8        = Badalamenti
| title9        = Best Friends
| length9       = 2:12
| music9        = Lynch, David Slusser
| title10       = Moving Through Time
| length10      = 6:41
| music10       = Badalamenti
| title11       = Montage from ''Twin Peaks'': 'Girl Talk'/'Birds in Hell'/'Laura Palmer's Theme'/'[[Falling (Julee Cruise song)|Falling]]'
| length11      = 5:27
| music11       = Badalamenti
| title12       = The Voice of Love
| length12      = 3:55
| music12       = Badalamenti
}}

== Personnel ==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me''.<ref name=liner>{{cite book|year=1992|title=Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me|others=Angelo Badalamenti|type=booklet|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9 45019-2}}</ref>

=== Performance ===
{{Div col}}
* Andy Armer – [[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]] {{small|(track 7)}}
* [[Angelo Badalamenti]] – keyboard {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12)}}; [[Singing|vocals]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]] {{small|(track 5, 8)}}
* [[Donald Bailey (musician)|Donald Bailey]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] {{small|(track 9)}}
* [[Vinnie Bell]] – [[electric guitar]] {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11)}}; [[bass guitar]] {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 6)}}; [[acoustic guitar]] {{small|(tracks 4, 5, 10, 11)}}
* Myles Boisen – [[guitar]] {{small|(track 9)}}
* [[Ron Carter]] – [[Double bass|acoustic bass]] {{small|(track 3)}}
* David Cooper – [[vibraphone]] {{small|(track 9)}}
* [[Julee Cruise]] – vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
* Alvin Blythe Jr. – [[saxophone]] {{small|(track 3)}}
* William Fairbanks – bass guitar {{small|(track 9)}}
* Don Falzone – acoustic bass {{small|(track 7)}}
* Steven Hodges – drums {{small|(track 7)}}
* [[Jay Hoggard]] – vibraphone {{small|(tracks 4, 10)}}
* Jim Hynes – [[trumpet]] {{small|(track 1)}}
* David Jaurequi – guitar {{small|(track 7)}}
* Brian Kirk – drums {{small|(track 3)}}
* Kinny Landrum – keyboard {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12)}}
* [[David Lynch]] – [[Percussion section|percussion]] {{small|(tracks 5, 8)}}
* [[Bill Mays]] – piano {{small|(track 4)}}; keyboards {{small|(track 10)}}
* [[Rufus Reid]] – acoustic bass {{small|(tracks 4, 10)}}
* Albert Regni – [[tenor saxophone]] {{small|(tracks 2, 6)}}
* Bob Rose – electric guitar, acoustic guitar {{small|(track 11)}}
* [[Jimmy Scott]] – vocals {{small|(track 3)}}
* David Slusser – keyboard {{small|(track 9)}}
* Ken-Ichi Shimazu – piano {{small|(track 3)}}
* [[Grady Tate]] – drums {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11)}}
* [[Buster Williams]] – acoustic bass {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11)}}
{{Div col end}}

=== Technical ===
{{Div col}}
* Angelo Badalamenti – [[Record producer|production]] {{small|(all tracks)}}; [[arrangement]], [[orchestration]] {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12)}}
* David Bianco – [[Audio engineer|recording]] {{small|(track 7)}}
* [[Ted Jensen]] – [[Mastering engineer|mastering]] {{small|(all tracks)}}
* David Lynch – production {{small|(all tracks)}}; arrangement, orchestration {{small|(tracks 5, 7, 8, 9)}}
* Art Pohlemus – recording  {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12)}}
* Tom Reaction – [[Art director|art direction]], design
* [[Michael Semanick]] – recording {{small|(track 9)}}
* David Slusser – arrangement, orchestration {{small|(track 9)}}
{{Div col end}}

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (soundtrack)''
! scope="col"| Chart (2025)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Croatian International Albums ([[Top of the Shops|HDU]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-3-tjedan-2025/|title=Lista prodaje 3. tjedan 2025.|date=January 13, 2025|publisher=[[Top of the Shops|HDU]] |language=hr|access-date=January 29, 2025|archive-date=January 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129185015/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-3-tjedan-2025/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 22
|-
|}

== 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".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Norelli |first=Clare Nina |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Angelo_Badalamenti_s_Soundtrack_from_Twi/X2_BDQAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=0 |title=Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks |date=2017-02-09 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-5013-2302-7 |language=en}}</ref>

In ''Music in Twin Peaks: Listen to the Sounds,'' the soundtrack was said to "[reinforce] physical and mental transformations and changes in characters".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wissner |first=Reba |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Music_in_Twin_Peaks/xHsqEAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Twin+Peaks:+Fire+Walk+with+Me+music&pg=PT84&printsec=frontcover |title=Music in Twin Peaks: Listen to the Sounds |last2=Reed |first2=Katherine |date=2021-05-30 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-39661-4 |language=en}}</ref>

Upon its release, ''Fire Walk with Me''{{'}}s soundtrack charted in the United States, peaking at number 173 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – Angelo Badalamenti: Award |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-mw0000082921/awards |access-date=June 10, 2013 |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref> It was nominated for, and later received, the [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]] at the 1992 Saturn Awards<ref name="isa">{{cite web |title=History Search Results |url=http://www.spiritawards.com/history-results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113052729/http://www.spiritawards.com/history-results |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=March 5, 2013 |work=[[Independent Spirit Awards]] |publisher=Film Independent}}</ref> and Best Original Score at the [[9th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]].<ref name="satn">{{cite web |title=Past Saturn Awards – Best Music |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#music |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207072429/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#music |archive-date=February 7, 2008 |access-date=March 5, 2013 |work=[[Saturn Award]]s |publisher=Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Twin Peaks}}


[[Category:1992 soundtrack albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Angelo Badalamenti]]
[[Category:Albums produced by David Lynch]]
[[Category:Music of Twin Peaks]]
[[Category:Angelo Badalamenti soundtracks]]
[[Category:Horror film soundtracks]]
[[Category:Warner Records soundtracks]]
[[Category:1990s film soundtrack albums]]
[[Category:Scores that won the Saturn Award for Best Music]]

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