If you ever tuned into David Lynch’s cult mystery drama Twin Peaks, then you are well aware of composer Angelo Badalamenti’s instantly iconic score. Every episode of the short-lived show kicked off with scenic views of the not-everything-is-as-it-seems town, including shots of The Packard Saw Mill and The Great Northern Hotel. Elevating these gorgeous shots to greater heights? Badalamenti’s score, which happened to mesh perfectly with Lynch’s overall vision for the show; the sounds and songs of Twin Peaks were grandiose, eerie, edgy, disturbed even. It’s been confirmed that Badalamenti is teaming up with Lynch again for the now-in-production third season of Twin Peaks, coming to Showtime sometime next year. For now, though, there’s this. Continue reading Experimental band Xiu Xiu resurrects ‘Twin Peaks’ score with poise→
Twin Peaks, the cult mystery drama from David Lynch and Mark Frost, is primed to make its comeback 25 years after it aired his season 2 finale in June 1991. Just like Laura Palmer promised. Well, 26 years later to be exact now that Lynch and Showtime are confirming a 2017 premiere window. Still, that’s pretty eerie if you ask me and that’s just how Lynch likes it. The official logline for the new season doesn’t spill much of anything, but it’ll remind you about what’s come before.
Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential broadcast series of all time, TWIN PEAKS followed the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town who were stunned after their homecoming queen Laura Palmer was shockingly murdered. The town’s sheriff welcomed the help of FBI agent Dale Cooper, who came to town to investigate the case. As Cooper conducted his search for Laura’s killer, the town’s secrets were gradually exposed. The mystery that ensued set off an eerie chain of events that plunged the inhabitants of Twin Peaks into a darker examination of their very existence. Twenty-five years later, the story continues…
Much of the original cast is expected to return, though it’s only Kyle MacLachlan’s FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper who’s officially confirmed to reprise. Well, MacLachlan and now Michael Horse who played Deputy Tommy “Hawk” Hill during the series’ original incarnation. Horse, who still looks pretty much the same minus a few grey hairs, is featured in this first look at the long-anticipated return to Twin Peaks.
“Location sometimes becomes a character,” Horse says in the scenic clip first shared by Lynch via Twitter. “There are a lot of holy places up here, a lot of sacred places. Can’t put my finger on how I would describe it. It just touches something in the psyche. It’s almost like being in a moving painting.”
It feels good to be home, you know, “five miles south of the Canadian border, and twelve miles west of the state line,” in the bizarre wilderness that is the fictional town of Twin Peaks. The iconic waterfall and surrounding lush forest look absolutely stunning filmed in HD. Curious to see that the same number of residents reside in the town, even 25 years later; the sign counter remains stuck at 51,201. Also remaining in tact is composer Angelo Badalamenti’s memorable theme and the same credit font, now even shinier than before. The teaser ends just as it should, strange and mysterious. An unfocused man with white hair holding his arms up shakes the camera and the music goes haywire before fading out. Who could it be? Some might say it’s the return of Leland Palmer, but my bet’s on Lynch. This could be the series co-creator having fun with fans, and let’s not forget that he played FBI Agent Gordon Cole so this could hint at another character reprisal.
Stick it here for the latest Twin Peaks scoops; you can be sure I’ll be all over it like Agent Cooper would a good cherry pie and a damn fine coffee.
Hope you didn’t leave your cup of damn fine coffee out in the cold for too long–Showtime’s Twin Peaks revival is back on! Following fallout with the premium cable network over contractual concerns, series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost are once again confirmed to return fans of the cult serialized drama back to the mysterious, surreal place that is and forever will be Twin Peaks.
As originally reported, Lynch is directing the new episodes based on scripts written by Lynch and Frost. Plot details remain under wraps; what we do know is that the limited series is not a reboot but in fact a continuation of the story to take place 25 years after the events that unfolded in the original series’ run. Actor Kyle MacLachlan, who is red-hot coming off his memorable guest stint on ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., is reprising his role as FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper; in a series of tweets he made official (again) his return to the show.
What’s changed following the recent round of negotiations? The original plan was to bring Twin Peaks back as a limited series to run nine episodes. In a statement caught by Deadline, Showtime president David Nevins expands on the length of the upcoming series:
“This damn fine cup of coffee from Mark (Frost) and David tastes more delicious than ever,” said Nevins. “Totally worth the extra brewing time and the cup is even bigger than we expected. David will direct the whole thing which will total more than the originally announced nine hours. Preproduction starts now!!”
It proved to be a storied journey to get to this point. Showtime announced Twin Peaks‘ return to the airwaves in October of last year, and it was only five months later when you could start to see things falling apart. In April, Lynch publicly announced the unfortunate news of the revival’s demise: “After 1 year and 4 months of [total] negotiations, I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I felt it needed to be done,” he tweeted. Thankfully, Showtime continued to hold out hope. With the help of the #SaveTwinPeaks campaign headed up by original members of the cast begging for Lynch’s return, all was made right and the show is most definitely coming back.
With the original creators at the helm, the supernatural series that paved the way for modern, long-running classics such as The X-Files and Lost is coming back 25 years later, just like Laura Palmer promised in that season 2 cliffhanger. Twin Peaks fans wouldn’t have it any other way.
