David Lynch Sound Legacy Asbjoern Andersen


David Lynch was not just a visionary director and artist - he was also a visionary when it came to sound, and he realized those visions in collaboration with gifted sound designers, recordists and composers like Alan Splet, Doug Murray, Angelo Badalamenti, Dean Hurley, Ron Eng, Ann Kroeber and more. Below, we've gathered the stories behind the wild and fascinating sound for some of his many projects:
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Behind the Haunting Sound of Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me – with sound supervisor Doug Murray:

In celebration of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me‘s 30-year anniversary: Sound supervisor Doug Murray shares lots of fascinating sound stories behind the haunting film and the Twin Peaks series, the creative joys of “sound painting” with David Lynch, channeling Alan Splet’s sensibilities, its impact on film sound today, the sound for signature scenes – and how it transformed him as a sound designer:



The Haunting Sound of 'Twin Peaks  Fire Walk With Me' (full interview!) - A Sound Effect Podcast 22:


Composer Angelo Badalamenti on creating Laura Palmer’s theme:



Angelo Badalamenti explains how he wrote Laura Palmer's Theme


Bonus: Watch ‘Angelo Badalamenti and the Music of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ here

He Heard a Wind — Behind The Sound design In Twin Peaks, with Dean Hurley:

Step into the mind of David Lynch and how he approaches sound in his work as told by frequent collaborator (on Inland Empire & Twin Peaks: The Return) and music supervisor Dean Hurley:



He Heard a Wind | Behind The Sound design In Twin peaks


Behind the weird, wonderful sound of Twin Peaks: The Return:

 

Twin Peaks The Return Sound

In our in-depth interview, Dean Hurley and Ron Eng – long-time collaborators with legendary director David Lynch, and sound supervisors/re-recording mixers on Twin Peaks: The Return – share the creative work that goes into bringing David Lynch’s unique, wild and vivid sonic visions to life, that ‘David Lynchian’ sound, the role of the sound designer, the key to good sound (and the importance of silence) + lots more:

Click to read ‘Behind the weird, wonderful sound of Twin Peaks: The Return – with Dean Hurley and Ron Eng’

David Lynch on Alan Splet, sound and music:

 

We also came across these two great videos with David Lynch, on sound and his collaborations with sound designer & sound editor Alan Splet:



David Lynch on Alan Splet, sound and music




David Lynch on Alan Splet


 

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