Blue Velvet (film soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Blue Velvet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Angelo Badalamenti


Released = 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Soundtrack
Length = 43:03
Label = Varese Sarabande
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:dnfpxqe5ldje~T1 link]
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Next album =The "Blue Velvet" soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti is a dark combination of classic composition and vintage/modern pop songs, which mirrors the film's un-stated setting envisioned by David Lynch and unsettling neo-noir atmosphere. Thus, the film has become noted for its diverse musical selections. Seen as a prominent stylistic feature in the film is the unconventional use of vintage pop songs, such as Bobby Vinton’s "Blue Velvet" and Roy Orbison’s "In Dreams", juxtaposed with an orchestral score . The score makes direct quotations from Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, which Lynch had been listening to regularly while writing the screenplay.Fact|date=April 2007 "Entertainment Weekly" ranked "Blue Velvet" at #100 on their list of the "100 Greatest Film Soundtracks".

:"The haunting soundtrack accompanies the title credits, then weaves through the narrative, accentuating the noir mood of the film." — Critic John Alexander [The Films of David Lynch: [http://www.britishfilm.org.uk/lynch/Schap3.html 50 Percent Sound] ; last accessed July 10, 2007.]

Lynch worked with well-known music composer Angelo Badalamenti for the first time in this film and asked him to write a score that had to be “like Shostakovich, be very Russian, but make it the most beautiful thing but make it dark and a little bit scary.” [cite journal |last=Chion |first=Michael |year=1995 | title = | journal=British Film Institute, London |pages=p. 89] Badalamenti would later go on to contribute to all of Lynch's future full-length films except for "Inland Empire".

Track listing

# "Main Title" 1:27
# "Night Streets/Sandy and Jeffrey" 3:42
# "Frank" 3:34
# "Jeffrey's Dark Side" 1:48
# "Mysteries of Love" 2:10
# "Frank Returns" 4:39
# "Mysteries of Love" [instrumental] 4:41
# "Blue Velvet/Blue Star" 3:14
# "Lumberton U.S.A./Going Down to Lincoln" 2:13
# "Akron Meets the Blues" 2:40
# Bill Doggett - "Honky Tonk, Pt. 1" 3:09
# Roy Orbison - "In Dreams" 2:48
# Ketty Lester - "Love Letters" 2:36
# Julee Cruise - "Mysteries of Love" 4:22

Releases

The first official release (on LP, tape and CD) was released in late 1986. The following release was on an audio CD on October 15, 1990 by Varese Sarabande. It however, did not feature the original rendition title song as many times as it was used in the movie.

References

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001545 www.amazon.com/Blue-Velvet-Original-Picture-Soundtrack] – "Blue Velvet" soundtrack at Amazon.com