Blue Velvet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Angelo Badalamenti | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: September 19, 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B000001545
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,217 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title

2. Night Streets/Sandy and Jeffrey

3. Frank

4. Jeffrey's Dark Side

5. Mysteries of Love

6. Frank Returns

7. Mysteries of Love [Instrumental]

8. Blue Velvet/Blue Star

9. Lumberton U.S.A. /Going Down to Lincoln

10. Akron Meets the Blues

11. Honky Tonk, Pt. 1

12. In Dreams

13. Love Letters

14. Mysteries of Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE MYSTERIES OF LOVE, February 7, 2002

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Go Bulldogs (Fresno State University, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Velvet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This is one of the most cherished cd's I own. I usually put it on and listen to the last three songs before listening to the rest of the album. The rest of the soundtrack is terrific especially the instrumental theme track, "Blue Velvet" and the Twin Peaks-like music in "Lumberton, U.S.A.", the small town where Blue Velvet takes place in. I would have loved it if Bobby Vinton's original version of "Blue Velvet" were included which was the inspiration for the film and was the song in the opening sequence and Main Titles, but instead we get Isabella Rosselini's version when she sings at a nightclub. I liked Rosselini's version too but it was somehow cut short to only a minute long. The soundtrack is entirely instrumental until track #12. The strength of the cd really comes in full force at the end when Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" takes you back to the scene of the unforgettable lip-synching by Dean Stockwell. It's a classic Lynch moment. Following this is Ketty Lester's "Love Letters", an absolutely gorgeous slow song played when Jeffrey Beaumont finds the man with the missing ear killed in the apartment of madman Frank Booth. The soundtrack ends with Julee Cruise's "Mysteries Of Love," an ethereal dream-like love song played at the end of the film in the unforgettable scene when Dorothy Vallens becomes reunited with her long lost son.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb soundtrack!, February 7, 2002

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FloozyFlapper1926 (Somewhere in the 20's) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Velvet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The soundtrack to Blue Velvet is just as hauntingly brilliant as the film itself. When you listen to this one, you can easily remember scenes from the film and its one of the best soundtracks I've ever bought. Its haunting, eerie and a tad bit creepy at moments but its the kind of music you might listen to in the dark with the headphones on, a glass of wine in one hand and a cigarette in the other, imagining yourself at the club watching Isabella singing her rendition of "Blue Velvet". Simply put, it takes you back to Lumberton and the film very nicely.

If you like ethereal and strange music, this is a good one for your collection. If you're already a Blue Velvet fan, you will love this as well. Brilliant.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting, yeah thats it, April 10, 2002

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Kenneth E. Wagner Jr. (Highland Springs, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Velvet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I am no expert on music, but all of David Lynch's movie scores are entrancing. This one jumps from melodious New Age tunes to Roy Orbison in a strange yet gelling fashion. Truly a weird night of listening pleasure...