89: David Lynch in Nintendo Land

In a pretty big departure from the typical Singing Mountain episode, this one isn’t focused on video game music. There still is VGM, it’s just that the episode is more of a deep dive into a very niche subject: the popularity of Twin Peaks in Japan and its subsequent impact on two major Nintendo franchises. Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of David Lynch. I will explain it all out for you.]

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Track listing:

0:12: Falling (Twin Peaks Theme) / Composed by Angelo Badalamenti, performed by SomethingHolden
3:10: Falling (Twin Peaks Theme) / Angelo Badalamenti
7:54: The Bookhouse Boys / Angelo Badalamenti
10:16: Mysterious Forest / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Minako Hamano
11:40: House by the Bay / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Minako Hamano
12:32: Link and Marin Talk / Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening / Minako Hamano
14:19: Onett Night 1 / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka
15:36: Giygas Intro / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka
16:26: Peaceful Rest Valley / Earthbound / Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka
18:51: Dance of the Dream Man / Angelo Badalamenti
20:46: Beachcombing / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai
21:46: Sorrowful Tazmily / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai
22:42: Audrey’s Dance / Angelo Badalamenti
23:55: Laura Palmer’s Theme / Angelo Badalamenti
26:15: Nightlife in Twin Peaks / Angelo Badalamenti
27:31: Hard Rain / Mother 3 / Shogo Sakai
29:34: Falling (Twin Peaks Theme) / Composed by Angelo Badalamenti, performed by Nantco Bakker

Links:

• SomethingHolden’s cover of the Twin Peaks theme (artist on Twitter @shockpine)

• That one Twin Peaks-inspired episode of Darkwing Duck

• The 1992 Entertainment Tonight segment on Twin Peaks’ popularity in Japan

• The Twin Peaks commercials for Georgia coffee drinks:

• CrunchyRoll article about anime influenced by Twin Peaks

• My original piece on Link’s Awakening and Twin Peaks

• Every instance of doubling on Twin Peaks

• Interview where Shigesato Itoi mentions Twin Peaks

• Reddit thread on Earthbound/Twin Peaks connections

• Vice article on Mizzurna Falls

• Post on Flint’s Doorknob about Twin Peaks

• Earthbound’s Moonside and Fire Walk With Me

• FanGamer post about Earthbound/Twin Peaks stuff

• Black Lodge 2600, the fake Atari adaptation of Twin Peaks

• The City of Absurdity about David Lynch’s aborted plans for a video game sequel to Twin Peaks

• Nantco Bakker’s cover of the Twin Peaks theme