Freshly Squeezed: The music-minded cast of ‘Twin Peaks’ to amplify the show’s return

Right around this time last year, the cast list for the new season of Twin Peaks dropped, and there were a shitload of surprising names on it, like Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, and Tim Roth. Plenty more will be making an appearance on the show, but what truly surprised us were the number of musicians on the cast list, and how odd and eclectic they were.

With Twin Peaks back in our lives this weekend, premiering Sunday (May 21) at 9 p.m. eastern on Showtime, we took a glimpse at the some of the cast and some tracks that we think you might enjoy if you’re in the mood for some Lynchian goodness.

Pro-tip, though: You might not want to watch this on your phone, lest you piss David Lynch himself off.

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Trent Reznor

There are, quite literally, about 10 different angles one could take when writing about Trent Reznor’s appearance on this show. He’s appearing with his wife (let’s use a How to Destroy Angels song!) and other NIN collaborators (let’s use a song from The Fragile!), but we’re going to focus on his soundtrack work, which takes inspirational cues from series composer Angelo Badalamenti in tone and in escalation. Here’s “Technically, Missing” from the Gone Girl soundtrack, done in collaboration with Atticus Ross.

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