Editing David Lynch (section)

===Music===
[[File:David Lynch -microphone -10Aug2007-2p (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lynch in 2007]]
Lynch was involved in several music projects, many of them related to his films, including sound design for some of his films (sometimes alongside collaborators [[Alan Splet]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Q&A with David Lynch's Music Collaborator Dean Hurley – Part 2: Being Open Creatively and Knowing When to Walk Away |url=https://www.synchtank.com/blog/qa-with-david-lynchs-music-collaborator-dean-hurley-part-2-being-open-creatively-and-knowing-when-to-walk-away/ |access-date=June 12, 2024 |website=Synchtank |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Dean Hurley]],<ref>{{Cite web |author-last1=Jordan |author-first1=Randolph |title=Three Soundtrack Albums and a Record Player: A Twin Peaks Music Review (Sort Of) |url=https://offscreen.com/view/three-soundtrack-albums-and-a-record-player-a-twin-peaks-music-review |access-date=June 12, 2024 |website=offscreen.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Angelo Badalamenti]]<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=March 24, 2017 |title='Make it like the wind, Angelo': How the Twin Peaks soundtrack came to haunt music for nearly 30 years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/24/twin-peaks-soundtrack-david-lynch-angelo-badalamenti |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005507/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/24/twin-peaks-soundtrack-david-lynch-angelo-badalamenti |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>). His album genres included [[experimental rock]], [[ambient music|ambient]] soundscapes and, most recently, avant-garde [[electropop]] music. He produced and wrote lyrics for [[Julee Cruise]]'s first two albums, ''[[Floating into the Night]]'' (1989) and ''[[The Voice of Love (Julee Cruise album)|The Voice of Love]]'' (1993), in collaboration with Badalamenti, who wrote the music and also produced. In 1991, Lynch directed a 30-second teaser trailer for [[Michael Jackson]]'s album [[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|''Dangerous'']] at Jackson's request.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 13, 2018 |title=David Lynch on Michael Jackson and That Crazy Frog From 'Twin Peaks' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/arts/television/david-lynch-room-to-dream.html |access-date=June 13, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> He also worked on the 1998 [[Jocelyn Montgomery]] album ''Lux Vivens (Living Light), The Music of Hildegard von Bingen''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lux Vivens: the Music of Hildegard von Bingen Jocelyn Montgomery |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lux-vivens-the-music-of-hildegard-von-bingen-mw0000600349 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142638/https://www.allmusic.com/album/lux-vivens-the-music-of-hildegard-von-bingen-mw0000600349 |archive-date=August 27, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=AllMusic}}</ref> Lynch wrote music for ''Wild at Heart'', ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', ''Mulholland Drive'', and ''Rabbits''. In 2001, he released ''[[BlueBob]]'', a [[blues]] album performed by Lynch and John Neff. The album is notable for Lynch's unusual guitar playing style. He plays "upside down and backwards, like a lap guitar", and relies heavily on effects pedals.<ref>{{cite web |title=BOSS Users Group magazine Vol.&nbsp;5, No.&nbsp;1 Summer 2001 |url=http://www.lynchnet.com/articles/bug.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525095227/http://www.lynchnet.com/articles/bug.html |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |website=Lynchnet.com}}</ref> Lynch wrote several pieces for ''Inland Empire'', including two songs, "Ghost of Love" and "Walkin' on the Sky", in which he made his public debut as a singer. In 2009, his book-CD set ''[[Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul|Dark Night of the Soul]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Music – New Music News, Reviews, Pictures, and Videos |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/15/danger-mouses-dark-night-of-the-soul-album-threatened-by-lawsuit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225131420/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/15/danger-mouses-dark-night-of-the-soul-album-threatened-by-lawsuit/ |archive-date=February 25, 2010 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> In 2008, he started his own record label, David Lynch MC, which first released ''Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi'' in early 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rawls |first=Alex |date=July 1, 2009 |title=Fox Bat Strategy, A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi (Absurda) |url=https://www.offbeat.com/music/fox-bat-strategy-a-tribute-to-dave-jaurequi-absurda/ |access-date=August 18, 2009 |website=[[OffBeat (music magazine)|OffBeat]]}}</ref>

In November 2010, Lynch released two [[electropop]] music singles, "Good Day Today" and "I Know", on the independent British label [[Sunday Best (music company)|Sunday Best Recordings]]. Of the songs, he said, "I was just sitting and these notes came and then I went down and started working with Dean [Hurley] and then these few notes, 'I want to have a good day, today' came and the song was built around that".<ref>{{cite news |last=Topping |first=Alexandra |date=November 28, 2010 |title=The latest offbeat experiment from filmmaker David Lynch: pop singles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/28/david-lynch-turns-pop-singer-songwriter?intcmp=239 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907235505/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/28/david-lynch-turns-pop-singer-songwriter?intcmp=239 |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> The singles were followed by an album, ''[[Crazy Clown Time]]'', which was released in November 2011 and described as an "electronic blues album".<ref name="clowntime">{{cite news |last=Lynch |first=David |date=November 11, 2011 |title=Music, Not Movies, But Still Exploring Places of Darkness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/arts/music/david-lynchs-album-crazy-clown-time.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105080834/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/arts/music/david-lynchs-album-crazy-clown-time.html |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The songs were sung by Lynch, with guest vocals on one track by [[Karen O]] of the [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Powell |first=Mike |date=November 8, 2011 |title=Crazy Clown Time |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15999-david-lynch-crazy-clown-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117234805/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15999-david-lynch-crazy-clown-time/ |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> and composed and performed by Lynch and Hurley.<ref name="clowntime" /> All or most of the songs on ''Crazy Clown Time'' were put into art-music videos, with Lynch directing the title song's video.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caWXt9lCVrc |title=David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time (Official Video) |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/caWXt9lCVrc?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caWXt9lCVrc |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdDGFZhoVT0 |title=David Lynch Feat. Karen O – Pinky's Dream (Unofficial Video) |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/IdDGFZhoVT0?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdDGFZhoVT0 |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IugOfDBWcGc |title=David Lynch 'Good Day Today' (Official Video) |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/IugOfDBWcGc?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IugOfDBWcGc |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph9o8faQUo |title=David Lynch – So Glad |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/Cph9o8faQUo?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph9o8faQUo |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On September 29, 2011, Lynch released ''This Train'' with vocalist and longtime musical collaborator [[Chrystabell]] on the La Rose Noire label.<ref>{{cite web |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=September 14, 2011 |title=David Lynch Unveils Album Cover Art |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/43992-david-lynch-unveils-album-cover-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729034609/https://pitchfork.com/news/43992-david-lynch-unveils-album-cover-art/ |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=August 9, 2016 |title=David Lynch and Chrysta Bell Team Up for New EP |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/67416-david-lynch-and-chrysta-bell-team-up-for-new-ep/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729040721/https://pitchfork.com/news/67416-david-lynch-and-chrysta-bell-team-up-for-new-ep/ |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> Lynch's second studio album, ''[[The Big Dream]]'', was released in 2013 and included the single "[[I'm Waiting Here]]", with Swedish singer-songwriter [[Lykke Li]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Minkser |first=Evan |date=June 3, 2013 |title=David Lynch Announces New Album, The Big Dream, Shares Track Featuring Lykke Li |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/50983-david-lynch-announces-new-album-the-big-dream-shares-track-featuring-lykke-li |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605211558/http://pitchfork.com/news/50983-david-lynch-announces-new-album-the-big-dream-shares-track-featuring-lykke-li/ |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''The Big Dream''{{'}}s release was preceded by ''TBD716'', an enigmatic 43-second video featured on Lynch's YouTube and [[Vine (app)|Vine]] accounts.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 31, 2013 |title=Video of the day: David Lynch's TBD716 |url=http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/video-of-the-day-david-lynchs-tbd716 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608001424/http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/video-of-the-day-david-lynchs-tbd716 |archive-date=June 8, 2013 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |work=Notebook |publisher=[[MUBI]]}}</ref> For Record Store Day 2014, Lynch released ''The Big Dream Remix EP'', which featured four songs from his album remixed by various artists. This included the track "Are You Sure" remixed by the band [[Bastille (band)|Bastille]], which is known to have been inspired by Lynch's work for its songs and videos, especially the song "[[Laura Palmer (song)|Laura Palmer]]".<ref>{{cite web |date=March 11, 2014 |title=David Lynch collaborates with Moby and Bastille for Record Store Day EP – listen |url=https://nme.com/news/david-lynch/75997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214824/http://www.nme.com/news/david-lynch/75997 |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2014 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>

In November 2018, a collaborative album by Lynch and Badalamenti, ''[[Thought Gang]]'', was released on vinyl and compact disc. The album was recorded around 1993 but not released at the time. Two tracks from it appear on the soundtrack for ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' and three others were used for ''Twin Peaks: The Return''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Blais-Billie |first=Braudie |date=September 18, 2018 |title=David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's Lost '90s Album Is Getting Released |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/david-lynch-and-angelo-badalamentis-lost-90s-album-is-getting-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919171917/https://pitchfork.com/news/david-lynch-and-angelo-badalamentis-lost-90s-album-is-getting-released/ |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=Pitchfork}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bemrose |first=Bekki |title=Thought Gang Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thought-gang-mw0003211114 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112223528/https://www.allmusic.com/album/thought-gang-mw0003211114 |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=AllMusic}}</ref> In May 2019, Lynch provided guest vocals on the track "Fire is Coming" by [[Flying Lotus]]. He also co-wrote the track that appears on Flying Lotus's album ''[[Flamagra]]''. A video accompanying the song was released on April 17, 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=April 17, 2019 |title=Flying Lotus Previews New Album With Freaky David Lynch Collaboration |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flying-lotus-david-lynch-new-song-fire-is-coming-video-823372/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605091959/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flying-lotus-david-lynch-new-song-fire-is-coming-video-823372/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In May 2021, Lynch produced a track, "[[I Am the Shaman]]", by Scottish artist [[Donovan]]. The song was released on May 10, Donovan's 75th birthday. Lynch also directed the accompanying video.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cazanov |first=Jeff |date=April 16, 2012 |title=Donovan is Back! |url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/donovan-is-back/ |access-date=December 23, 2021 |website=rockcellarmagazine.com}}</ref>

In August 2024, Lynch released his final album, ''[[Cellophane Memories]]'', a collaboration between him and Chrystabell. He also directed videos for two tracks on the album, "Sublime Eternal Love" and "The Answers to the Questions".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=June 5, 2024 |title=Chrystabell & David Lynch – "Sublime Eternal Love" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2266558/chrystabell-david-lynch-sublime-eternal-love/music/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zilko |first=Christian |date=July 9, 2024 |title=David Lynch Directs Animated Music Video for His New Song 'The Answers to the Questions' with Chrystabell |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/david-lynch-new-music-video-the-answers-to-the-questions-chyrstabell-1235023830/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref>