Beyond the Beyond: Music from the Films of David Lynch

by Kristine McKenna (Foreword), J.C. Gabel (Contributor), Jessica Hundley (Editor)

From his early short films made in Philadelphia in the 1960s up through more recent feature films like "Inland Empire" (2006), legendary artist and director David Lynch (born 1946) has used sound to build mood, subvert audience expectations and create new layers of affective meaning. Produced in conjunction with Lynch, "Beyond the Beyond: Music from the Films of David Lynch" explores the use of music and sound in Lynch's films, as well as his own original music, and draws on the director's personal archives of photographs and ephemera from Eraserhead onward. This volume also features interviews with more than a dozen popular contemporary musicians who performed at the Ace Hotel's April 2015 benefit for the David Lynch Foundation, including The Flaming Lips, Duran Duran, Moby, Sky Ferreira, Lykke Li, Karen O, Donovan, Angelo Badalamenti, Jim James, Chrysta Bell, Tennis, Twin Peaks and Zola Jesus. This limited-edition book also comes with a companion CD featuring a live recording of the Ace Hotel concert.

Genres: Film, Music

220 pages, Hardcover

Published May 31, 2016

Reviews

[Grac · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book. Some of the essays were more shallow than others for me, and I didn’t care for some of the smaller print interviews. I particularly liked ”Pop Reinterpreted” by Jessica Hundley and “Industrial Soundscapes” by Keith Phipps. Nice to see his recording studio as well.

[Sean Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main reason for getting this book was to obtain the cd of the Lynch benefit concert. The interviews were good but on the whole just seemed like an extended advertisement for transcendental meditation.

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The benefit concert CD is great. The photos from the show and the stills from Lynch's films are lovely. The interviews and essays are okay. Some fun stories, some decent commentary, but overall I hoped for more.

[Maurice Funken · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book focuses on the 2015 benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation where acts like The Flaming Lips, Duran Duran, Moby or Angelo Badalamenti appeared on stage, interviewing each of them, but sadly not to a great deal of insight as everyone is very keen of explaining their connection to transcendental meditation instead and how it changed their approach towards music and art in general. Fortunately after the propaganda paragraph for TM there are some essays added to the book, too, written about Lynch and his use of music in TV and Film. These are quite interesting, though really short. Eventually elevating the book from sheer mediocrity is the fact that the concert was added to the publication on CD as well...

[Marya Gates · Rating 3 out of 5]

The essays are good, but like someone else mentioned most of the interview stuff is like a big advertisement for TM. The photos are beautiful though.