Nine Inch Nails initially planned on doing another song for Twin Peaks: The Return, but according to frontman Trent Reznor, Lynch told them, “How about something less Twin Peaks -y sounding, and more aggressive and ugly.

The late Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet director’s canon has left a lasting imprint on musicians and sound designers

From Twin Peaks to his films to his own recording career, the director understood how much sound mattered — not only to the audience, but to the characters in his stories.