But his most unnerving musical moment comes in the Season 2 finale ofTwin Peaks.

The deafening music is suffocating as it muffles Lauras panicked screams.

The mix of lively music and jarring imagery keeps you off balance.

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Viewers, like Cooper, are unable to look away from the odd sight that follows.

Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern travel down their own Yellow Brick Road.

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An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.

There’s something behind the curtain and you don’t know if it’s good or bad.

This motif is not just forTwin Peaks.

InEraserhead, the metal inside a radiator splits apart like curtains to head inside to meet the Lady.

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This gear, like Lynchs love for curtains, transports viewers into worlds that are dreamscapes.

Characters wander into them or pre-exist in them.

But hearing Scotts vocals raises the bar, as does the haunting music playing underneath.

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While Lynch knows how to do a great needle drop, original music is what elevates Sycamore Trees.

Why Is ‘Twin Peaks’ Red Room Scene So Disturbing?

This perfectly adds to how otherworldly the Red Room is.

David Lynch on the set of The Red Room scene in Twin Peaks Season 2 Episode 22

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Twin Peaksis streaming on Paramount+.

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A strange dance scene in Inland Empire (2006).

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A dark double of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) screaming in the Red Room in Twin Peaks.

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The David Lynch directed music video, “Sublime Eternal Love,” starring Chrystabell.

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