Laura Palmer's Theme (Instrumental) (track)
by Angelo Badalamenti

From Onater 08/20/2017 08:08 | #196378

The Cm->C->E->Fm9->C->Am->F#11->Cm is probably the most emotional a simple chord progression has ever made me. So many different emotions in the span of a minute. The droning C minor section is dark and ominous, then the unexpected switch to C major brings in some hope that seemed absent before. The switch to E Lydian adds a sense of mystery and almost reverence and The F minor adds in a desolate mournfulness to the mix. After that comes the important part, possibly the most powerful chord change I have ever heard, into the C major, which is just full of beauty, as the melody sweeps above and drops below before returning and the chord switches down to A minor as the melody repeats itself but over the different chord it is so much sadder, filled with sorrow and loss, then the melody drops down into the #11 of the F major, resolving the sadness of the A minor with a kind of acceptance that still holds all the sorrow deeper beneath it. It then lingers on that before returning to the C minor where it began, bringing back that ominousness, giving the sense that, even with all that has happened, there is still more that must be done. I don't know if any of this makes sense, it probably doesn't, but this song is absolutely genius.