5 Surprising Facts About the Twin Peaks Soundtrack's Success

It cracked the Billboard 200 top 20 Angelo Badalamenti’s score reached number 18 on the Billboard 200, a rare feat for a television soundtrack.

It sold over 500,000 copies in the US The album achieved gold certification from the RIAA, proving its commercial appeal beyond the show’s cult following.

The theme song became a hit single “Falling,” the instrumental theme with lyrics added, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a club staple.

It won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Badalamenti took home the award in 1991, beating out established instrumental artists.

The soundtrack’s success was unexpected TV scores rarely crossed over to mainstream music charts at the time, making Twin Peaks an outlier.