{"id":1089,"date":"2025-05-15T11:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/julee-cruise-fall_float_love-works-1989-1998-149810\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T11:21:54","slug":"julee-cruise-fall_float_love-works-1989-1998-149810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/julee-cruise-fall_float_love-works-1989-1998-149810\/","title":{"rendered":"Julee Cruise \u2013 Fall_Float_Love (Works 1989 \u2013 1998)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ethereal voice of Julee Cruise<\/strong> is as essential to the world of Twin Peaks<\/strong> as cherry pie and Dale Cooper<\/strong>\u2019s dreams, yet we may have never heard it if visionary director David Lynch<\/strong> had more funds. He really wanted to include This Mortal Coil<\/strong>\u2019s cover of Tim Buckley<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cSong To The Siren<\/strong>\u201d in Blue Velvet<\/strong>, but he couldn\u2019t afford the rights. Composer Angelo Badalamenti<\/strong>, who in short order would become Lynch\u2019s go-to for the rest of their careers, was tasked with writing an original piece of music for the movie instead, given little instruction beyond its eventual title (the phrase \u201cmysteries of love\u201d) and an idea that the song should \u201cfloat on the sea of time\u201d, with Elizabeth Fraser<\/strong>\u2019s voice in mind. Badalamenti had just met Cruise at a theatre workshop, so he brought her in. The result is a uniquely incandescent piece of music, shimmering poetry animated by Cruise\u2019s vertiginously angelic voice. Blue Velvet is unimaginable without it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The ethereal voice of Julee Cruise<\/strong> is as essential to the world of Twin Peaks<\/strong> as cherry pie and Dale Cooper<\/strong>\u2019s dreams, yet we may have never heard it if visionary director David Lynch<\/strong> had more funds. He really wanted to include This Mortal Coil<\/strong>\u2019s cover of Tim Buckley<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cSong To The Siren<\/strong>\u201d in Blue Velvet<\/strong>, but he couldn\u2019t afford the rights. Composer Angelo Badalamenti<\/strong>, who in short order would become Lynch\u2019s go-to for the rest of their careers, was tasked with writing an original piece of music for the movie instead, given little instruction beyond its eventual title (the phrase \u201cmysteries of love\u201d) and an idea that the song should \u201cfloat on the sea of time\u201d, with Elizabeth Fraser<\/strong>\u2019s voice in mind. Badalamenti had just met Cruise at a theatre workshop, so he brought her in. The result is a uniquely incandescent piece of music, shimmering poetry animated by Cruise\u2019s vertiginously angelic voice. Blue Velvet is unimaginable without it.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s fitting that a cosmic bit of happenstance brought Cruise into the orbit of those who would shape the career documented on Fall_Float_Love (Works 1989-1998)<\/strong>, a 2CD set compiling her first two albums alongside additional singles and remixes. Her first LP, Floating Into The Night<\/strong>, was originally released in 1989 and introduced the world to the hazy, romantic mysteries that the three collaborators would bring to life together. The Voice Of Love<\/strong> was released in 1993, a sonic continuation of the first album\u2019s otherworldly moods and retro atmospherics.<\/p>\n