As a teen, Danish composer Jonatan Bengta (aka The m00nbird) tried to copy David Lynch’s hair style and he twang his voice similarly. He then learned how to talk like the Elephant Man and finally started to drink black coffee like Agent Cooper. Sometimes, but only sometimes, this kind of dedication pays off, because many years later, he was asked to compose the soundtrack for David Lynch: The Art Life.
“Hundred music sessions distilled into 20 tracks” with song titles like “Slow Dancing Parties” and “Tiny Bob Dylan,” referring to several memorable moments from the outstanding 2016 documentary by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes and Olivia Neergaard-Holm, which recently won “Best documentary in Fine Art and Photography” at the Master of Art Film Festival.
Today, Lakeshore Records has digitally released the original score on iTunes and Spotify. The artist dedicates the album to his newborn son “and his beautiful mother.”
David Lynch: The Art Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
David Lynch: The Art Life tracklist
- Homerun
- Tropical Pocket
- David’s Patio
- Friendly Painter
- Humming Guitar
- Sawing Wood in the Dining Room
- Slow Dancing Parties
- Giant Naked Woman
- Dad in Uniform and a Ten-Gallon Cowboy Hat
- Tiny Bob Dylan
- Snappy Philly
- You Wonder the Story
- Dead Birds in Plastic
- That Thing you are looking for
- Far Ambience in D
- The Grant
- The Dime
- Poor Man’s New York City
- Fifty-Five Room Mansion in Beverly Hills
- A Moving Painting
David Lynch: The Art Life screenings
Brattle Theatre Cambridge, MA 5/12/2017
Row House Cinema Pittsburgh, PA 5/12/2017
IU Cinema Bloomington, IN 5/12/2017
Bijou Film Center Richmond, VA 5/18/2017
Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH 5/18/2017
Historic Howell Theater Howell, M I5/19/2017
Cinema Center Fort Wayne, IN 5/19/2017
North Park Buffalo, NY 5/19/2017
Plaza Theater Atlanta, GA 5/19/2017
MFA Houston Houston, TX 5/20/2017
Guild Cinema Albuquerque, NM 5/23/2017
Colonial Bethlehem Bethlehem, NH 5/26/2017
Miami Beach Cinematheque Miami, FL 6/2/2017
SIE Film Center Denver, CO 6/2/2017
Music Hall Portsmouth, NH 6/7/2017
AFI SilverSilver Spring, MD 6/12/2017
Grand Auditorium Ellsworth, ME 6/20/2017
Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY 6/23/2017
Honolulu Museum of Art Honolulu, HI 6/29/2017
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Scottsdale, AZ 7/13/2017
Seattle Art Museum Seattle, WA 7/18/2017
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Memphis, TN 7/19/2017
George Eastman House Rochester, NY 8/11/2017
Fire walk with 
The doc also shows in The Astor in Melbourne in a double feat with Eraserhead 23/5!!