Twin Peaks premiered on ABC in 1990, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, and followed FBI agent Dale Cooper investigating the murder of Laura Palmer in a quiet logging town. Composer Angelo Badalamenti's score gave the series its signature dreamlike sound, mixing warm synth pads with dark, slow melodies. The show became a cult landmark, returned for a third season on Showtime in 2017, and its music is still sampled in edits online to signal mystery, nostalgia and Lynchian surrealism without needing any dialogue or explanation.