Bak’s situation is a bit more unique than Badalamenti’s because although there were less original cues in Season 2 , Bak had perhaps more time to craft music for a tighter, smaller, and more potent set of episodes in Season 3. The time for a follow-CD was over in a flash. In the case of Twin Peaks, the first season was followed by a dreadful second and an incoherent feature film, after which it died and fans felt cheated.
comes from Frans Bak’s score, which is as potent, affecting, and haunting as Angelo Badalamenti’s music for the series that arguably inspired Sveistrup – Twin Peaks – and like Badalamenti’s scores, there only exists a single CD devoted to the series’ music. Part of the series’ success in Denmark and in the U.S. Sveistrup’s talent will arguably be put to the test in not only figuring out a new storyline, but making it as taut, engaging, and dramatically satisfying as Season 3. If Lund’s saga ends here, it’s okay, but she’s too smart and resilient to avoid a whole new adventure. Nevertheless, as fans eventually see the final season, there will be much discussion on the whys, the how-could-you, the why not, and the come-on-it’s-not-fair. Sarah Lund is back, and while it’s possible she can return for a fourth season, the finale makes it very tough to replant her in her old life and career. Series creator Søren Sveistrup admittedly revisited the main elements that made Season 1 so successful: make politics, a long-buried cold case, and a new dilemma converge after a series of outrageous cliffhangers using the same level of misdirection that made Season 1 so addictive and infuriating (in a good way).ĭet. production has started to drift from the original seasons, setting Season 3 in a prison – a locale with characters wholly absent from the Danish counterpart. Its release in Britain on DVD and Blu-ray (via Arrow) represents the severe lag North Americans must endure with popular European series, if not the conundrum American cable station AMC is facing as it ventures ahead with its own third season of the U.S.
For Season 3, Sarah Lund is feeling more white-on-blue than green-on-white.Īs promised, I’ve uploaded a review of The Killing / Forbrydelsen: Season 3, the supposedly final season in what may be Denmark’s best-known TV export.