AThe Blue Velvet soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti is a dark combination of classic composition and vintage/modern pop songs, which mirrors the film's un-stated setting envisioned by David Lynch. Thus, the film has become noted for its diverse musical selections. Seen as a prominent stylistic feature in the film is the unconventional use of vintage pop songs, such as Bobby Vintons "Blue Velvet" and Roy Orbison's "In Dreams," juxtaposed with an orchestral score inspired largely by Shostakovich. The score makes direct quotations from Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, which Lynch had been listening to regularly while writing the screenplay.There are several 1950s-style pop songs that play a strong role in Blue Velvet and are invaluable in helping Lynch show the evil as a contrast against the music. These are by far the most important sound elements because they operate throughout the film. Besides the traditional dialogue and the aforementioned songs, the sound in Blue Velvet is primarily traditional instrumentation, consisting of strings and wind instruments. In the credit sequence, a mysterious, undulating string arrangement seem to foreshadow that the film will be a mystery. This alludes to the film's mysterious plot, futher alluded by the recurring snoop music played throughout the film, most notably while Jeffery plays detective while exploring the underworld."The Mysteries of Love" song is usually played during the love scenes between Jeffery and Sandy. "In Dreams" can be considered as Franks motto. The dichotomy between good and evil in Lumberton is almost like day and night, where evil, symbolized by Frank, is night.Lynch worked with well-known music composer Angelo Badalamenti for the first time in this film and asked him to write a score that had to be like Shostakovich: very Russian, the most beautiful thing, yet dark and a little bit scary. Badalamenti's success with Blue Velvet landed him a place as a contributor to all of Lynch's future feature films.The track listing is as follows, with the duration of each song/extract in brackets:1."Main Title" (1:27)2."Night Streets/Sandy and Jeffrey" (3:42)3."Frank" (3:34) "Jeffrey's Dark Side" (1:48)4. "Mysteries of Love" (2:10)5. "Frank Returns" (4:39)6. "Mysteries of Love" [instrumental] (4:41)7. "Blue Velvet/Blue Star" (3:14)8. "Lumberton U.S.A./Going Down to Lincoln" (2:13)9. "Akron Meets the Blues" (2:40)10. Bill Doggett - "Honky Tonk, Pt. 1" (3:09)11. Roy Orbison - "In Dreams" (2:48)12. Ketty Lester - "Love Letters" (2:36)13. Julee Cruise - "Mysteries of Love" (4:22)
AIt belonged to Dorothy's husband, who can be seen in the film's final moments when Jeffery walks into Dorothy's apartment to have one last confrontation with Frank Booth. Dorothy's husband is the man with blue velvet material stuck in his mouth, missing one of his ears, which Jeffery found earlier in the film.