Lost Highway (soundtrack)
7 on the Billboard 200 and reached Gold status in the United States and Platinum in Canada.[9] At the suggestion of a mutual friend, David Lynch chose Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails to produce the soundtrack to his film Lost Highway (1997).Lynch wanted the soundtrack to feature well-known artists of his choosing who were inspirational to him, as well as commercially viable.[10] Among the artists chosen were Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Smashing Pumpkins and Rammstein.[10] When deciding the album's musical direction, Reznor came to the conclusion that it should appeal to fans of Lynch who hate pop music; at the same time, he wanted it to "have some degree of accessibility for the 13-, 14-year-old kid who buys it because I have a new song on it; or for the Smashing Pumpkins fan who buys it for that.