Angelo Badalamenti

Composer

Born: March 23, 1937 (85 years old)

Died: December 11, 2022

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer, best known for his work scoring films for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga (1990–1992, 2017), The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. Badalamenti received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his "Twin Peaks Theme", and had received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Awards and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Filmography (61)

• Mulholland Drive (2001, ★ 7.8)
• Twin Peaks (1989, ★ 8.5)
• Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997, ★ 7.1)
• Mysteries of Love (2002, ★ 7.1)
• Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (2007, ★ 7.4)
• Blue Velvet (1986, ★ 7.6)
• Arlington Road (1999, ★ 7)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987, ★ 6.7)
• The Beach (2000, ★ 6.5)
• The City of Lost Children (1995, ★ 7.2)
• A Very Long Engagement (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Secretary (2002, ★ 6.8)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989, ★ 7.2)
• Before the Fall (2004, ★ 7)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992, ★ 7.4)
• Auto Focus (2002, ★ 6.4)
• A Slice of Lynch (2007, ★ 6.9)
• Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014, ★ 7.2)
• Lost Highway (1997, ★ 7.5)
• The Straight Story (1999, ★ 7.7)
• The Sound of Lynch (2007, ★ 5.7)
• On the Air (1992, ★ 6.2)
• Cabin Fever (2003, ★ 5.7)
• Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005, ★ 5.4)
• The Edge of Love (2008, ★ 6.2)
• Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989, ★ 6.1)
• Wild at Heart (1990, ★ 7)
• Suspended Animation (2001, ★ 5.1)
• A Butterfly Kiss (2011, ★ 5)
• Dark Water (2005, ★ 5.7)