Person

Angelo Badalamenti

Sound · 1937–2022 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

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  Twin Peaks

  Original Music Composer

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  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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  Mulholland Drive

  Luigi Castigliane

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  Secretary

  Original Music Composer

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  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

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  Lost Highway

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  Blue Velvet

  Piano Player

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  The Beach

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  Arlington Road

  Original Music Composer

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  Wild at Heart

  Original Music Composer

• 2026Scratching the Surface: A Look BackMusic
• 2025Jack Paints It RedMusic
• 2024My Weston is My HeroMusic
• 2021Faraway EyesTheme Song Performance
• 2019KoiMusic
• 2018Ant HeadMusic
• 2016The Music of David LynchSelf
• 2016The WaitMusic
• 2015Gold CoastOriginal Music Composer
• 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesOriginal Music Composer
• 2013StalingradOriginal Music Composer
• 2012A Late QuartetOriginal Music Composer
• 2012A Dream in the MakingOriginal Music Composer
• 2011A Butterfly KissOriginal Music Composer
• 2010A WomanOriginal Music Composer
• 200944 Inch ChestOriginal Music Composer
• 2008The Edge of LoveOriginal Music Composer
• 2007The Sound of Lynch
• 2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin PeaksSelf
• 2007A Slice of LynchMusic
• 2007Return to 'Twin Peaks'Music
• 2006The Wicker ManOriginal Music Composer
• 2005Dark WaterOriginal Music Composer
• 2005Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistOriginal Music Composer
• 2005Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"Self
• 2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at HeartMusic
• 2004A Very Long EngagementOriginal Music Composer
• 2004Before the FallOriginal Music Composer
• 2004EvilenkoOriginal Music Composer
• 2004The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’Self
• 2004Cabin Fever: Beneath the SkinSelf
• 2003Indoor FireworksMusic
• 2003Cabin FeverOriginal Music Composer
• 2003ResistanceOriginal Music Composer
• 2003Murder in ScottsdaleMusic
• 2003Dangerous LiaisonsOriginal Music Composer
• 2002Auto FocusOrchestrator
• 2002SecretaryOriginal Music Composer
• 2002Lathe of HeavenMusic
• 2002The AdversaryOriginal Music Composer
• 2002RabbitsOriginal Music Composer
• 2002RabbitsMusic
• 2002Darkened RoomMusic
• 2002Mysteries of LoveSelf
• 2001Cet amour-làOriginal Music Composer
• 2001Story of a Bad BoyOriginal Music Composer
• 2001Mulholland DriveLuigi Castigliane
• 2001Julie JohnsonMusic
• 2001Suspended AnimationOriginal Music Composer
• 2000A Piece of EdenMusic
• 2000The BeachOriginal Music Composer
• 1999The Straight StoryOriginal Music Composer
• 1999Forever MineOriginal Music Composer
• 1999Holy SmokeOriginal Music Composer
• 1999Arlington RoadOriginal Music Composer
• 1997Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David LynchSelf
• 1997The Blood OrangesOriginal Music Composer
• 1997Lost HighwayOriginal Music Composer
• 1995The City of Lost ChildrenOriginal Music Composer
• 1995Premonitions Following an Evil DeedMusic
• 1994Witch HuntOriginal Music Composer
• 1993Naked in New YorkOriginal Music Composer
• 1993Paul McCartney: Movin' OnSelf
• 1993Hotel RoomMusic
• 1992Twin Peaks: Visual SoundtrackMusic Producer
• 1992On the AirPiano Player
• 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeOriginal Music Composer
• 1990The Comfort of StrangersOriginal Music Composer
• 1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David LynchSelf
• 1990Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the BrokenheartedProducer
• 1990Wild at HeartOriginal Music Composer
• 1990Twin PeaksOriginal Music Composer
• 1989Twin PeaksOriginal Music Composer
• 1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationOriginal Music Composer
• 1989Wait Until Spring, BandiniOriginal Music Composer
• 1989Cinéma, de notre tempsAngelo Badalamenti
• 1989CousinsOriginal Music Composer
• 1989ParentsOriginal Music Composer
• 1989David Lynch: Don't Look at MeSelf
• 1987WeedsOriginal Music Composer
• 1987Tough Guys Don't DanceOriginal Music Composer
• 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsOriginal Music Composer
• 1986Blue VelvetPiano Player
• 1974Law and DisorderOriginal Music Composer
• 1973Gordon's WarOriginal Music Composer
• —Love is StrangeSound