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Angelo Badalamenti

Angelo Badalamenti

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

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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.

Sound 77

2020s

  1. 2026

    Scratching the Surface: A Look Back

    Music

  2. 2025

    Jack Paints It Red

    Music

  3. 2024

    My Weston is My Hero

    Music

  4. 2021

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    Ant Head

    Music, Sound

  3. 2016

    The Wait

    Music

  4. 2015

    Gold Coast

    Original Music Composer

  5. 2014

    Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

    Original Music Composer

  6. 2013

    Stalingrad

    Original Music Composer

  7. 2012
  8. A Dream in the Making

    Original Music Composer

  9. 2011

    A Butterfly Kiss

    Original Music Composer

  10. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008
  3. 2007

    Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

    Music

  4. A Slice of Lynch

    Music

  5. Return to 'Twin Peaks'

    Music

  6. 2006
  7. 2005
  8. Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

    Music

  9. 2004

    Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

    Music

  10. 2003

    Indoor Fireworks

    Music

  11. Resistance

    Original Music Composer

  12. Dangerous Liaisons

    Original Music Composer

  13. 2002
  14. Rabbits

    Original Music Composer

  15. Rabbits

    Music

  16. Darkened Room

    Music

  17. Mysteries of Love

    Original Music Composer

  18. 2001

    Cet amour-là

    Original Music Composer

  19. Story of a Bad Boy

    Original Music Composer

  20. Julie Johnson

    Music

  21. Suspended Animation

    Original Music Composer

  22. 2000

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1997

    Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

    Music

  3. The Blood Oranges

    Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

  4. 1995
  5. Premonitions Following an Evil Deed

    Music

  6. 1994
  7. 1993

    Naked in New York

    Original Music Composer

  8. Twin Peaks: Log Lady Introductions

    Music

  9. Hotel Room

    Music

  10. 1992

    Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack

    Music Producer, Music

  11. 1990
  12. Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

    Music Director, Music

1970s

  1. 1974
  2. 1973

    Gordon's War

    Original Music Composer

Acted in 6

2010s

  1. 2012

    Change Begins Within

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2007

    The Sound of Lynch

    Movie

  2. 2001

1980s

  1. 1989

    Cinéma, de notre temps

    Angelo Badalamenti · 1 episode

  2. 1986

Other crew 1

2000s

  1. 2002

    Rabbits

    Compositor

Produced 1

1990s

  1. 1990

    Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

    Producer

Wrote 1

2020s

  1. 2022

    Twin Peaks Type Beat

    Original Concept

Appearances10

2010s

  1. 2016

    The Music of David Lynch

    Self

2000s

  1. 2007

    Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

    Self

  2. 2005

    Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

    Self

  3. 2004

    The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’

    Self

  4. Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin

    Self

  5. 2002

    Mysteries of Love

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

    Self

  2. 1993

    Paul McCartney: Movin' On

    Self

  3. 1990

    Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

    Self

1980s

  1. 1989

    David Lynch: Don't Look at Me

    Self

Thanked in the credits1