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Angelo Badalamenti
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American composer (1937–2022)
Film & TV
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…
Known for
- The Music of David Lynch — Self2016
- Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks — Self2007
- The Sound of Lynch2007
- Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" — Self2005
- Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin — Self2004
- The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ — Self2004
- Mysteries of Love — Self2002
- Mulholland Drive — Luigi Castigliane2001
- Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch — Self1997
- Paul McCartney: Movin' On — Self1993
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Key facts
- Born
- Angelo Daniel Badalamenti , ( 1937-03-22 ) March 22, 1937, New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died
- December 11, 2022 (2022-12-11) (aged 85), Lincoln Park, New Jersey , U.S.
- Genres
- Film score jazz ambient
- Years active
- 1962–2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Lincoln Park
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Manhattan School of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Blue Velvet
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- film score
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- London Records
- Official website
- www.angelo-badalamenti.com
- Image
- Angelo Badalamenti (yearbook).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1937-03-22
- social media followers
- 14071
- pseudonym
- Andy Badale
- birth name
- Angelo Daniel Badalamenti
- name in native language
- Angelo Badalamenti
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Angelo Badalamenti
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- date of death
- 2022-12-11
- end of work period
- 2022-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer and arranger best known for his film music, notably the scores for his collaborations with director David Lynch, including Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001).
Badalamenti also composed scores for such films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), The City of Lost Children (1995), Holy Smoke! (1999), and A Very Long Engagement (2004), and recorded songs with artists including Julee Cruise (in collaboration with Lynch), Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield, Marianne Faithfull, David Bowie, Tim Booth, Siouxsie Sioux and Dolores O'Riordan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Angelo Badalamenti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.