Angelo Badalamenti

SoundComposerCrewActorProducer Mar 23 (died age 85) New York City, New York, USA 1973–2025 (52 year career)

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Biography

Angelo 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 Composer…

Known For

Film

Mulholland Drive

Luigi Castigliane

Film

Blue Velvet

Piano Player

Film

Lost Highway

Original Music Composer

Film

The Straight Story

Original Music Composer

Film

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Music

Film

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Orchestrator

Film

Twin Peaks

Original Music Composer

Film

The Beach

Original Music Composer

Filmography

Acting (15)

Movies (13)

The Music of David Lynch

2016

as Self

8.8

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

The Sound of Lynch

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

2005

as Self

The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’

2004

as Self

6.8

Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin

as Self

Mysteries of Love

as Self

Mulholland Drive

as Luigi Castigliane

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

1997

as Self

7.1

Paul McCartney: Movin' On

1993

as Self

8.0

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

1990

as Self

5.0

David Lynch: Don't Look at Me

as Self

Blue Velvet

as Piano Player

Television (2)

On the Air

1992

as Piano Player

6.2

Cinéma, de notre temps

1989

as Angelo Badalamenti

4.7

Crew (92)

Movies (85)

Twin Peaks: The Return

Music

My Weston is My Hero

Music

Faraway Eyes

Original Music Composer

Faraway Eyes

Thanks

Faraway Eyes

Theme Song Performance

Koi

Music

Ant Head

Music

Ant Head

Sound

The Wait

Music

Gold Coast

Original Music Composer

5.9

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014

Original Music Composer

7.2

Stalingrad

2013

Original Music Composer

6.4

A Late Quartet

2012

Original Music Composer

6.7

A Dream in the Making

2012

Original Music Composer

A Butterfly Kiss

2011

Original Music Composer

5.0

A Woman

2010

Original Music Composer

4.3

44 Inch Chest

2009

Original Music Composer

5.4

The Edge of Love

2008

Original Music Composer

6.2

A Slice of Lynch

2007

Music

6.9

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2007

Music

7.4

Return to 'Twin Peaks'

2007

Music

5.7

The Wicker Man

2006

Original Music Composer

4.3

Dark Water

2005

Original Music Composer

5.7

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

2005

Original Music Composer

5.4

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

2005

Music

Evilenko

2004

Original Music Composer

5.7

Before the Fall

2004

Original Music Composer

7.0

A Very Long Engagement

2004

Original Music Composer

7.3

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

2004

Music

Murder in Scottsdale

2003

Music

2.0

Cabin Fever

2003

Original Music Composer

5.7

Resistance

2003

Original Music Composer

4.8

Indoor Fireworks

2003

Music

Secretary

2002

Original Music Composer

Darkened Room

Music

Auto Focus

Orchestrator

Auto Focus

Original Music Composer

6.4

The Adversary

2002

Original Music Composer

6.6

Mysteries of Love

2002

Original Music Composer

7.1

Rabbits

2002

Original Music Composer

Lathe of Heaven

Music

Mulholland Drive

Original Music Composer

7.8

Suspended Animation

2001

Original Music Composer

Julie Johnson

Music

Story of a Bad Boy

Original Music Composer

Cet amour-là

Music

The Beach

Original Music Composer

A Piece of Eden

Music

The Straight Story

Original Music Composer

7.7

Arlington Road

1999

Original Music Composer

7.0

Holy Smoke

1999

Original Music Composer

5.7

Forever Mine

1999

Original Music Composer

5.3

Lost Highway

1997

Original Music Composer

7.5

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

Music

The Blood Oranges

Orchestrator

The Blood Oranges

Original Music Composer

3.6

The City of Lost Children

1995

Music Producer

7.2

The City of Lost Children

1995

Orchestrator

7.2

The City of Lost Children

1995

Original Music Composer

7.2

Premonitions Following an Evil Deed

1995

Music

6.1

Witch Hunt

1994

Original Music Composer

5.2

Naked in New York

1993

Original Music Composer

4.5

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

Music

7.4

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

Musician

7.4

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

Orchestrator

7.4

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

Original Music Composer

7.4

Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack

1992

Music

Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack

1992

Music Producer

Wild at Heart

1990

Original Music Composer

7.0

The Comfort of Strangers

1990

Original Music Composer

5.8

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

1990

Music

5.9

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

1990

Music Director

5.9

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

1990

Producer

5.9

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

1989

Original Music Composer

6.1

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989

Orchestrator

7.2

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989

Original Music Composer

7.2

Twin Peaks

1989

Original Music Composer

8.5

Parents

1989

Original Music Composer

5.9

Cousins

1989

Original Music Composer

6.0

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

Original Music Composer

6.7

Weeds

1987

Original Music Composer

5.1

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987

Original Music Composer

4.7

Blue Velvet

1986

Original Music Composer

7.6

Law and Disorder

1974

Original Music Composer

4.5

Gordon's War

1973

Original Music Composer

5.7

Television (7)

Dangerous Liaisons

2003

Original Music Composer

Rabbits

Compositor

Rabbits

Music

Hotel Room

Music

On the Air

Conductor

On the Air

Music

On the Air

Orchestrator