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Angelo Badalamenti

Composer / Record Producer / Musician / Songwriter / Bandleader | * 03/22/1937 († 85, 12/11/2022) | New York, City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer and arranger best known for his work in composing for films. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with director David Lynch, notably the scores for Blue Velvet (1986), the Twin Peaks television series, 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). He also recorded songs with artists including Julee Cruise (in col... ()
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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 Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Angelo Badalamenti

World Soundtrack Award – Lifetime Achievement Saturn Award for Best Music Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
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Movies with Angelo Badalamenti as Actor(12)

TV Shows/Series with Angelo Badalamenti as Actor(2)

as Piano Player1992 On the Air

Movies with Angelo Badalamenti as Crew(76)

Sound/Original Music Composer2020 Faraway Eyes
Sound/Music2019 Koi
Sound/Sound2018 Ant Head
Sound/Music2016 The Wait
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Gold Coast
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Sound/Music2013 Stalingrad
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 A Late Quartet
Sound/Music2011 Time Doesn't Stand Still
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 A Butterfly Kiss
Sound/Music2010 A Woman
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 44 Inch Chest
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Edge of Love
Sound/Music2007 A Slice of Lynch
Sound/Music2007 Return to 'Twin Peaks'
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 The Wicker Man
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Dark Water
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Evilenko
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 A Very Long Engagement
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Before the Fall
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Cabin Fever
Sound/Music2003 Resistance
Sound/Music2003 Murder in Scottsdale
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Secretary
Sound/Music2002 Lathe of Heaven
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 The Adversary
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Auto Focus
Sound/Orchestrator2002 Auto Focus
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Mysteries of Love
Sound/Music2002 Darkened Room
Sound/Music2002 Rabbits
Sound/Music2001 Julie Johnson
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Suspended Animation
Sound/Music2001 Cet amour-là
Sound/Music2001 Mulholland Drive
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 The Beach
Sound/Music2000 A Piece of Eden
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 The Straight Story
Sound/Music1999 Mulholland Dr.
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Holy Smoke
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Arlington Road
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Forever Mine
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Story of a Bad Boy
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Lost Highway
Sound/Music1997 The Blood Oranges
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 The City of Lost Children
Sound/Music Producer1995 The City of Lost Children
Sound/Orchestrator1995 The City of Lost Children
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Witch Hunt
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Naked in New York
Sound/Orchestrator1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Wild at Heart
Sound/Music1990 The Comfort of Strangers
Sound/Music1990 Twin Peaks
Sound/Music1989 Cousins
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Parents
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Weeds
Sound/Music1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance
Sound/Music1986 Blue Velvet
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Law and Disorder
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Gordon's War

TV Shows/Series with Angelo Badalamenti as Crew(5)

Sound/Music1993 Hotel Room
Sound/Music1992 On the Air
Sound/Conductor1992 On the Air
Sound/Orchestrator1992 On the Air
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Twin Peaks

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Born: Monday, 03/22 1937 (March) in New York, City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 12/11 2022 (December) in Lincoln Park (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music
Member of: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Record Label: Windham Hill Records, Varèse Sarabande, East West Records, Milan, Nonesuch Records, Hollywood Records, La-La Land Records, Silva Screen, Warner Bros. Records, CAM SUGAR, Minus Habens Records, London
Other names for Angelo Badalamenti (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Angelo Daniel Badalamenti"
"Andy Badale" (Pseudonym)
Angelo Badalamenti frequently works together with these people:
David Lynch (68x, Crew)
Mary Sweeney (13x, Crew)
Mark Frost (11x, Crew)
Patricia Norris (9x, Crew)
Kyle MacLachlan (8x, Actor)
Jack Nance (8x, Actor)
Eli Roth (7x, Actor)
Johanna Ray (7x, Crew)
Mädchen Amick (6x, Actress)
Gabriel Roth (6x, Crew)
John Wentworth (6x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:305207, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/17/2024