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... ()
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.
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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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)
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