Angelo Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 - December 11, 2022) was an American com… Read Full Bio ↴Angelo Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 - December 11, 2022) was an American composer for film and television, best known for his hauntingly atmospheric work with filmmaker David Lynch, whose collaborations include Blue Velvet, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2008.
Angelo Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States to an Italian family. He began taking piano lessons at age eight and spent much of his childhood listening to opera and classical music. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and at Manhattan School of Music where he earned a master's degree in music. A classically trained performer, he spent the early years of his career playing the Catskills resort area, later writing and arranging for singers including Shirley Bassey and country star Mel Tillis. Under the pseudonym Andy Badale, he entered the film industry in 1973, debuting with the score to the action film Gordon's War. Despite subsequent work on such features as Law and Disorder (1974) and Across the Great Divide (1976), Badalamenti remained largely unknown.
In 1986, Badalamenti was hired to compose the score for David Lynch's Blue Velvet; subsequently, they continued their partnership, Badalamenti composing scores for films such as Wild at Heart and The Straight Story. Arguably the most famous collaboration of theirs was the cult hit television series Twin Peaks, for which Badalamenti created one of the most distinctive and evocative theme songs in television history. The duo also wrote and produced a pair of records for ethereal chanteuse Julee Cruise: Floating Into the Night (1989), which contained some songs from Twin Peaks, and The Voice of Love (1993). They also staged an avant-garde musical theater piece titled Industrial Symphony No. 1, which was shown onstage twice in 1989.
In 1996 collaborated with James vocalist Tim Booth, the fruits of their labors being the LP Booth and the Bad Angel. In 2005, Badalamenti composed part of the score for the video game Fahrenheit (known in North America as Indigo Prophecy), bringing his atmospheric ambience to a new medium.
On December 11, 2022, Badalamenti died at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, aged 85.
Angelo Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States to an Italian family. He began taking piano lessons at age eight and spent much of his childhood listening to opera and classical music. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and at Manhattan School of Music where he earned a master's degree in music. A classically trained performer, he spent the early years of his career playing the Catskills resort area, later writing and arranging for singers including Shirley Bassey and country star Mel Tillis. Under the pseudonym Andy Badale, he entered the film industry in 1973, debuting with the score to the action film Gordon's War. Despite subsequent work on such features as Law and Disorder (1974) and Across the Great Divide (1976), Badalamenti remained largely unknown.
In 1986, Badalamenti was hired to compose the score for David Lynch's Blue Velvet; subsequently, they continued their partnership, Badalamenti composing scores for films such as Wild at Heart and The Straight Story. Arguably the most famous collaboration of theirs was the cult hit television series Twin Peaks, for which Badalamenti created one of the most distinctive and evocative theme songs in television history. The duo also wrote and produced a pair of records for ethereal chanteuse Julee Cruise: Floating Into the Night (1989), which contained some songs from Twin Peaks, and The Voice of Love (1993). They also staged an avant-garde musical theater piece titled Industrial Symphony No. 1, which was shown onstage twice in 1989.
In 1996 collaborated with James vocalist Tim Booth, the fruits of their labors being the LP Booth and the Bad Angel. In 2005, Badalamenti composed part of the score for the video game Fahrenheit (known in North America as Indigo Prophecy), bringing his atmospheric ambience to a new medium.
On December 11, 2022, Badalamenti died at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, aged 85.
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We have lyrics for these tracks by Angelo Badalamenti:
A Real Indication So I′m goin' down this street And I′m tryin' not to…
Bring It On Home Baby, baby I'm gonna bring it on home to you I done…
End Titles Can't you see me runnin' I am really runnin' For ma life …
Falling Don't let yourself be hurt this time Don't let yourself be…
Falling (Vocal by Julee Crui.. Don't let yourself be hurt this time Don't let yourself be…
In Dreams A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my ro…
Into the Night Now it's dark. Into the night I cry out I cry out your…
Into the Night (Vocal by Jul.. Now it's dark. Into the night I cry out I cry out your…
Just You Just you And I Just You And I Together forever In love Just …
Mountains Falling I see you go When you go, how come you're gone…
Mulholland Drive Drive Drive it home right now Drive it home know how Take…
Mysteries of Love Sometimes a wind blows And you and I Float In love And kiss …
Mysteries of Love (French Horn Solo) Sometimes a wind blows And you and I float in love And…
Night Now it's dark. Into the night I cry out I cry out your…
Questions In A World Of Blue Why did you go? Why did you turn away from me? When all…
Sycamore Trees I got idea man You take me for a walk Under the…
The Nightingale The nightingale It said to me There is a love Meant for me T…
The Nightingale (Vocal by Ju.. the nightingale it said to me there is a love meant for m…
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Elijah Katz
Didn’t realize Badalamenti was such a character as well. Would love to see more of him
Nivek Leveb
This feels like a scene from the first season of Twin Peaks, particularly the first 90 seconds or so. My favorite thing they've done together might be "Sycamore Trees" with Jimmy Scott, still gives me chills.
IGORilla
Lynch is such a great listener, you can tell he's deeply interested in everything around him, as if every time were the first time he sees or hears. That is enlightenment if you ask me.
Lawrence Of Canadia
enlightenment already has enough definitions - i think what you mean to say is he has imprint vulnerability . sorry i dont mean to be mean lol
andy kaufmann
Such a great comment...
OnceTheyNamedMEiWasn't
The waiter's role is often overlooked in this scene.
JJJ Project
Nono, without the waiter, we can't have "coffee"!
It is an INTEGRAL role ;)
But, yes, not talked about a lot, you are right...
Jesse
Lynch claims that he isn't a musician, but he knows music theory better than some actual musicians I know. When they mention the word "artist" in a dictionary, they should just put a picture of David Lynch next to it.
REAL1
i was surprised he knew any type of theory like that. i always imagined he made music based on purely sound. though i can imagine david lynch being an advocate for the method of making music while not knowing what youre doing haha.
Bob Pyne
Very true