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Angelo Badalamenti

Sound Born Mar 23, 1937 New York City, New York, USA 15 credits

Biography

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 Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Awards and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

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Full filmography

  • Mulholland Drive (2001) as Luigi Castigliane
  • Blue Velvet (1986) as Piano Player
  • On the Air (1992) as Piano Player
  • Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (2007) as Self
  • Mysteries of Love (2002) as Self
  • Cinéma, de notre temps (1989) as Angelo Badalamenti
  • Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997) as Self
  • Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" (2005) as Self
  • Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990) as Self
  • Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin (2004) as Self
  • The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ (2004) as Self
  • The Music of David Lynch (2016) as Self
  • Paul McCartney: Movin' On (1993) as Self
  • The Sound of Lynch (2007)
  • David Lynch: Don't Look at Me (1989) as Self