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Angelo Badalamenti

Composer

Angelo Badalamenti

Born March 23, 1937 in New York City, New York, USADied December 11, 202273 films

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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Blue Velvet poster7.6Blue Velvet1986Lost Highway poster7.6Lost Highway1997The Straight Story poster7.7The Straight Story1999Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster7.4Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation poster7.2National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation1989Twin Peaks poster8.5Twin Peaks1989The Beach poster6.5The Beach2000Wild at Heart poster7.0Wild at Heart1990

Filmography

73 films
  1. TBALove is StrangeSound
  2. 2026Scratching the Surface: A Look BackMusic
  3. 2025Jack Paints It RedMusic
  4. 2024My Weston is My HeroMusic
  5. 2021Faraway EyesTheme Song Performance
  6. 2019KoiMusic
  7. 2018Ant HeadMusic
  8. 2016The WaitMusic
  9. 2015Gold CoastOriginal Music Composer
  10. 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesOriginal Music Composer
  11. 2013StalingradOriginal Music Composer
  12. 2012A Late QuartetOriginal Music Composer
  13. 2012A Dream in the MakingOriginal Music Composer
  14. 2011A Butterfly KissOriginal Music Composer
  15. 2010A WomanOriginal Music Composer
  16. 200944 Inch ChestOriginal Music Composer
  17. 2008The Edge of LoveOriginal Music Composer
  18. 2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin PeaksMusic
  19. 2007A Slice of LynchMusic
  20. 2007Return to 'Twin Peaks'Music
  21. 2006The Wicker ManOriginal Music Composer
  22. 2005Dark WaterOriginal Music Composer
  23. 2005Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistOriginal Music Composer
  24. 2005Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"Music
  25. 2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at HeartMusic
  26. 2004A Very Long EngagementOriginal Music Composer
  27. 2004Before the FallOriginal Music Composer
  28. 2004EvilenkoOriginal Music Composer
  29. 2003Indoor FireworksMusic
  30. 2003Cabin FeverOriginal Music Composer
  31. 2003ResistanceOriginal Music Composer
  32. 2003Murder in ScottsdaleMusic
  33. 2002Auto FocusOrchestrator
  34. 2002SecretaryOriginal Music Composer
  35. 2002Lathe of HeavenMusic
  36. 2002The AdversaryOriginal Music Composer
  37. 2002RabbitsOriginal Music Composer
  38. 2002Darkened RoomMusic
  39. 2002Mysteries of LoveOriginal Music Composer
  40. 2001Cet amour-làOriginal Music Composer
  41. 2001Story of a Bad BoyOriginal Music Composer
  42. 2001Mulholland DriveOriginal Music Composer
  43. 2001Julie JohnsonMusic
  44. 2001Suspended AnimationOriginal Music Composer
  45. 2000A Piece of EdenMusic
  46. 2000The BeachOriginal Music Composer
  47. 1999The Straight StoryOriginal Music Composer
  48. 1999Forever MineOriginal Music Composer
  49. 1999Holy SmokeOriginal Music Composer
  50. 1999Arlington RoadOriginal Music Composer
  51. 1997Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David LynchMusic
  52. 1997The Blood OrangesOriginal Music Composer
  53. 1997Lost HighwayOriginal Music Composer
  54. 1995The City of Lost ChildrenOriginal Music Composer
  55. 1995Premonitions Following an Evil DeedMusic
  56. 1994Witch HuntOriginal Music Composer
  57. 1993Naked in New YorkOriginal Music Composer
  58. 1992Twin Peaks: Visual SoundtrackMusic Producer
  59. 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeOriginal Music Composer
  60. 1990The Comfort of StrangersOriginal Music Composer
  61. 1990Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the BrokenheartedMusic Director
  62. 1990Wild at HeartOriginal Music Composer
  63. 1989Twin PeaksOriginal Music Composer
  64. 1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationOriginal Music Composer
  65. 1989Wait Until Spring, BandiniOriginal Music Composer
  66. 1989CousinsOriginal Music Composer
  67. 1989ParentsOriginal Music Composer
  68. 1987WeedsOriginal Music Composer
  69. 1987Tough Guys Don't DanceOriginal Music Composer
  70. 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsOriginal Music Composer
  71. 1986Blue VelvetOriginal Music Composer
  72. 1974Law and DisorderOriginal Music Composer
  73. 1973Gordon's WarOriginal Music Composer