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.
Awards & recognition
- World Soundtrack Award – Lifetime Achievement · 2008
- Online Film Critics Society Award — Best Original Score · 2001
- Saturn Award — Best Music · 1993
- Grammy Award — Best Pop Instrumental Performance · 1991
Filmography41 titles
Twin Peaks
Koi
Mulholland Drive
The Straight Story
Blue Velvet
Lost Highway
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
A Very Long Engagement
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
The City of Lost Children
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Arlington Road
Wild at Heart
Secretary
A Late Quartet
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
The Adversary
The Beach
Stalingrad
Auto Focus
A Piece of Eden
The Edge of Love
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
Cousins
Parents
The Comfort of Strangers
Dark Water
Cabin Fever
Holy Smoke
44 Inch Chest
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Weeds
Forever Mine
Resistance
Here After
Story of a Bad Boy
Tough Guys Don't Dance
The Wait
The Wicker Man
The Blood Oranges