1. Angelo Daniel Badalamenti was an American composer and arranger best known for his film music, notably the scores for his collaborations with director David Lynch, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive.
In 1990, Angelo Badalamenti won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his "Twin Peaks Theme" at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Angelo Badalamenti received a lifetime achievement award from the World Soundtrack Awards's Academy in 2008 and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 2011.
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti was born on March 22,1937, in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, the second of four children born to Leonora and John Badalamenti.
Angelo Badalamenti's father, who was of Italian descent from the town of Cinisi, was a fish market owner.
Angelo Badalamenti's elder brother was a jazz trumpet player who used to improvise with other musicians.
Angelo Badalamenti began composing music pieces in Kurt Weill's style.
Angelo Badalamenti scored films such as Gordon's War and Law and Disorder, but his break came when he was hired as Isabella Rossellini's singing coach for the song "Blue Velvet" in David Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet.
Angelo Badalamenti composed the film's score and served as music supervisor.
Twin Peaks became the score Angelo Badalamenti is perhaps best known for, one that helped define the show's style and mood.
Angelo Badalamenti won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the "Twin Peaks Theme" from the Twin Peaks soundtrack.
Angelo Badalamenti worked on the soundtrack for the video game Fahrenheit, and wrote the music for Paul Schrader's films Auto Focus, The Comfort of Strangers, and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
In 1998, Angelo Badalamenti recorded "A Foggy Day " with David Bowie for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to George Gershwin that raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.
Angelo Badalamenti had sent a demo of the song with his own vocals to the record company and Bowie was the first singer to respond.
Angelo Badalamenti received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards on October 18,2008, in Ghent, Belgium.
Angelo Badalamenti arranged, produced, and co-wrote some songs on Perrey's two solo albums for Vanguard Records using the Badale pseudonym.
Angelo Badalamenti arranged the strings on two tracks from their 1990 album Behaviour.
Angelo Badalamenti arranged songs for artists such as Dusty Springfield and Paul McCartney.
In 1995, Angelo Badalamenti composed, orchestrated, and produced Faithfull's album A Secret Life.
Angelo Badalamenti composed some of the score for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Angelo Badalamenti performed at a concert entitled "The Music of David Lynch" in 2015, in recognition of the tenth anniversary of the David Lynch Foundation.
Angelo Badalamenti died of natural causes at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, on December 11,2022, at age 85.