About Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer and arranger best known for his film music, notably the scores for his collaborations with director David Lynch, including Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001). Badalamenti also composed scores for such films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), The City of Lost Children (1995), Holy Smoke! (1999), and A Very Long Engagement (2004), and recorded songs with artists including Julee Cruise (in collaboration with Lynch), Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield, Marianne Faithfull, David Bowie, Tim Booth, Siouxsie Sioux and Dolores O'Riordan. In 1990, Badalamenti won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his "Twin Peaks Theme" at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. He 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. Twin Peaks became the score Badalamenti is perhaps best known for, one that helped define the show's style and mood. Badalamenti won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the "Twin Peaks Theme" from the Twin Peaks soundtrack. Badalamenti had sent a demo of the song with his own vocals to the record company and Bowie was the first singer to respond.
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