Angelo Badalamenti

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Angelo Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn in 1937 into an Italian-American family. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and wrote pop songs. On Blue Velvet (1986) he had to help the actress Isabella Rossellini with her singing. This was the start of a collaboration of more than thirty years with the director David Lynch. Lynch described an atmosphere and Badalamenti improvised on the keyboard until it felt right. This is how the sound of Twin Peaks (1990) came about: slow synthesizer chords, reverberating guitar, jazzy double bass and a sad melody that suddenly blossoms. With Lynch he also wrote songs for the singer Julee Cruise. Lost Highway (1997) and Mulholland Drive (2001) carry the same dreamlike, ominous sound. He died in 2022.

Listening

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  Main Title · Angelo Badalamenti, 1986
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  Laura Palmer's Theme · Angelo Badalamenti, 1990
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  Mulholland Drive/Love Theme · Angelo Badalamenti, 2001
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  Twin Peaks Theme · Angelo Badalamenti, 1990

Discography

Studio albums

• 1986Blue Velvet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (soundtrack)
• 1987Weeds (soundtrack)
• 1988Cousins (soundtrack)
• 1990Soundtrack From Twin Peaks (soundtrack)
• 1990The Comfort of Strangers (soundtrack)
• 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 1995The City of Lost Children (soundtrack)
• 1999Arlington Road (soundtrack)
• 1999Holy Smoke: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture (soundtrack)
• 1999The Straight Story (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
• 2000The Beach: Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
• 2001Cet Amour-La (soundtrack)
• 2001Mulholland Drive (soundtrack)
• 2002L'Adversaire (soundtrack)
• 2002Secretary (soundtrack)
• 2003Cabin Fever (soundtrack)
• 2004Evilenko (soundtrack)
• 2004Un long dimanche de fiançailles (soundtrack)
• 2005Dark Water (soundtrack)
• 2005Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit (soundtrack)
• 2006The Wicker Man (Original Soundtrack Recording) (soundtrack)
• 2007Twin Peaks: Season Two Music and More (soundtrack)
• 2008The Edge of Love (soundtrack)
• 201044 Inch Chest (soundtrack)
• 2012A Late Quartet (soundtrack)
• 2014Stalingrad (soundtrack)
• 2014Tough Guys Don’t Dance (soundtrack)
• 2017Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series Soundtrack (soundtrack)

Other work

• 1986Blue Velvet
• 1990Twin Peaks (tv)
• 1997Lost Highway

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3^NL Reader
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 8^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• American indie film GenreAngelo Badalamenti gave the films of David Lynch, beginning with Blue Velvet (1986), a dreamy, slow sound of strings and synthesizers.
• Classic television music GenreAngelo Badalamenti gave Twin Peaks (1990) a dreamy, slow synthesizer sound.

See also

• American indie film
• Classic television music