Angelo Badalamenti
Known for: Sound
Born: March 23, 1937
Died: December 11, 2022
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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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Filmography
80 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Scratching the Surface: A Look Back
2026
7.0
Jack Paints It Red
2025
10.0
My Weston is My Hero
2024
4.8
Faraway Eyes
2021
7.8
Koi
2019
5.0
Ant Head
2018
8.8
The Music of David Lynch
2016
4.5
The Wait
2016
6.0
Gold Coast
2015
7.2
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
6.3
Stalingrad
2013
6.7
A Late Quartet
2012
NR
A Dream in the Making
2012
5.0
A Butterfly Kiss
2011
4.3
A Woman
2010
5.5
44 Inch Chest
2009
6.2
The Edge of Love
2008
6.0
The Sound of Lynch
2007
7.4
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
6.9
A Slice of Lynch
2007
5.7
Return to 'Twin Peaks'
2007
4.3
The Wicker Man
2006
5.7
Dark Water
2005
5.3
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
2005
NR
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
NR
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
7.3
A Very Long Engagement
2004
7.1
Before the Fall
2004
5.8
Evilenko
2004
6.7
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
2004
7.8
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
2004
7.0
Indoor Fireworks
2003
5.7
Cabin Fever
2003
5.1
Resistance
20033.0
Murder in Scottsdale
2003
6.1
Dangerous Liaisons
2003
6.4
Auto Focus
2002
6.8
Secretary
2002
6.0
Lathe of Heaven
2002
6.6
The Adversary
2002
6.7
Rabbits
2002
6.5
Rabbits
2002
5.5
Darkened Room
2002
7.1
Mysteries of Love
2002
6.9
Cet amour-là
2001
4.7
Story of a Bad Boy
2001
7.8
Mulholland Drive
2001
5.5
Julie Johnson
2001
5.5
Suspended Animation
2001
6.3
A Piece of Eden
2000
6.5
The Beach
2000
7.7
The Straight Story
1999
5.3
Forever Mine
1999
5.7
Holy Smoke
1999
7.0
Arlington Road
1999
7.2
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997
3.9
The Blood Oranges
1997
7.5
Lost Highway
1997
7.2
The City of Lost Children
1995
5.9
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
1995
5.2
Witch Hunt
1994
4.8
Naked in New York
1993
8.5
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
1993
6.2
Hotel Room
1993
10.0
Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack
1992
6.2
On the Air
1992
7.4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
5.9
The Comfort of Strangers
1990
7.5
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
6.0
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
1990
7.0
Wild at Heart
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
8.5
Twin Peaks
1989
7.2
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
6.2
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
1989
4.7
Cinéma, de notre temps
1989
6.0
Cousins
1989
5.9
Parents
1989
9.3
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
1989
5.3
Weeds
1987
4.7
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987
6.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
7.6
Blue Velvet
1986
5.0
Law and Disorder
1974
6.8
Gordon's War
1973NR
Love is Strange
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