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 acclaimed collaborations with director David Lynch, Blue Velvet (1986), the Twin Peaks television series, The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001).(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.Other Lynch projects Badalamenti worked on include the movies Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive (in which he has a small role as a gangster with a finicky taste for espresso), and Rabbits, and the television shows On the Air and Hotel Room.[20] He also worked on the soundtrack for the video game Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America), and wrote the music for Paul Schrader's films Auto Focus, The Comfort of Strangers, and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.[20] In 1995, he asked Marianne Faithfull to write lyrics for a song for the soundtrack of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's The City of Lost Children; the result was "Who Will Take My Dreams Away".[1] That night, he performed a concert at the piano with the Brussels Philharmonic orchestra directed by Dirk Brossé, with Siouxsie Sioux and Beth Rowley on vocals.[27] On July 23, 2011, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers gave Badalamenti the Henry Mancini Award for his accomplishments in film and television music.In 1964, he contributed to Beatlemania by arranging, conducting, and co-writing a Christmas novelty single, "Santa, Bring Me Ringo", which was performed by Christine Hunter.[7] In 1967, using the name Andy Badale, he co-wrote a song, "Pioneers of the Stars", for Perrey and Kingsley's next album, Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out.[35] Also in 1993, he collaborated with thrash metal band Anthrax on the Twin Peaks-inspired track "Black Lodge" from the album Sound of White Noise.