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"My (musical) world is a little bit dark... a little bit off-center. I think of it as tragically beautiful. That is how I would describe what I love best: tragically beautiful."

Angelo Badalamenti

Angelo Badalamenti was an American composer whose work included the music for Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and the 2017 revival. Badalamenti is best known for his work with David Lynch having scored Blue Velvet, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive in addition to the Twin Peaks franchise.

He participated with Lynch for the first two albums of Julee Cruise. He also took part in the Music of David Lynch album with the songs "Laura Palmer’s Theme", "Dance of The Dream Man" and "Twin Peaks Theme" also incorporated in the short film Psychogenic Fugue for the David Lynch Foundation.

Badalamenti composed scores for dozens of films, television shows, and video games. He won one Grammy Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Henry Mancini Award.

Soundtracks[]

Year Title Director Studio / Publisher Notes
1973 Gordon's War Ossie Davis 20th Century Fox Credited as Andy Badale
1974 Law and Disorder Ivan Passer Columbia Pictures Credited as Andy Badale
1977 Special Treat: "It's a Brand New World" Al Elias NBC Credited as Andy Badale
1986 Blue Velvet David Lynch DEG
1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Chuck Russell New Line Cinema
Tough Guys Don't Dance Norman Mailer American Zoetrope
Weeds John D. Hancock DEG
1989 Cousins Joel Schumacher Paramount Pictures
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Jeremiah Chechik Warner Bros. No official score or soundtrack was released for purchase.
Wait Until Spring, Bandini Dominique Deruddere American Zoetrope
1990 The Comfort of Strangers Paul Schrader Skouras Pictures
Twin Peaks Various Spelling Television Television series
Wild at Heart David Lynch The Samuel Goldwyn Company
1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me David Lynch New Line Cinema
1993 Naked in New York Daniel Algrant Fine Line Features
1994 Inside the Actors Studio Bravo Television series
Witch Hunt Paul Schrader HBO
1995 The City of Lost Children Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Sony Pictures Classics
1996 Profiler NBC Television series, theme song only
1997 The Blood Oranges Philip Haas Trimark Pictures
The Last Don Graeme Clifford CBS Television miniseries, theme song only
Lost Highway David Lynch October Films
1999 Arlington Road Mark Pellington Screen Gems
Forever Mine Paul Schrader J&M Entertainment
Holy Smoke! Jane Campion Miramax Films
The Straight Story David Lynch Walt Disney Pictures
2000 A Piece of Eden John D. Hancock Film
The Beach Danny Boyle 20th Century Fox
2001 Mulholland Drive David Lynch Universal Pictures
Cet amour-là Josée Dayan Arte France Cinéma, Canal+, Studio Images 7
2002 The Adversary Nicole Garcia StudioCanal
Auto Focus Paul Schrader Sony Pictures Classics
Cabin Fever Eli Roth Lions Gate Entertainment with Nathan Barr
Secretary Steven Shainberg Lions Gate Entertainment
Suspended Animation John D. Hancock Film Acres Productions
Rabbits David Lynch Web series
2003 Resistance Todd Komarnicki First Floor Features
2004 Before the Fall Dennis Gansel Constantin Film
Evilenko David Grieco Mikado
A Very Long Engagement Jean-Pierre Jeunet Warner Independent Pictures
2005 Dark Water Walter Salles Buena Vista Pictures
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist Paul Schrader Warner Bros.
Fahrenheit David Cage Atari Video game
2006 The Wicker Man Neil LaBute Warner Bros.
2008 The Edge of Love John Maybury Capitol Films
2009 44 Inch Chest Malcolm Venville Momentum Pictures
2010 A Woman Giada Colagrande Bidou Pictures
2011 A Butterfly Kiss Karine Silla Pérez EuropaCorp
2012 A Late Quartet Yaron Zilberman Entertainment One
2013 Stalingrad Fedor Bondarchuk Columbia Pictures
2015 Gold Coast Daniel Dencik Haslund / Dencik Entertainment Aps
2017 Twin Peaks David Lynch Showtime Television series
2018 Between Worlds Maria Pulera Lions Gate Entertainment Main theme only

Other works[]

Year Title Artist Notes
1962 Old Spice Clyde and The Bird Watchers first known recorded work
1964 I Went By Our House Today Polly Perkins
Escapade Wynton Kelley Trio from It's All Right!
1965 Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow Karl Denver B-Side to Cry A Little Sometimes
1966 I Hold No Grudge Nina Simone from High Priestess of Soul
He Ain't Comin' Home No More
Sugar Me Sweet Al Caiola B-side to Duel At Diablo
Something On My Mind Bobbi Martin B-side to Don't Take It Out On Me
She's Got A Heart Roy Hamilton B-side to The Impossible Dream
Visa To The Stars Perrey-Kingsley from The In Sound From Way Out!
1967 My Love Is Gone From Me Ed Ames b-side to Who Will Answer?
I Want To Love You For What You Are Ronnie Dove
Dancin' Out of My Heart
I Had To Know My Way Around Della Reese From the album Della On Strings Of Blue
Pioneers of The Stars Perrey-Kingsley from Kaleidoscopic Vibrations
But Only Sometimes Nancy Wilson
1968 Face It Girl, It's Over Nancy Wilson from Easy.

Covered by George Benson the same year (as Face it Boy, It's Over) on Shape of Things to Come, and in 1969 by The Delfonics on Sound of Sexy Soul.

Pendant Que Nous Chantons Enrico Macias
I Had To Know My Way Around Della Reese
Livin' For Your Lovin' Ronnie Dove
I've Been Here All The Time Irene Reid From the album I've Been Here All The Time...
1969 Fa-Fa-Fa (Live For Today) Shirley Bassey
Passport To The Future Jean-Jacques Perrey
Mary France
We're Living To Give (To Give To Each Other) Ruby Winters Covered by Melba Moore in 1970 on I Got Love
That Love That A Woman Should Give To A Man Spanky Wilson from the album Doin' It
World of No Return Patti Drew
Thank You Love Dee Dee Warwick
Artificial Light (Of All The Living Lies) Bread, Love and Dreams from the album Bread, Love and Dreams

Originally recorded by Sagittarius in 1968, but unreleased until the 1997 re-issue of Present Tense

1970 Look What You're Doing To The Man Melba Moore
I Love Making Love To You from I Got Love
Moog Indigo Jean-Jacques Perrey five tracks written or co-written by Badalamenti as "Andy Badale"
Sing Away The World Ed Ames
1973 Child of Tomorrow Barbara Mason also appears on the Gordon's War soundtrack
I Miss You Gordon from the album Lady Love
Come On And Dream Some Paradise The New Birth from the album It's Been a Long Time, also appears on the Gordon's War soundtrack
Hot Wheels

b/w Harlem Dreams

Badder Than Evil Badalamenti and frequent collaborator Al Elias working under a pseudonym.

Both songs also appear on the Gordon's War soundtrack

1974 Les Trois Pierres Blanches Jean-Jacques Perrey from the album Moog Mig Mag Moog
1975 Man Was Made To Love Woman Bobbi Martin
1976 How Do You Like Them Apples

b/w Ain't No Room In My Bed

The Bagdads single released by Badalamenti and "Badder Than Evil" collaborator Al Elias under a new band name
1977 Let Me Down Easy Peggy Sue from the album I Just Came In Here (To Let A Little Hurt Out)
1978 Another Spring Margret RoadKnight from the album Ice.
1979 Nashville Beer Garden The Andy Badale Orchestra Polka album, also released under the name Andy Badale and The Beer Garden Band
1981 The Story About Ping Scholastic Records musical setting of the children's book by Marjorie Flack, read by Alice Playten.
1984 Bony-Legs Scholastic Records musical setting of the story by Joanna Cole, read by Jean Richard
1995 A Secret Life Marianne Faithfull Collaboration with Marianne Faithfull
1996 Booth and the Bad Angel Booth and the Bad Angel Collaboration with Tim Booth of James
2018 Thought Gang Thought Gang Collaboration with David Lynch on Sacred Bones Records

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