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Angelo Badalamenti

Highest Rated: 100% Lumiere and Company (1995)

Lowest Rated: 15% The Wicker Man (2006)

Birthday: Mar 22, 1937

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Best known for his collaborations with David Lynch, most notably the dreamy, haunting music for the director's cult TV soap opera, "Twin Peaks" (1990-91). After completing his classical training, Badalamenti worked as a Borscht Belt pianist in the 1950s, as a jingle writer and as an arranger-songwriter for performers as diverse as Mel Tillis and Shirley Bassey. As Andy Badale he wrote the songs for the 1973 film "Gordon's War" and the score for "Law and Disorder" (1974). Although he continued composing, Badalamenti saw his career take off when he was hired as Isabella Rossellini's vocal coach and subsequently wrote the atmospheric score for Lynch's "Blue Velvet" (1986). He has continued a long association with the director, including scoring TV commercials and films like "Lost Highway" (1997). Badalamenti's non-Lynch credits include "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989), but he seems most at home with darker fare like the noirish "Tough Guys Don't Dance" (1987) and "The Comfort of Strangers" (1990), the black comedy "Parents" (1989) and the phantasmagoric "The City of Lost Children" (1995). Angelo Badalamenti died on December 11, 2022 in NJ at the age of 85.

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Highest rated movies

100% 77% Lumiere and Company
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95% 88% Blue Velvet
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95% 91% The Straight Story
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84% 87% Mulholland Dr.
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80% 90% The City of Lost Children
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79% 85% A Very Long Engagement
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77% 71% A Late Quartet
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77% 82% Secretary
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72% 86% National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Watchlist
71% 61% Auto Focus
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Filmography

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33% 29% Here After Original Music $5.6K 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nowhen Original Music - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wait Original Music - 2016
No Score Yet 89% Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces Original Music - 2014
51% 42% Stalingrad Original Music $1.0M 2013
77% 71% A Late Quartet Original Music $1.6M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Butterfly Kiss Original Music - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Woman Original Music - 2010
40% 36% 44 Inch Chest Original Music - 2009
22% 43% The Eye Original Music $31.4M 2008
15% 17% The Wicker Man Original Music $18.8K 2006
29% 25% Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist Original Music $41.8M 2005
47% 28% Dark Water Original Music $25.5M 2005
No Score Yet 48% Evilenko Original Music - 2004
79% 85% A Very Long Engagement Original Music - 2004
No Score Yet 8% Resistance Original Music - 2003
62% 44% Cabin Fever Original Music $21.2M 2002
77% 82% Secretary Original Music $4.0M 2002
71% 61% Auto Focus Music $2.1M 2002
No Score Yet 50% Julie Johnson Original Music - 2001
84% 87% Mulholland Dr. Original Music $0 2001
21% 57% The Beach Original Music $39.8M 2000
95% 91% The Straight Story Original Music $6.2M 1999
46% 47% Holy Smoke Original Music $1.8M 1999
63% 74% Arlington Road Original Music $24.4M 1999
No Score Yet 40% The Story of a Bad Boy Original Music - 1998
70% 87% Lost Highway Original Music $18.0K 1997
No Score Yet 83% Pretty As A Picture: The Art Of David Lynch Unknown (Character) - 1997
80% 90% The City of Lost Children Original Music $1.9M 1995
100% 77% Lumiere and Company Original Music - 1995
42% 39% Naked in New York Original Music $1.0M 1993
No Score Yet 33% Hotel Room Original Music - 1993
65% 81% Wild at Heart Original Music $14.5M 1990
54% 59% The Comfort of Strangers Original Music - 1990
72% 86% National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Original Music $70.0M 1989
56% 68% Cousins Original Music $21.7M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wait Until Spring, Bandini Original Music - 1989
68% 68% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Original Music $44.1M 1987
39% 47% Tough Guys Don't Dance Original Music $421.4K 1987
95% 88% Blue Velvet Original Music $8.6M 1986
40% 40% Law and Disorder Original Music - 1974
60% 47% Gordon's War Original Music - 1973