Angelo Badalamenti Dies: David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’, ‘Blue Velvet’ Composer Was 85
deadline.comAngelo Badalamenti, the David Lynch composer whose music for Twin Peaks gave television one of its most haunting and memorable themes, died Sunday at his home in New Jersey.
He was 85. His death was announced by family members. “Today, no music,” Lynch said, in typical cryptic fashion, on his daily YouTube weather report before discussing the temperature.
Badalamenti, whose other collaborations with Lynch included Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway and The Straight Story, also composed for such non-Lynch films as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and musical artists from Nina Simone and Shirley Bassey to David Bowie, Paul McCartney and Liza Minnelli.
But it was his Grammy-winning 1990 soundtrack for Twin Peaks, which included the disquieting “Laura Palmer’s Theme,” that placed Badalamenti and his music among the best known of composers and themes in TV history.
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