Angelo Badalamenti

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Best known for his hauntingly atmospheric work with filmmaker David Lynch, composer Angelo Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1938; a classically-trained performer, he spent the early years of his career playing the Catskills resort area, later writing and arranging for singers including Shirley Bassey and country star Mel Tillis. Under the name Andy Badale, he entered the film industry in 1973, debuting with the score to the action film Gordon’s War. Despite subsequent work on such features as 1974’s Law and Disorder and 1976’s Across the Great Divide, Badalamenti remained largely unknown before hooking up with Lynch on the soundtrack of the director’s 1986 masterpiece Blue Velvet; they subsequently worked together on the features Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive. Perhaps the most famous fruit of their collaboration was the cult hit television series Twin Peaks, for which Badalamenti created one of the most distinctive and evocative theme songs in TV history. The duo also wrote and produced a pair of LPs for ethereal chanteuse Julee Cruise, 1989’s Floating Into the Night and 1993’s The Voice of Love, and staged an avant-garde musical theater piece titled Industrial Symphony No. 1. In 1996, Badalamenti shifted gears, teaming with James vocalist Tim Booth for the LP Booth and the Bad Angel.

1	Twin Peaks Theme	468
2	Laura Palmer's Theme	303
3	Audrey's Dance	264
4	Falling	254
4	Dance of the Dream Man	254
6	Freshly Squeezed	228
7	The Bookhouse Boys	216
7	Night Life in Twin Peaks	216
9	The Nightingale	212
10	Into The Night	211
11	Love Theme From Twin Peaks	201
12	Red Bats With Teeth full track	194
13	Dub Driving full track	161
14	Haunting & Heartbreaking full track	137
15	Fats Revisited full track	135

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Twin Peaks
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Lost Highway
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Mulholland Drive
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verabaxter wrote:
Monday evening

Nuevos temas de Vera Baxter en lastfm: www.lastfm.es/music/vera+baxter saludos desde Argentina !

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MoRt8 wrote:
Friday afternoon

Yes, Lynch & Badalamenti. It's like some kind of symbiosis. Same case as Hitchcock & Herrmann

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FallenLui wrote:
7 days ago

темы из Fahrenheit Велеколепны

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monbozia wrote:
15 days ago

the Twin Peaks music is so good. And I definetly agree with Monty- Angelo's musical style is a perfect match for Lynch.

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P-Bizzle wrote:
last month

I AM THE GREAT WENT

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Mitnal wrote:
last month

Lynch and Badalamenti forever!!!!!!!!!

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byeol wrote:
last month

I fell in love with the Secretary soundtrack! Awesome piece of work!

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Monty__ wrote:
last month

It's amazing how good his music fits together with Lynch's movies, it's like they're meant for each other or something. But his music is also incredible in it's own right, I can listen to it for hours.

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be_quiet_peter wrote:
last month

Hahahah, "Music is not for you" should be transformed into a legitimate battlecry against dummy hipsters. We could turn it into rickrolling, you know? "Whoa, this isn't a link to Magnetic Fields wankery!"

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Sleperr wrote:
last month

Myles_Dunhill: "love the shoegazey stuff" - lol =DDD dummy hipster. do you need motivation everytime to listen to the good non-indie music? My advice, delete all the mp3s from your "Dakillerz'n'monkeys" hard. Music is not for you, make money or get drunk for example, no matter. :DD :S

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innovativename wrote:
June 2008

Thanks for that link to download the Fahrenheit/indigy prophecy soundtrack, I really love that one, it really gives the game a whole new level, like the opening scene in the snowstorm with the restaurant and the crow etc. it's just.. amazing.

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CraiGORE wrote:
June 2008

Gives me shivers and nightmares every time.

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myfunny wrote:
June 2008

@ squigbobble try to listen to lost higway's first tracks, and see who needs one ^^

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squigbobble wrote:
June 2008

somebody give this man an espresso

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donkong wrote:
June 2008

The Wild at Heart soundtrack was awesome too, but I can't seem to find it anywhere on download - I used to have it on cassette yonks ago but no more! :-(

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Triple_T wrote:
May 2008

I would love to get The Beach score. I really liked the main orchestral theme in the movie. Not unlike Beached.

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Naty_Rock wrote:
May 2008

Genioooo

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vicki_tko wrote:
May 2008

where can i find his beach music??

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slave2thedetail wrote:
May 2008

genius!

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Kspoosh wrote:
April 2008

Some of Angelo Badalamenti's work will be performed at the World Soundtrack Awards 2008, together with music from Dario Marianelli.

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