“He said, ‘Don’t do a thing and don’t change a single note – I see “Twin Peaks.”’ And that’s how it was done,” Badalamenti said in a video detailing his composing process.ĭavid Lynch (left) with Angelo Badalamenti (right) and singer Julee Cruise (center) in 1989.
When Lynch finished dictating the scenes, he leaped up to hug Badalamenti. But the music grew lighter when he told Badalamenti about the girl – Palmer herself – hiding between the trees.īadalamenti would play as Lynch spoke, adjusting his tempo as Lynch went on. The creative dynamos collaborated closely: While composing Laura Palmer’s theme for “Twin Peaks,” Lynch sat beside Badalamenti’s keyboard and set the scene: Lynch saw dark woods, heard a soft wind blowing through a sycamore tree and an owl hooting. When producers were seeking a composer to score the film, Badalamenti won Lynch’s favor with an original song, to which Lynch later wrote lyrics, called “The Mysteries of Love.” During this time, he often worked under the pseudonym Andy Badale.Īfter a slow period, Badalamenti’s fortunes changed when he met Lynch on the set of the director’s 1986 film, “Blue Velvet.” The pianist was brought in to coach the film’s star Isabella Rossellini in singing the titular song. He taught at a Brooklyn public school after graduating from college and composed music for a televised production of “A Christmas Carol.” He wrote songs for artists like Nina Simone and scored films “Gordon’s War” and “Law and Disorder,” though the films performed poorly.
But he’s perhaps best known for scoring some of the iconic works of the eccentric auteur Lynch, with whom he worked on “Twin Peaks,” its companion film “Fire Walk With Me” and the show’s 2017 revival “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” among other projects.īadalamenti’s synthetic, jazzy, ominous themes complemented Lynch’s often surreal and disturbing works.īadalamenti and Lynch worked together for decadesīefore he was a film composer, the Brooklyn-born Badalamenti was a musical jack-of-all-trades. His niece, the writer Frances Badalamenti, confirmed his death to CNN.īadalamenti soundtracked several films over five decades, working with directors like Jane Campion, Danny Boyle and Paul Schrader. Angelo Badalamenti, the composer behind several beloved soundtracks, including David Lynch’s cult hit “Twin Peaks,” has died at 85.
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