Angelo Badalamenti Biography (1937-)

Born March 22, 1937, in New York, NY (some sources say New Jersey); married Lonny, c. 1968; children: Danielle, Andre. Addresses: Agent: Film MusicAssociates, 350 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Suite 201, Burbank, CA 91502-1133.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor, music director, orchestrator, lyricist, musician
Birth Details: March 22, 1937; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Music director and orchestrator, Twin Peaks, ABC, 1990-91
Television Appearances
Specials
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch, 1990
Himself, Pretty As a Picture: The Art of David Lynch, 1997
Episodic
Piano player, "Episode 1," On the Air, 1992
Film Work
Music director and conductor, Blue Velvet, DiLaurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986
Orchestrator, Tough Guys Don't Dance (also known as NormanMailer's Tough Guys Don't Dance), Cannon, 1987
Orchestrator, Christmas Vacation (also known as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and National Lampoon's Winter Holiday), 1989
Orchestrator, Wait until Spring, Bandini (also known as Aspettaprimavera Bandini, Bandini, John Fante's Wait until Spring, Bandini, and Le ragioni del cuore), 1989
Music director, conductor, and orchestrator, Cousins, Paramount, 1989
Orchestral music producer, Parents, Vestron, 1989
Synthesizer performer, piano player, and orchestrator, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (also known as Twin Peaks), 1992
Music director and conductor, Lost Highway, October Films, 1997
Orchestrator, Arlington Road, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
Score conductor/orchestrator and song arranger and producer for "Maya, Mayi Ma-The Celebration," Holy Smoke, Miramax, 1999
Orchestrator and conductor, The Straight Story (also known as Une histoire vraie), Buena Vista Pictures, 1999
Orchestrator and song producer for "Beached," The Beach, TwentiethCentury-Fox, 2000
Film Appearances
(As Andy Badale) Piano player, Blue Velvet, DiLaurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986
Himself, Don't Look at Me, 1989
RECORDINGS
Albums
(With David Lynch and Julee Cruise) Floating into the Night, 1990
Twin Peaks, Warner Bros., 1991
(With Tim Booth) Booth and the Bad Angel, 1996
Also recorded Andy Badale and The Nashville Beer Garden Band.
Albums (as Producer)
Marianne Faithfull--A Secret Life, 1995
WRITINGS

Televison Music
Series
Score, theme music, and songs "The Nightingale" and "Falling," Twin Peaks, ABC, 1990-91
On the Air, 1992
Hotel Room (also known as David Lynch's Hotel Room), 1993
(As Angelo Bagdelamenti) Main theme, Inside the Actors Studio, 1994
Main title theme, The Profiler, NBC, 1996-98
Cracker (also known as Fitz), 1997
Also wrote songs for Captain Kangaroo.
Television Scores
Pilots
Twin Peaks, 1990
Specials
(With David Lynch and Julee Cruise) Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted, 1990
Movies
Witch Hunt, 1994
Forever Mine, Starz!, 1999
Television Music
Miniseries
Main themes, The Last Don (also known as Mario Puzo's The Last Don), 1997
Film Scores
(As Andy Badale) Law and Disorder, Columbia, 1974
(And songs "Blue Star" and "Mysteries of Love") Blue Velvet, DiLaurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III: Dream Warriors, New Line Cinema, 1987
(And songs "You'll Come Back [You Always Do]" and "Real Man") Tough Guys Don't Dance (also known as Norman Mailer's Tough Guys Don't Dance), Cannon, 1987
(And song "Mysteries of Love") Weeds, DiLaurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987
(And song "I Love You for Today") Cousins, Paramount, 1989
(With Jonathan Elias and Sherman Foote) Parents, Vestron, 1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (also known as National Lampoon's Winter Holiday and Christmas Vacation), Warner Bros., 1989
Wait until Spring, Bandini (also known as Aspetta primavera Bandini, Bandini, John Fante's Wait until Spring, Bandini,and Le ragioni del cuore), Orion, 1989
The Comfort of Strangers (also known as Cortesie per gli ospiti), Skouras Pictures, 1990
Other People's Money, Warner Bros., 1991
(And songs "She Would Die for Love," "A Real Indication," "Love Theme," "Falling," "Moving through Time," "Questions in a World of Blue," "The Black Dog Runs at Night," "The Voice of Love," and "Sycamore Trees") Twin Peaks:Fire Walk with Me (also known as Twin Peaks), 1992
Naked in New York, 1994
(And song "Who Will Take Your Dreams Away") La cite des enfants perdus (also known as The City of Lost Children), 1995
Lost Highway, October Films, 1997
The Blood Oranges, Trimark Pictures, 1997
Arlington Road, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
The Straight Story (also known as Une histoire vraie), Buena Vista Pictures, 1999
Holy Smoke, Miramax, 1999
(And songs "Bloody Boy" and "Beached") The Beach, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
A Piece of Eden, GS Entertainment, 2000
Julie Johnson, Universal Focus, 2001
Mulholland Drive, Touchstone Pictures, 2001
Cet amour la, 2001
Other Film Music
(As Andy Badale) Songs, Gordon's War, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
(As Andy Badale) Title song lyrics, Across the Great Divide, Pacific International Enterprises, 1976
Song "Up in Flames," Wild at Heart, Samuel Goldwyn, 1990
Music theme, Invasion of Privacy, Trimark Pictures, 1996
Music themes, The Story of a Bad Boy, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Musicians, 1996. Volume 17, Gale,

Periodicals

Billboard, June 22, 1996, p. 13.

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