Angelo Badalamenti

Angelo Badalamenti (22 Mar 1937 – 11 Dec 2022) was an American composer, best known for his work scoring films for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga (1990–1992, 2017), The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. Badalamenti received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his "Twin Peaks Theme", and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Awards and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel wasn't into Badalamenti's film scores, but his theme tune used in Orbital's Bleached track, which credited his name, was played on his programme. Listeners also voted the track in the 2000 Festive Fifty.
Previously, in 1991 Peel gave airtime to the Moby single 'Go', which was built around samples from Badalamenti's "Laura Palmer's Theme" from the TV series Twin Peaks. On 28 March 1992, the DJ played the Wedding Present cover of 'Falling', performed in Twin Peaks by Julee Cruise, with music composed by Badalamenti and lyrics by David Lynch, and an instrumental version used as the series theme.
== Festive Fifty ==
*2000 Festive Fifty (& Orbital): Beached #45
== Shows Played ==
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*08 February 2000 (& Orbital): 'Beached (extended version) (OST-The Beach (Motion Picture Soundtrack))' (London)
*26 December 2000 (& Orbital): 'Beached (12 inch)' (FFRR/London) FF #45
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
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