Angelo Badalamenti, the genius who created the music for Blue Velvet, Has passed away, according to the following statement on social media.
Badalamenti died Sunday of natural causes surrounded by family at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, his niece Frances Badalamenti told The Hollywood Reporter.
@ThatEricAlper wrote :
Angelo Badalamenti, the genius who created the music for Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Drive, died at 85. He also collaborated with Bowie, McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Anthrax, LL Cool J, Michael Jackson, Nina Simone, Marianne Faithfull, and many others. pic.twitter.com/6QnMH8RQby— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) December 12, 2022
Angelo Badalamenti, the genius who created the music for Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive, has died at 85.
He also collaborated with Bowie, McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Anthrax, LL Cool J, Michael Jackson, Nina Simone, Marianne Faithfull and many others. pic.twitter.com/6QnMH8RQby— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) December 12, 2022
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Here are some statements posted on social media by friends and people who know Angelo Badalamenti
Best known for his collaborations with David Lynch (including TWIN PEAKS, BLUE VELVET, and MULHOLLAND DRIVE), famed composer Angelo Badalamenti has passed away.
(1937-2022) pic.twitter.com/wCtNo7fOCP
— Museum of the Moving Image (@MovingImageNYC) December 12, 2022
“The sky is still blue
The clouds come and go
Yet something is different
Are we falling in love?”Angelo Badalamenti, 1937-2022 💔 pic.twitter.com/ow7HpycugZ
— La Cinémathèque (@cinemathequefr) December 12, 2022
Tonight I will raise my glass to my beautiful friend, the Bad Angel, Angelo Badalamenti. He taught me many things but primarily how to Enjoy the recording process. We laughed from the beginning to the end of the record we made together and never had a disagreement. I love him.
— Tim Booth (@RealTimBooth) December 12, 2022
Doctor Gamma wrote Knowing Angelo Badalamenti died feels like a hole in the soul. This man composed like an angel and made some of the most moving music in film. His collaborations with David Lynch are spectacular, and the world is poorer today for having lost him.
Hunter Felt wrote I’ll have more profound thoughts later, but (free for all) here’s my quick guide to some of Angelo Badalamenti’s most memorable achievements.
Aldo said Angelo Badalamenti had departed. If you haven’t already, please see this beautiful clip of him sharing his experience writing Laura Palmer’s theme with David Lynch.
Twin Peaks TV show was incredibly significant to the culture in Italy when I was growing up in Padova; Angelo Badalamenti’s music made David Lynch’s unique style more palatable to so many audiences around the world RIP
— David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) December 12, 2022
Neal Edelstein said A heavy heart, about the passing of Angelo Badalamenti. I was witness to his magic on The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. He was an artist of singular excellence and originality. Angelo,
@dreadematteo and myself at Cannes FF circa 2001…Thomas Caldwell said Music has always been an essential part of the mood, themes, and texture of David Lynch’s work. It is heartbreaking that two of his most significant creative partners – Julee Cruise and Angelo Badalamenti – died this year.
Maestro is precisely the right title for the great Angelo Badalamenti. Still, even though I grew up in an opera family, I can’t hear the word “maestro” without thinking of the great “Bob Cobb” (he’s speaking of Mr. Badalamenti in this meme…)