R.I.P. Angelo Badalamenti, composer and frequent David Lynch collaborator
Born in Brooklyn in 1937, Badalamenti started playing piano as a child and later earned a full scholarship to the Eastman School Of Music in Rochester, New York. He later received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School Of Music, having spent his college years playing pianos at resorts in the Catskills, learning all of the old standards and becoming adept at various different styles of music.
He got a job as a professional composer in the ‘60s while teaching music at a junior high school, with a local PBS station airing a Christmas musical that he had composed for his students. He worked with artists like Shirley Bassey, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, and more before doing his first film scores:a year later.
which was sung by Julee Cruise and kicked off a string of collaborations between the three of them. Badalamenti scoredbefore reuniting with Lynch and Cruise forAdvertisementwithout ever seeing any footage.
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