American composer Angelo Badalamenti has died at the age of 85. He became famous for his collaboration with director David Lynch. Among other things, he composed the theme song for the legendary Twin Peaks series.
Composer of the music for the films Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and the TV series Twin Peaks He died surrounded by his family at his home in New Jersey, USA. Magazine The Hollywood Reporter this was confirmed by her granddaughter on Monday.
The famous composer, who collaborated, for example, with Nina Simone, David Bowie and Paul McCartney, was 85 years old. During his career, Badalamenti has won a Grammy Award and obtained several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, recalled the newspaper The Guardian.
He had 80 film scores to his credit. In addition to Lynch’s films, he has written the music, for example, for the film The Beach or the third part of the horror series A Nightmare on Elm Street. He also composed a piece for the 1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Barcelona.
Lynch was devastated by the death of his court composer. “No music today,” he stated in one of the videowhich he posts regularly on YouTube and talks about the time in them.
The legendary jingle from the Twin Peaks series:
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