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Angelo Badalamenti

1937 - 2022

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Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer and arranger best known for his film music, notably the scores for his collaborations with director David Lynch, Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001). Badalamenti also composed scores for such films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), The City of Lost Children (1995), Holy Smoke! (1999), and A Very Long Engagement (2004), and recorded songs with artists including Julee Cruise (in collaboration with Lynch), Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield, Marianne Faithfull, David Bowie, Tim Booth, Siouxsie Sioux and Dolores O'Riordan. In 1990, Badalamenti won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his "Twin Peaks Theme" at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angelo Badalamenti is the 236th most popular composer (down from 208th in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from United States (down from 966th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Composer.

Angelo Badalamenti is an American composer, best known for his work on the soundtrack of the TV series Twin Peaks.

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Among composers, Angelo Badalamenti ranks 236 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernest Bloch, Ernest Chausson, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Scott Joplin, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Carl Reinecke. After him are Albert Roussel, Engelbert Humperdinck, Mykola Leontovych, Marcel Dupré, Giacomo Carissimi, and Otto Nicolai.

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Among people born in 1937, Angelo Badalamenti ranks 54. Before him are Colleen McCullough, Jacques Santer, Juvénal Habyarimana, Roald Hoffmann, Colin Powell, and Roberta Flack. After him are Sajida Talfah, Abu Nidal, Vladimir Arnold, Sigmund Jähn, Hélène Cixous, and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 2022, Angelo Badalamenti ranks 54. Before him are Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Issei Sagawa, Ivica Osim, Jacques Perrin, Kirstie Alley, and Issey Miyake. After him are Hardy Krüger, Raymond Damadian, Ash Carter, Lata Mangeshkar, Meat Loaf, and Pat Carroll.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Angelo Badalamenti ranks 1,241 out of 20,380. Before him are David J. Wineland (1944), Chick Corea (1941), Jim Jarmusch (1953), James Hetfield (1963), Daniel Nathans (1928), and Matthew McConaughey (1969). After him are R. Lee Ermey (1944), William R. Pogue (1930), John Goodman (1952), Betty Ford (1918), Brendan Fraser (1968), and Eliot Ness (1903).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Angelo Badalamenti ranks 10. Before him are Leonard Bernstein (1918), Alfred Newman (1900), Philip Glass (1937), Samuel Barber (1910), Henry Mancini (1924), and Scott Joplin (1868). After him are Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), Steve Reich (1936), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Charles Ives (1874), and Alan Silvestri (1950).

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