Angelo Badalamenti is widely considered one of today’s most original and innovative voices in film music. His long-standing collaboration with director David Lynch started with the cult classic Blue Velvet. He was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for his scores to Lynch’s The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. He also worked with the director on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (for which he won the Independent Spirit Award), as well as Wild at Heart and Lost Highway.
Badalamenti’s other credits include The City of Lost Children directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro; Arlington Road, starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges; The Beach, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo DiCaprio; and Secretary, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal
His work on A Very Long Engagement reunited him with Jeunet. Badalamenti is currently working on the score for Dark Water, directed by Walter Salles.