Film Composer, Arranger. Best remembered for his collaborations with filmmaker David Lynch which spanned over three decades in both film and television. Born Angelo Daniel Badalamenti in Brooklyn, New York, he was the second of four children in an Italian-American family. By age 8, he was taking lessons in piano. In his teen years, his piano skills got him gigs performing at resorts in the Catskill Mountains. After graduating from the Manhattan School of Music, he began composing music before entering the film industry. During the 1970s, he started scoring films like: "Gordon's War" (1973) & "Law and Disorder" (1974) but wouldn't achieve his big break until his late 40s. He met David Lynch in the mid 1980s and Lynch hired him to compose the score for his classic neo-noir mystery thriller film "Blue Velvet" (1986) along with instructing Isabella Rossellini as her singing coach for the title song, "Blue Velvet". The film was a critical success, revived the career of Dennis Hopper, made actors Kyle MacLachlan & Laura Dern into household names and this led to the start of a long and fruitful partnership between the director and composer. Badalamenti composed the Lynch films: "Wild at Heart" (1990), "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" (1992), "Lost Highway" (1997), "The Straight Story" (1999) and "Mulholland Drive" (2001). Most famously, he composed the theme song and soundtrack for the cult 1990s mystery TV series, "Twin Peaks" (1990 to 1992), which was created by Lynch & Mark Frost. Beyond his work with Lynch, a few of the other films he scored include: "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989), "The Comfort of Strangers" (1990), "Arlington Road" (1999), "Holy Smoke!" (1999), "The Beach" (2000), "Secretary" (2002), "Cabin Fever" (2002), "Auto Focus" (2002), "A Very Long Engagement" (2004), "Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist" (2005) and "Dark Water" (2005). Badalamenti even scored the video game, "Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)" (2005) which was produced by Quantic Dream. His most recent work was the Showtime revival of Twin Peaks in 2017 as a limited miniseries. He died at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. He was 85.