Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch’s Composer on ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ and More, Dies at 85

Angelo Badalamenti, the acclaimed  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/david-lynch/" rel="nofollow - David Lynch  composer who went from teaching in junior high school in Brooklyn to creating haunting, ethereal music for the filmmaker’s Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/mulholland-drive/" rel="nofollow - Mulholland Drive , has died. He was 85. 

Badalamenti died Sunday of natural causes surrounded by family at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, his niece Frances Badalamenti told The Hollywood Reporter.

The classically trained composer also collaborated with an eclectic mix of singers in virtually every genre during his long career, from Nina Simone,  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/nancy-wilson-dead-jazz-singer-was-81-1169355/" rel="nofollow - Nancy Wilson , Shirley Bassey, Patti Austin,  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364/" rel="nofollow - David Bowie ,  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/paul-mccartney/" rel="nofollow - Paul McCartney , Marianne Faithfull,  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/liza-minnelli/" rel="nofollow - Liza Minnelli , Mel Tillis and Roberta Flack to Pet Shop Boys, Anthrax, Dolores O’Riordan, Tim Booth and LL Cool J.

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