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Angelo Badalamenti Biography

Birth Name:Angelo Badalamenti

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Composer, Music department, Actor

Fast Facts

Won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2008
Won the Henry Mancini Lifetime Achievement Award at the ASCAP Film and Television Awards in 2011
Won a Saturn Award for Best Music and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Original Score for "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" in 1993
Studied composition and the instruments French horn and piano at the Eastman School of Music and earned his Master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music
Started out as a music teacher in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, where he worked for five years while performing as a pianist during the summers
Frequently collaborates with director David Lynch, which has led to such films as "Mulholland Drive," "Blue Velvet," and "Wild at Heart․"
Best known as a film and television composer who worked on the series "Twin Peaks" and the films "The Beach" and "Mulholland Drive․"
Has worked with a number of prominent musicians, including David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Liza Minelli, and Paul McCartney
Created the distinctive theme song for the TV series "Inside the Actors Studio․"
Wrote the torch theme song "The Flaming Arrow" for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

Awards

1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Theme Music: nominated
1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music and Lyrics: nominated
1991Grammy-Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television: nominated
1991Grammy-Best Pop Instrumental Performance: winner
1992Chainsaw Award-Best Soundtrack: nominated
1993Saturn Award-Best Music: winner
1993Independent Spirit Award-Best Original Score: winner
1996César-Best Music (Meilleure musique): nominated
1997OFTA Television Award-Best New Theme Song in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
1998Chainsaw Award-Best Score: winner
2000Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
2000Sierra Award-Best Score: nominated
2000OFCS Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2002AFI Award-Composer of the Year: nominated
2002Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
2002Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music-: nominated
2002CFCA Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2002Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
2002OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
2002OFCS Award-Best Original Score: winner
2004Chainsaw Award-Best Score: winner
2004IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Drama Film: nominated
2005César-Best Music Written for a Film (Meilleure musique écrite pour un film): nominated
2005World Soundtrack Award-Soundtrack Composer of the Year: winner
2006Chainsaw Award-Best Score: nominated
2011Felix-Best Original Score: nominated
2013Felix-Best Original Score: winner
2014IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film: nominated
2016Robert-Best Original Score (Årets score): nominated
2016Robert-Best Song (Årets originale sang): nominated