Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For regular updates, sign up for our weekly email newsletter and follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSSambizanga.For the past six years, the Belgian film journal Sabzian has invited a guest to deliver an annual “State of Cinema” address. This year’s speaker will be Alice Diop. She will deliver her text on Thursday, December 7, in Brussels, alongside a screening of Sarah Maldoror’s film Sambizanga (1972). Learn more on Sabzian’s website, recently sleekly redesigned for the publication’s tenth anniversary. You can also watch previous State of Cinema speeches on Sabzian’s Screening Room, including last year’s address by Wang Bing.Recommended VIEWINGOutwardly from Earth's Center.Streaming on e-flux until November 30 is Outwardly from Earth’s Center (2007), a short pseudo-documentary by filmmaker and artist Rosa Barba. The film details the experiences of the inhabitants of a fictitious offshore island as...
- 11/29/2023
- MUBI
The beginning of "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" is arguably one of the most relatable opening horror sequences for any disenfranchised youth filled with teenage angst. Introducing our traumatized hero, Kristen (Patricia Arquette), the credits play as Angelo Badalamenti's score transitions into Dokken's "Into the Fire" as Kristen mainlines coffee grinds to stay awake. She's building a papier-maché house of the boarded up structure she sees in her nightmares. Immediately, you empathize with her. She looks like a friend in need (who could also use another pack of cigarettes).
Arquette was the perfect casting choice to be a Nancy for a different generation. As a result, "Dream Warriors" director Chuck Russell had to make an "Elm Street" movie for a different set of teens who would respond to something bigger, badder, and more ambitious than Wes Craven's original and "Freddy's Revenge." The practical effects...
Arquette was the perfect casting choice to be a Nancy for a different generation. As a result, "Dream Warriors" director Chuck Russell had to make an "Elm Street" movie for a different set of teens who would respond to something bigger, badder, and more ambitious than Wes Craven's original and "Freddy's Revenge." The practical effects...
- 10/7/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Is That a Meat Cleaver in Your Pocket — or Are My Parents Just Happy to See Me?
“What were they before they were leftovers?” That’s the dramatic meat hook on which Bob Balaban hangs his giddily middling 1989 horror comedy “Parents,” a surrealist satire set in 1950s suburbia, best likened to a chunky jello mold filled with human toes. I’ll admit, I wouldn’t serve cannibalism cinema this underbaked to mixed company; let alone the hubby’s new boss and his one-scene-having wife. But for the IndieWire After Dark family during ’80s Week,...
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Is That a Meat Cleaver in Your Pocket — or Are My Parents Just Happy to See Me?
“What were they before they were leftovers?” That’s the dramatic meat hook on which Bob Balaban hangs his giddily middling 1989 horror comedy “Parents,” a surrealist satire set in 1950s suburbia, best likened to a chunky jello mold filled with human toes. I’ll admit, I wouldn’t serve cannibalism cinema this underbaked to mixed company; let alone the hubby’s new boss and his one-scene-having wife. But for the IndieWire After Dark family during ’80s Week,...
- 8/19/2023
- by Alison Foreman and Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
When Julee Cruise died last year on June 9, David Lynch fans lost another of the essential, even inextricable collaborators who became a part of their lives as a result of being part of his art. Her ethereal singing is synonymous with both “Blue Velvet” and the many incarnations of “Twin Peaks,” the latter of whose title theme she performed. If Cruise’s absence from the physical plane runs the risk of dimming her star in our collective memories, Sacred Bones’ vinyl reissue of her 1989 album “Floating Into the Night” offers a welcome opportunity to restore it to its full luster by letting listeners experience her work anew — carrying the legacy of her and Lynch’s historic collaboration, but unencumbered by the images he paired with her music.
Her death after being diagnosed with systemic lupus preceded the December 2022 death of composer Angelo Badalamenti, a third and equally vital member of...
Her death after being diagnosed with systemic lupus preceded the December 2022 death of composer Angelo Badalamenti, a third and equally vital member of...
- 7/24/2023
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
Sacred Bones Records has announced a vinyl reissue of the late Julee Cruise’s debut album (and unofficial Twin Peaks soundtrack) Floating into the Night, out on August 11th.
The reissue will be available in pink and black vinyl variants. Pre-orders are ongoing. Watch the commercial Sacred Bones put together for the release below.
Originally released in September 1989, Floating into the Night was composed by Angelo Badalamenti with lyrics written by David Lynch. The lead single, “Falling,” was used as the Twin Peaks theme song, while Cruise performed another track, “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart,” during a crucial episode in which the identity of Laura Palmer’s killer was finally revealed.
Other tracks featured in Twin Peaks include “Into the Night,” “The Nightingale,” and “The World Spins.” Prior to the album’s release, Lynch had used “Mysteries of Love” in his 1986 film Blue Velvet.
Cruise, who was also a touring member of The B-52’s,...
The reissue will be available in pink and black vinyl variants. Pre-orders are ongoing. Watch the commercial Sacred Bones put together for the release below.
Originally released in September 1989, Floating into the Night was composed by Angelo Badalamenti with lyrics written by David Lynch. The lead single, “Falling,” was used as the Twin Peaks theme song, while Cruise performed another track, “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart,” during a crucial episode in which the identity of Laura Palmer’s killer was finally revealed.
Other tracks featured in Twin Peaks include “Into the Night,” “The Nightingale,” and “The World Spins.” Prior to the album’s release, Lynch had used “Mysteries of Love” in his 1986 film Blue Velvet.
Cruise, who was also a touring member of The B-52’s,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Exclusive: Carrie Fisher’s last movie Wonderwell is finally getting released after a “perilous” seven-year journey to screen.
The Star Wars icon, who passed away in late 2016 just six weeks after wrapping on the fantasy movie, leads cast alongside singer and actress Rita Ora (Fifty Shades of Grey), Nell Tiger Free (Servant), Sebastian Croft (Heartstopper) and newcomer Kiera Milward.
Vertical has acquired North America and UK/Ire rights to Vlad Marsavin’s under-the-radar directorial debut and is lining up a limited theatrical run via AMC in the U.S. from June 23, 2023, followed by a digital release.
“The journey we have taken as filmmakers with this movie, has been as perilous as that of the movie itself,” explained director Marsavin about the delayed release. “From filming to screen it has taken us seven years. The visual effects on a movie of this magnitude takes time, but we were challenged with Covid...
The Star Wars icon, who passed away in late 2016 just six weeks after wrapping on the fantasy movie, leads cast alongside singer and actress Rita Ora (Fifty Shades of Grey), Nell Tiger Free (Servant), Sebastian Croft (Heartstopper) and newcomer Kiera Milward.
Vertical has acquired North America and UK/Ire rights to Vlad Marsavin’s under-the-radar directorial debut and is lining up a limited theatrical run via AMC in the U.S. from June 23, 2023, followed by a digital release.
“The journey we have taken as filmmakers with this movie, has been as perilous as that of the movie itself,” explained director Marsavin about the delayed release. “From filming to screen it has taken us seven years. The visual effects on a movie of this magnitude takes time, but we were challenged with Covid...
- 6/14/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s no surprise that filmmaker David Lynch’s fanbase has, for four decades, continually renewed itself among each new generation of cineastes. Something about the strange alchemy of the multidisciplinary Eagle Scout’s sensuous images, earnest perspective and intuitive storytelling perspective is intoxicating, buoyed onscreen by the talents of great creative collaborators like Mary Sweeney, Alan Splet and Angelo Badalamenti.
The films themselves are often dark but always honest, their perversions expressive and earned rather than bluntly hammered. As we follow the cosmic tendrils of Lynch’s brain backwards toward their origin, it’s only natural to ask: why does this guy see the world the way he sees it?
One answer may lay in Victor Fleming 1939 MGM classic, whose enchantments reach even further back, to its position as an early television staple for impressional baby boomers developing their imaginations and material predilections in the glow of the family’s suburban RCA console.
The films themselves are often dark but always honest, their perversions expressive and earned rather than bluntly hammered. As we follow the cosmic tendrils of Lynch’s brain backwards toward their origin, it’s only natural to ask: why does this guy see the world the way he sees it?
One answer may lay in Victor Fleming 1939 MGM classic, whose enchantments reach even further back, to its position as an early television staple for impressional baby boomers developing their imaginations and material predilections in the glow of the family’s suburban RCA console.
- 6/13/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
LCD Soundsystem have announced that they will be playing two dates at Morrison, Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 29th and 30th. They will be joined by M.I.A. and Peaches.
The shows will set the stage for LCD Soundsystem to then turn around and hit the road for the Re:set concert series, which kicks off on June 2nd. Alongside the other headliners of the series — boygenius and Steve Lacy — the band has hand-picked openers for their dates, and will appear alongside Jamie xx, Idles, and Big Freedia.
In addition to the Re:set dates, LCD Soundsystem will also appear at the Format Festival 2023, alongside Alanis Morissette, Modest Mouse, Leon Bridges, and more.
Tickets for LCD Soundsystem’s Red Rocks shows go on pre-sale on Tuesday, April 18th at 12:00 p.m. Et. Sign up for the pre-sale here. Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub,...
The shows will set the stage for LCD Soundsystem to then turn around and hit the road for the Re:set concert series, which kicks off on June 2nd. Alongside the other headliners of the series — boygenius and Steve Lacy — the band has hand-picked openers for their dates, and will appear alongside Jamie xx, Idles, and Big Freedia.
In addition to the Re:set dates, LCD Soundsystem will also appear at the Format Festival 2023, alongside Alanis Morissette, Modest Mouse, Leon Bridges, and more.
Tickets for LCD Soundsystem’s Red Rocks shows go on pre-sale on Tuesday, April 18th at 12:00 p.m. Et. Sign up for the pre-sale here. Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
To celebrate the release of The City of Lost Children – released on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray & DVD 3rd April – we have a 4K Uhd up for grabs!
The City of Lost Children, in a spectacular new 4K restoration, and making its Uhd debut, is a dazzling fantasy adventure from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, creators of the critically acclaimed 1991 cult hit Delicatessen. They bring their surreal vision to the story of Krank, a tormented scientist who sets about kidnapping local children in order to steal their dreams and so reverse his accelerated ageing process. When Krank’s henchmen kidnap his brother, local fisherman and former circus strongman One (Hellboy’s Ron Perlman) sets out on a journey to Krank’s nightmarish laboratory, accompanied by a little orphan girl called Miette (Judith Vittet).
With stunning visuals from Oscar-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji, costumes from Jean Paul Gaultier (The Fifth Element) and a haunting...
The City of Lost Children, in a spectacular new 4K restoration, and making its Uhd debut, is a dazzling fantasy adventure from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, creators of the critically acclaimed 1991 cult hit Delicatessen. They bring their surreal vision to the story of Krank, a tormented scientist who sets about kidnapping local children in order to steal their dreams and so reverse his accelerated ageing process. When Krank’s henchmen kidnap his brother, local fisherman and former circus strongman One (Hellboy’s Ron Perlman) sets out on a journey to Krank’s nightmarish laboratory, accompanied by a little orphan girl called Miette (Judith Vittet).
With stunning visuals from Oscar-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji, costumes from Jean Paul Gaultier (The Fifth Element) and a haunting...
- 4/5/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
To celebrate the release of The City Of Lost Children – released on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray & DVD 3rd April – we have a 4K Uhd up for grabs!
The City Of Lost Children, in a spectacular new 4K restoration, and making its Uhd debut, is a dazzling fantasy adventure from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, creators of the critically acclaimed 1991 cult hit Delicatessen. They bring their surreal vision to the story of Krank, a tormented scientist who sets about kidnapping local children in order to steal their dreams and so reverse his accelerated ageing process. When Krank’s henchmen kidnap his brother, local fisherman and former circus strongman One (Hellboy’s Ron Perlman) sets out on a journey to Krank’s nightmarish laboratory, accompanied by a little orphan girl called Miette (Judith Vittet).
With stunning visuals from Oscar-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji, costumes from Jean Paul Gaultier (The Fifth Element) and a haunting...
The City Of Lost Children, in a spectacular new 4K restoration, and making its Uhd debut, is a dazzling fantasy adventure from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, creators of the critically acclaimed 1991 cult hit Delicatessen. They bring their surreal vision to the story of Krank, a tormented scientist who sets about kidnapping local children in order to steal their dreams and so reverse his accelerated ageing process. When Krank’s henchmen kidnap his brother, local fisherman and former circus strongman One (Hellboy’s Ron Perlman) sets out on a journey to Krank’s nightmarish laboratory, accompanied by a little orphan girl called Miette (Judith Vittet).
With stunning visuals from Oscar-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji, costumes from Jean Paul Gaultier (The Fifth Element) and a haunting...
- 3/31/2023
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Believe it or not, 'Eraserhead' is my most spiritual film," said surrealist auteur David Lynch in an interview, and this moment has become a meme template over the years. When asked to elaborate, the director smiled and simply said no in the most David Lynch way, emphasizing his philosophy of subjective interpretation and a refusal to "explain" his art. This outlook remains true to the essence of Lynch's oeuvre — most of his work is rooted in dream or nightmare logic, meant to be experienced instead of dissected or understood. Abstract ideas form chilling vignettes of what can only be described as grotesque or deeply surreal, such as his intensely hallucinatory "Inland Empire," which still defies explanation beyond the core themes that drive the film. Perhaps, that is the point of it all: Dreams often do not make sense, even to the dreamer, but act as portals to...
- 3/25/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Lenny Kravitz helped honor the scores of film industry professionals who died in the last year with a performance of “Calling All Angels” at the Oscars Sunday, March 12.
The performance was introduced by John Travolta, who snuck in a touching reference to his late Grease co-star Olivia Newton-John as he honored all those who’ve died over the last year: “They’ve touched our hearts, they’ve made us smile, and became dear friends, who we will always remain hopefully devoted to.”
John Travolta gets emotional as he introduces the...
The performance was introduced by John Travolta, who snuck in a touching reference to his late Grease co-star Olivia Newton-John as he honored all those who’ve died over the last year: “They’ve touched our hearts, they’ve made us smile, and became dear friends, who we will always remain hopefully devoted to.”
John Travolta gets emotional as he introduces the...
- 3/13/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz will perform for Sunday’s emotional “In Memoriam” segment on the Oscars 2023 ceremony. While only 40-50 people are generally remembered for the television ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, over 200 people will be recognized on the Academy’s webpage starting that evening.
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2023?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Here is a lengthy list of many contributors to film who died since last year’s Academy Awards ceremony:
Mary Alice (actor)
Gil Alkabetz (animator)
Kirstie Alley (actor)
Burt Bacharach (composer)
Angelo Badalamenti (composer)
Simone Bär (casting director)
Joanna Barnes (actor)
Carl A. Bell (animator)
Jeff Berlin (sound)
David Birney (actor)
Bruce Bisenz (sound)
Robert Blake (actor)
Eliot Bliss (sound)
Nick Bosustow (shorts)
Albert Brenner (production designer)
Tom Bronson (costume designer)
James Caan (actor)
Michael Callan (actor)
Donn Cambern (editor)
Irene Cara (songwriter)
Gary W. Carlson (sound)
Marvin Chomsky...
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2023?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Here is a lengthy list of many contributors to film who died since last year’s Academy Awards ceremony:
Mary Alice (actor)
Gil Alkabetz (animator)
Kirstie Alley (actor)
Burt Bacharach (composer)
Angelo Badalamenti (composer)
Simone Bär (casting director)
Joanna Barnes (actor)
Carl A. Bell (animator)
Jeff Berlin (sound)
David Birney (actor)
Bruce Bisenz (sound)
Robert Blake (actor)
Eliot Bliss (sound)
Nick Bosustow (shorts)
Albert Brenner (production designer)
Tom Bronson (costume designer)
James Caan (actor)
Michael Callan (actor)
Donn Cambern (editor)
Irene Cara (songwriter)
Gary W. Carlson (sound)
Marvin Chomsky...
- 3/10/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
This article contains Twin Peaks spoilers
If you’re like me and caught up with Twin Peaks well after its original run on ABC in 1990-1991, you probably got the same advice I heard. “Season one is great and season two sucks. But you need to stick through the second season to get to the finale which is the best episode of the entire show.” Leaving aside the fact that they probably mean “everything after the Laura Palmer murder is solved” sucks, since we got some great episodes in the second season, that advice offers a pretty limited understanding of what the original series had to offer.
Yes, Twin Peaks is most famous for its surreal imagery. Agent Cooper’s visit to the Red Room, Bob crawling over the sofa toward the camera, the Giant’s despairing observation that “It is happening again.” All of these are indelible parts of the series.
If you’re like me and caught up with Twin Peaks well after its original run on ABC in 1990-1991, you probably got the same advice I heard. “Season one is great and season two sucks. But you need to stick through the second season to get to the finale which is the best episode of the entire show.” Leaving aside the fact that they probably mean “everything after the Laura Palmer murder is solved” sucks, since we got some great episodes in the second season, that advice offers a pretty limited understanding of what the original series had to offer.
Yes, Twin Peaks is most famous for its surreal imagery. Agent Cooper’s visit to the Red Room, Bob crawling over the sofa toward the camera, the Giant’s despairing observation that “It is happening again.” All of these are indelible parts of the series.
- 2/14/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Bill Pence, a co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival, passed away on Dec. 6 after a long illness at the age of 82, the Telluride Daily Planet reported on Wednesday.
In 1974, Pence co-founded the fest, along with his wife Stella Pence, film preservationist James Card, and producer Tom Luddy. He was also the co-director and president of the National Film Preserve, which runs the annual festival, which is held in the Colorado town over Labor Day weekend.
He and Stella also founded the Santa Fe Film Festival in New Mexico in 1980 and ran it for three years.
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“Bill’s fire burned so very brightly and touched so many. Those who worked for him did it as much to not disappoint him as to carry on his vision,” wrote Jim Bedford in the Telluride Daily Planet.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical...
In 1974, Pence co-founded the fest, along with his wife Stella Pence, film preservationist James Card, and producer Tom Luddy. He was also the co-director and president of the National Film Preserve, which runs the annual festival, which is held in the Colorado town over Labor Day weekend.
He and Stella also founded the Santa Fe Film Festival in New Mexico in 1980 and ran it for three years.
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Mike Hodges, ‘Croupier’ and ‘Get Carter’ Director, Dies at 90
“Bill’s fire burned so very brightly and touched so many. Those who worked for him did it as much to not disappoint him as to carry on his vision,” wrote Jim Bedford in the Telluride Daily Planet.
“Bill Pence is an almost mythical...
- 12/29/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
It deeply saddens me that Angelo Badalamenti, the composer behind "Blue Velvet," "Lost Highway," and "Mulholland Drive," has passed away at the age of 85. Badalamenti is to David Lynch what John Williams is to Steven Spielberg; they've each worked with other high-profile artists in their career, but their success is notably intertwined. The surrealistic temperment of Lynch's work feels oddly incomplete without Badalamenti's touch. When you start an episode of "Twin Peaks," the opening theme is the first thing you hear. Its soft melody, which crescendos into a triumphant upswing, makes the mountainside town feel like home.
With the diverse soundscape of Badalamenti, Lynch and series co-creator Mark Frost transported network television viewers into a mystery that was as charming as it was haunting. The series came to me at a critical point in my life, where I felt as if I were trapped in the same limbo as...
With the diverse soundscape of Badalamenti, Lynch and series co-creator Mark Frost transported network television viewers into a mystery that was as charming as it was haunting. The series came to me at a critical point in my life, where I felt as if I were trapped in the same limbo as...
- 12/14/2022
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
Ellen DeGeneres joined a chorus of tributes Wednesday over the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, who died by suicide at age 40.
“I’m heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light,” the former talk show host and comedienne wrote. “He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart. I will miss him. Please send your love and support to Allison and his beautiful children — Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia.”
The hip-hop dancer first broke out through talent and success as runner-up winner on “So You Think You Can Dance.” He participated in the choreography competition as a contestant on Season 4 in 2008, later becoming a judge.
Fellow judge Leah Remini also wrote a lengthy tribute to her colleague.
“tWitch was always so kind to me and everyone who worked so hard behind the scenes. tWitch was the guy who played and interacted with his fans in the audience during commercial breaks,...
“I’m heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light,” the former talk show host and comedienne wrote. “He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart. I will miss him. Please send your love and support to Allison and his beautiful children — Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia.”
The hip-hop dancer first broke out through talent and success as runner-up winner on “So You Think You Can Dance.” He participated in the choreography competition as a contestant on Season 4 in 2008, later becoming a judge.
Fellow judge Leah Remini also wrote a lengthy tribute to her colleague.
“tWitch was always so kind to me and everyone who worked so hard behind the scenes. tWitch was the guy who played and interacted with his fans in the audience during commercial breaks,...
- 12/14/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, an all-star competitor on “So You Think You Can Dance” and longtime “Ellen” DJ, has died by suicide. His wife confirmed his passing Wednesday morning in a statement to People. He was 40.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” said Allison Holker Boss. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”
She continued, “To say he left a legacy would be an understatement, and his positive impact will continue to be felt. I am certain there won’t be a day that goes by that we won’t honor his memory. We ask for privacy during this difficult time...
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” said Allison Holker Boss. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”
She continued, “To say he left a legacy would be an understatement, and his positive impact will continue to be felt. I am certain there won’t be a day that goes by that we won’t honor his memory. We ask for privacy during this difficult time...
- 12/14/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
“Today, no music.”
Those were the words of David Lynch this morning following the announcement that composer and lyricist—and Lynch’s longtime friend and collaborator across a variety of mediums—had died at age 85. The death of Angelo Badalamenti is another heartbreaking loss for those like myself for whom Twin Peaks is something like a religion. Coupled with the 2022 deaths of Julee Cruise, Al Strobel, Kenneth Walsh and Lenny Von Dohlen, it’s been a tough year...
Those were the words of David Lynch this morning following the announcement that composer and lyricist—and Lynch’s longtime friend and collaborator across a variety of mediums—had died at age 85. The death of Angelo Badalamenti is another heartbreaking loss for those like myself for whom Twin Peaks is something like a religion. Coupled with the 2022 deaths of Julee Cruise, Al Strobel, Kenneth Walsh and Lenny Von Dohlen, it’s been a tough year...
- 12/13/2022
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Angelo Badalamenti, the composer best known for composing the score for the TV series Twin Peaks, has died aged 85.
He died of natural causes on Sunday (11 December), his family said in a statement.
As well as his work on Twin Peaks, Badalamenti composed a number of scores for other David Lynch films, including Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001).
He made cameos in both films, starring as the coffee-loving gangster Luigi Castigliane in Mulholland Drive, and playing piano with Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet.
In his lifetime, the Brooklyn-born composer worked with musicians such as Nina Simone, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, Liza Minnelli, Pet Shop Boys and LL Cool J.
As a child, Badalamenti grew up listening to Italian opera with his family. He began piano lessons at eight years old and went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.
He died of natural causes on Sunday (11 December), his family said in a statement.
As well as his work on Twin Peaks, Badalamenti composed a number of scores for other David Lynch films, including Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001).
He made cameos in both films, starring as the coffee-loving gangster Luigi Castigliane in Mulholland Drive, and playing piano with Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet.
In his lifetime, the Brooklyn-born composer worked with musicians such as Nina Simone, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, Liza Minnelli, Pet Shop Boys and LL Cool J.
As a child, Badalamenti grew up listening to Italian opera with his family. He began piano lessons at eight years old and went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.
- 12/13/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
Angelo Badalamenti, the composer best known for composing the score for the TV series Twin Peaks, has died aged 85.
He died of natural causes on Sunday (11 December), his family said in a statement.
As well as his work on Twin Peaks, Badalamenti composed a number of scores for other David Lynch films, including Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001).
He made cameos in both films, starring as the coffee-loving gangster Luigi Castigliane in Mulholland Drive, and playing piano with Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet.
In his lifetime, the Brooklyn-born composer worked with musicians such as Nina Simone, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, Liza Minnelli, Pet Shop Boys and LL Cool J.
As a child, Badalamenti grew up listening to Italian opera with his family. He began piano lessons at eight years old and went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.
He died of natural causes on Sunday (11 December), his family said in a statement.
As well as his work on Twin Peaks, Badalamenti composed a number of scores for other David Lynch films, including Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001).
He made cameos in both films, starring as the coffee-loving gangster Luigi Castigliane in Mulholland Drive, and playing piano with Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet.
In his lifetime, the Brooklyn-born composer worked with musicians such as Nina Simone, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, Liza Minnelli, Pet Shop Boys and LL Cool J.
As a child, Badalamenti grew up listening to Italian opera with his family. He began piano lessons at eight years old and went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music.
- 12/13/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Music
The further we get away from the premiere of its pilot, the harder it is to understand how David Lynch and Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks" briefly seized the imaginations of American television viewers. On April 8, 1990, the 90-minute pilot scored what would be the highest single movie rating of the 1989-90 network season. Throughout that month, the show found its way onto the cover of just about every major mainstream magazine, regardless of the periodical's emphasis. People who would've run screaming from Lynch's "Blue Velvet" were enthralled by the series' central "Who Killed Laura Palmer" mystery. They fell in love with Kyle MacLachlan's charmingly idiosyncratic FBI Agent Dale Cooper and Sherilyn Fenn's high school hellion Audrey Horne. They threw viewing parties with coffee, donuts and pie.
After a decade-plus of gorging on nighttime soaps like "Dallas," "Dynasty" and "Falcon Crest," mainstream TV audiences were inured enough to...
After a decade-plus of gorging on nighttime soaps like "Dallas," "Dynasty" and "Falcon Crest," mainstream TV audiences were inured enough to...
- 12/13/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
When Marianne Faithfull first saw David Lynch’s TV series, Twin Peaks, its music struck her at once. “It was just outstanding and so good and exactly the sort of music I wanted to do,” she tells Rolling Stone by phone from her London home. “I was so pleased. I thought, ‘Here’s a man I really want to work with.'” So she asked her manager to track down the series’ composer, Angelo Badalamenti.
Badalamenti died Monday of natural causes, and Faithfull is still struck by his talent when...
Badalamenti died Monday of natural causes, and Faithfull is still struck by his talent when...
- 12/13/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Angelo Badalamenti, the long-time David Lynch collaborator known for composing the iconic soundtracks to Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive, has died. He was 85. Badalamenti passed away on Sunday, December 11, surrounded by family at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. The composer’s grand-nephew later confirmed the passing on social media, writing, “My great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence.” The post continued, “A true musical and artistic inspiration for me and countless others. Stayed true to his roots and family, never leaving North Jersey for LA. Not to mention the casual but mind blowing true stories from his life he never ran out of. He will truly be missed by many.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by ₥ł₭ɆɎ (@spicey_ghost) Born on March 22, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, Badalamenti studied composition, French horn, and piano at the Eastman School of Music...
- 12/13/2022
- TV Insider
Badalamenti wrote scores for ‘Twin Peaks’, ‘Mulholland Drive’, ‘Blue Velvet’.
Angelo Badalamenti, the US composer best known for his work with David Lynch, has died at the age of 85.
A statement released by his family on Monday, December 12 said that “the composer, loving husband, father and grandfather passed away on December 11, 2022, peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by his family.”
With composer credits on over 50 feature films, Badalamenti started his film career as co-composer alongside Al Elias on Ossie Davis’ 1973 crime drama Gordon’s War.
His big break came in 1986, when David Lynch hired him to be Isabella Rossellini’s singing...
Angelo Badalamenti, the US composer best known for his work with David Lynch, has died at the age of 85.
A statement released by his family on Monday, December 12 said that “the composer, loving husband, father and grandfather passed away on December 11, 2022, peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by his family.”
With composer credits on over 50 feature films, Badalamenti started his film career as co-composer alongside Al Elias on Ossie Davis’ 1973 crime drama Gordon’s War.
His big break came in 1986, when David Lynch hired him to be Isabella Rossellini’s singing...
- 12/13/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
When Angelo Badalamenti, composer and renowned collaborator of filmmaker-musician David Lynch, died on Sunday at age 85, he left behind some of the most evocative soundscapes known to cinema. Lustrous orchestration and small combo jazz sounds for Lynch works such as “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” tweaked the senses while underscoring the grotesquerie below the surface of the American dream. But there was so much more to Badalamenti than his sweeping cinematic ambience for a single filmmaker.
Here is a list of some of Angelo Badalamenti’s finest musical moments, with and without David Lynch.
The Slow Club scene in “Blue Velvet” and “Mysteries of Love” (1986)
Along with a cameo appearance as the pianist/band leader at the Slow Club where the tortured Dorothy Valens (played by Isabella Rossellini) sings, Badalamenti starts off her musical rendition of “Blue Velvet” as a sleazy lounge song, all blowzy saxophone and off-the-beat rhythms, before segueing into the tempered,...
Here is a list of some of Angelo Badalamenti’s finest musical moments, with and without David Lynch.
The Slow Club scene in “Blue Velvet” and “Mysteries of Love” (1986)
Along with a cameo appearance as the pianist/band leader at the Slow Club where the tortured Dorothy Valens (played by Isabella Rossellini) sings, Badalamenti starts off her musical rendition of “Blue Velvet” as a sleazy lounge song, all blowzy saxophone and off-the-beat rhythms, before segueing into the tempered,...
- 12/13/2022
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Composer Angelo Badalamenti has died, leaving behind a musical legacy that spanned ’80s slashers, holiday season slapstick, and, of course, his long running creative partnership with director David Lynch. In memory of the man who collaborated with a Beatle and Bowie and was responsible for so much of the unmistakable mood of the Lynch filmography, the IndieWire staff picked five of the film and TV compositions that will forever transport us to a place where the birds sing a pretty song, and there’s always music in the air.
“Blue Velvet,” “Main Title” (1986)
The first collaboration between Badalamenti and Lynch, “Blue Velvet” boasts a main title that sees the late composer wryly hinting at the devilish duplicity of Jeffrey Beaumont’s (Kyle MacLachlan) descent into a suburban underworld with characteristic brilliance.
Presented over a blue velvet curtain, with the embellished names of Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and the rest of...
“Blue Velvet,” “Main Title” (1986)
The first collaboration between Badalamenti and Lynch, “Blue Velvet” boasts a main title that sees the late composer wryly hinting at the devilish duplicity of Jeffrey Beaumont’s (Kyle MacLachlan) descent into a suburban underworld with characteristic brilliance.
Presented over a blue velvet curtain, with the embellished names of Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and the rest of...
- 12/12/2022
- by Erik Adams, Sarah Shachat, Ryan Lattanzio and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Angelo Badalamenti found worldwide fame with the Twin Peaks theme
The composer who created the theme for Twin Peaks and much, much more, Angelo Badalamenti, has died at the age of 85, it was announced today. He held several of the top awards in his profession and was admired by musicians around the world.
Born in New York, Badalamenti began playing piano at the age of eight and never looked back. He rose to fame due to his creative partnership with David Lunch, composing the soundtracks for Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. He had small acting roles in Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and collaborated with the singer Julee Cruise, who died earlier this year, on further music connected to Twin Peaks. He would reportedly visit the set of the series during filming, playing the piano to...
The composer who created the theme for Twin Peaks and much, much more, Angelo Badalamenti, has died at the age of 85, it was announced today. He held several of the top awards in his profession and was admired by musicians around the world.
Born in New York, Badalamenti began playing piano at the age of eight and never looked back. He rose to fame due to his creative partnership with David Lunch, composing the soundtracks for Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive. He had small acting roles in Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and collaborated with the singer Julee Cruise, who died earlier this year, on further music connected to Twin Peaks. He would reportedly visit the set of the series during filming, playing the piano to...
- 12/12/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Angelo Badalamenti, the Grammy-winning composer whose synthy soundtracks for Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet ushered dream pop into the mainstream, has died. Rolling Stone confirmed the composer’s death with his manager, Kraft-Engel Management. He was 85.
“Angelo Badalamenti was a composer, loving husband, father, and grandfather,” his family tells Rolling Stone via Kraft-Engel Management. “The family confirmed he passed away on Dec. 11, 2022 at 85 years old peacefully due to natural causes and was surrounded by his loving family. The family appreciates their privacy at their difficult time.”
The composer received widespread...
“Angelo Badalamenti was a composer, loving husband, father, and grandfather,” his family tells Rolling Stone via Kraft-Engel Management. “The family confirmed he passed away on Dec. 11, 2022 at 85 years old peacefully due to natural causes and was surrounded by his loving family. The family appreciates their privacy at their difficult time.”
The composer received widespread...
- 12/12/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Sad news to report today as acclaimed Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti has died at the age of 85. The composer was best known for his frequent collaborations with David Lynch. His niece, Frances Badalamenti, told THR that he died on Sunday of natural causes, surrounded by family at his home.
Angelo Badalamenti’s haunting and beautiful theme for Twin Peaks was merely one of his many collaborations with David Lynch. He composed music for Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive. He also returned for the Twin Peaks revival series on Showtime. Badalamenti’s work can be heard on A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, The City of Lost Children, Arlington Road, The Beach, Auto Focus, Cabin in the Woods, A Very Long Engagement, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, The Wicker Man,...
Angelo Badalamenti’s haunting and beautiful theme for Twin Peaks was merely one of his many collaborations with David Lynch. He composed music for Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive. He also returned for the Twin Peaks revival series on Showtime. Badalamenti’s work can be heard on A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, The City of Lost Children, Arlington Road, The Beach, Auto Focus, Cabin in the Woods, A Very Long Engagement, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, The Wicker Man,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Angelo Badalamenti, the Grammy-winning composer who brought viewers the scores to such beloved projects as "Twin Peaks," "Mulholland Drive," and "Blue Velvet," has died, his niece has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The musician, who died of natural causes in his family home in New Jersey on Sunday, was 85 years old.
Badalamenti had a storied career: he made his film composing debut in 1973, on the film "Gordon's War," and went on to contribute music to over 90 different films and television shows. But his talent was recognized most often by frequent collaborator David Lynch, who, according to the late composer's official website, first hired him in 1986 to work as a vocal coach for "Blue Velvet" songstress Isabella Rossellini. The pair struck up a productive partnership that has carried them through several decades; after crafting the distinctive "Twin Peaks" theme song, Badalamenti returned to score the series' masterful sequel season in 2017.
The...
Badalamenti had a storied career: he made his film composing debut in 1973, on the film "Gordon's War," and went on to contribute music to over 90 different films and television shows. But his talent was recognized most often by frequent collaborator David Lynch, who, according to the late composer's official website, first hired him in 1986 to work as a vocal coach for "Blue Velvet" songstress Isabella Rossellini. The pair struck up a productive partnership that has carried them through several decades; after crafting the distinctive "Twin Peaks" theme song, Badalamenti returned to score the series' masterful sequel season in 2017.
The...
- 12/12/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Angelo Badalamenti, the David Lynch composer whose music for Twin Peaks gave television one of its most haunting and memorable themes, died Sunday at his home in New Jersey. He was 85.
His death was announced by family members.
“Today, no music,” Lynch said, in typical cryptic fashion, on his daily YouTube weather report before discussing the temperature.
Badalamenti, whose other collaborations with Lynch included Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway and The Straight Story, also composed for such non-Lynch films as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and musical artists from Nina Simone and Shirley Bassey to David Bowie, Paul McCartney and Liza Minnelli.
But it was his Grammy-winning 1990 soundtrack for Twin Peaks, which included the disquieting “Laura Palmer’s Theme,” that placed Badalamenti and his music among the best known of composers and themes in TV history.
This story is developing.
His death was announced by family members.
“Today, no music,” Lynch said, in typical cryptic fashion, on his daily YouTube weather report before discussing the temperature.
Badalamenti, whose other collaborations with Lynch included Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway and The Straight Story, also composed for such non-Lynch films as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and musical artists from Nina Simone and Shirley Bassey to David Bowie, Paul McCartney and Liza Minnelli.
But it was his Grammy-winning 1990 soundtrack for Twin Peaks, which included the disquieting “Laura Palmer’s Theme,” that placed Badalamenti and his music among the best known of composers and themes in TV history.
This story is developing.
- 12/12/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Angelo Badalamenti, who created the haunting, memorable scores for “Twin Peaks,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and collaborated with David Lynch on several other films, died Sunday. He was 85.
His great-nephew announced his death on Instagram, writing “My great-uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier to another plane of existence.”
David Lynch, on his daily weather report Monday, said simply “No music today.”
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His great-nephew announced his death on Instagram, writing “My great-uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier to another plane of existence.”
David Lynch, on his daily weather report Monday, said simply “No music today.”
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- 12/12/2022
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Angelo Badalamenti, the composer who wrote the theme music for “Twin Peaks” and several other David Lynch projects, has died, according to a family statement. He was 85.
Badalamenti died Sunday at his New Jersey home, his niece said in a statement posted on Instagram.
“My great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence,” the statement, from niece Frances Badalamenti, reads. “Between his work on ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Cabin Fever,’ ‘Nightmare On Elm Street 3’ and a plethora of others, plus his relationships & collaborations with David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Nina Simone, Julee Cruise, Isabella Rosselini, Dolores O’Riordan, Anthrax, Dokken, Eli Roth and especially David Lynch, he has always been the most interesting man in the world to me.”
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Lynch did not address Baladamenti’s death on his daily “weather report” video on YouTube,...
Badalamenti died Sunday at his New Jersey home, his niece said in a statement posted on Instagram.
“My great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence,” the statement, from niece Frances Badalamenti, reads. “Between his work on ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Cabin Fever,’ ‘Nightmare On Elm Street 3’ and a plethora of others, plus his relationships & collaborations with David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Nina Simone, Julee Cruise, Isabella Rosselini, Dolores O’Riordan, Anthrax, Dokken, Eli Roth and especially David Lynch, he has always been the most interesting man in the world to me.”
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Lynch did not address Baladamenti’s death on his daily “weather report” video on YouTube,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Angelo Badalamenti, the composer best known for collaborating with David Lynch on Twin Peaks (including the ABC series’ haunting, iconic theme) as well as many other projects, died on Sunday at age 85.
Badalamenti died of natural causes, surrounded by his family, it was confirmed in a family statement.
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One family member first shared the news on Instagram, writing, “My great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence.
“Between his work on Blue Velvet,...
Badalamenti died of natural causes, surrounded by his family, it was confirmed in a family statement.
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One family member first shared the news on Instagram, writing, “My great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence.
“Between his work on Blue Velvet,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Composer and longtime David Lynch collaborator Angelo Badalamenti has died at age 85.
Badalamenti composed the iconic score for “Twin Peaks” and other Lynch projects including “Blue Velvet,” “Wild at Heart,” “Lost Highway,” “The Straight Story,” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also wrote new music for the 1992 “Twin Peaks” prequel film “Fire Walk with Me” and for the 2017 third season on Showtime, “Twin Peaks: The Return.” Throughout his career, Badalamenti worked with artists like David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Nina Simone, Liza Minnelli, Michael Jackson, and LL Cool J. In addition to his film work, he composed the opening theme to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Badalamenti’s nephew posted on social media to confirm his passing. “My great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence,” he wrote. “Between his work on ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Cabin Fever,’ ‘Nightmare on Elm Street 3,’ and a plethora of others, plus...
Badalamenti composed the iconic score for “Twin Peaks” and other Lynch projects including “Blue Velvet,” “Wild at Heart,” “Lost Highway,” “The Straight Story,” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also wrote new music for the 1992 “Twin Peaks” prequel film “Fire Walk with Me” and for the 2017 third season on Showtime, “Twin Peaks: The Return.” Throughout his career, Badalamenti worked with artists like David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Nina Simone, Liza Minnelli, Michael Jackson, and LL Cool J. In addition to his film work, he composed the opening theme to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Badalamenti’s nephew posted on social media to confirm his passing. “My great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence,” he wrote. “Between his work on ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Cabin Fever,’ ‘Nightmare on Elm Street 3,’ and a plethora of others, plus...
- 12/12/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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Angelo Badalamenti, the acclaimed 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 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, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Bassey, Patti Austin, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Marianne Faithfull, Liza Minnelli, Mel Tillis and Roberta Flack to Pet Shop Boys, Anthrax, Dolores O’Riordan, Tim Booth and LL Cool J.
Badalamenti composed the theme music for ABC’s Twin Peaks, NBC’s Profiler and Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio, and for the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona,...
Angelo Badalamenti, the acclaimed 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 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, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Bassey, Patti Austin, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Marianne Faithfull, Liza Minnelli, Mel Tillis and Roberta Flack to Pet Shop Boys, Anthrax, Dolores O’Riordan, Tim Booth and LL Cool J.
Badalamenti composed the theme music for ABC’s Twin Peaks, NBC’s Profiler and Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio, and for the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A legendary, Emmy-nominated composer known for his work with David Lynch, we’ve learned the sad news this afternoon that Angelo Badalamenti has passed away at the age of 85.
Born on March 22, 1937 in New York City, Angelo Badalamenti earned three Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for the musical composition and main title theme music he contributed to David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” and Badalamenti also composed the scores for Lynch’s movies including Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and Mulholland Drive.
In 1991, Badalamenti’s “Twin Peaks” theme won him a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, cementing its status as one of the all-time great TV themes.
With nearly 100 credits under his belt, Angelo Badalamenti also scored countless other movies including A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Wild at Heart, The City of Lost Children, Arlington Road, The Beach,...
Born on March 22, 1937 in New York City, Angelo Badalamenti earned three Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for the musical composition and main title theme music he contributed to David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” and Badalamenti also composed the scores for Lynch’s movies including Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and Mulholland Drive.
In 1991, Badalamenti’s “Twin Peaks” theme won him a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, cementing its status as one of the all-time great TV themes.
With nearly 100 credits under his belt, Angelo Badalamenti also scored countless other movies including A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Wild at Heart, The City of Lost Children, Arlington Road, The Beach,...
- 12/12/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
This might be the biggest Blu-ray column we've ever published here. I tell you this for no real reason, I just want to impress you. In this latest Blu-ray round-up, we have the newest Jordan Peele movie, a David Lynch horror masterpiece headed to 4K from the Criterion Collection, Brad Pitt making terrible jokes in between okay fight scenes, Idris Elba fighting a lion, a suburban family fighting some ghosts, and much more. Keep those discs spinning.
Nope
One of the best movies of the year, Jordan Peele's "Nope" is at first blush a film about aliens and UFOs. But as usual, Peele has a lot more on his mind — specifically, the way we, as humans, approach spectacles and dare to push back against things that we should probably leave alone. This is Peele's slickest movie yet, with the filmmaker going into full Spielberg mode to create the type of thrilling flick that's funny,...
Nope
One of the best movies of the year, Jordan Peele's "Nope" is at first blush a film about aliens and UFOs. But as usual, Peele has a lot more on his mind — specifically, the way we, as humans, approach spectacles and dare to push back against things that we should probably leave alone. This is Peele's slickest movie yet, with the filmmaker going into full Spielberg mode to create the type of thrilling flick that's funny,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Kyle MacLachlan has a confession to make: He doesn’t listen to Edm.
The “Confess, Fletch” star revealed that his “quirky” character was scripted to be a fan of electronic dance music, which MacLachlan was not familiar with prior to filming.
The script “initially said, ‘Edm,’ and I didn’t know what that meant when I first started out, so I was like, ‘Ok,'” MacLachlan said.
“They said, ‘It’s electronic dance music,’ and I said, ‘Oh, Ok, great. I do love some of that. I like electronica a little bit,'” MacLachlan told ScreenRant. “So then Greg said, ‘Well, why don’t you bring me some suggestions of music that you like.’ So I started listening to Edm and I don’t even remember the name of the bands, but I was all over the place.”
The “Dune” alum added, “I wanted something that was kind of…I...
The “Confess, Fletch” star revealed that his “quirky” character was scripted to be a fan of electronic dance music, which MacLachlan was not familiar with prior to filming.
The script “initially said, ‘Edm,’ and I didn’t know what that meant when I first started out, so I was like, ‘Ok,'” MacLachlan said.
“They said, ‘It’s electronic dance music,’ and I said, ‘Oh, Ok, great. I do love some of that. I like electronica a little bit,'” MacLachlan told ScreenRant. “So then Greg said, ‘Well, why don’t you bring me some suggestions of music that you like.’ So I started listening to Edm and I don’t even remember the name of the bands, but I was all over the place.”
The “Dune” alum added, “I wanted something that was kind of…I...
- 9/26/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many stories have been told by people who encountered the late British monarch throughout her lengthy reign. Now an interview with Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti has resurfaced where he claims that Her Majesty was an avid fan of the iconic series, which first aired in 1990. According to Badalamenti, who is a long-time collaborator of show creator David Lynch, the Queen turned down a private performance from Paul McCartney so that she could watch Twin Peaks. This was back in the days long before streaming and watching shows on-demand, and it’s not known if the royal possessed a video recorder so that she could catch up with the show later if she wanted. Queen Elizabeth II passed on September 8 at the age of 96, after being on the throne for 70 years. Her funeral will take place in London on Monday, September 19. In a...
- 9/15/2022
- TV Insider
As the world mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many celebrities who met the long-serving monarch are sharing stories about her. Though the Queen’s famously stoic public persona prevented the world from learning many details about her private life, some of the stories that ultimately leak reveal that there was so much more to her than she showed while performing her official duties.
Case in point: Her Majesty was a David Lynch fan.
In an interview with NME that has resurfaced in light of the Queen’s death, Lynch’s longtime composer Angelo Badalamenti, recalled Paul McCartney telling him that the Queen was a fan of “Twin Peaks.” Badalamenti composed music for both the show’s original run and its 2017 revival, so the former Beatle thought he’d get a kick out of learning that his work had made it to Buckingham Palace. As it turns out, the...
Case in point: Her Majesty was a David Lynch fan.
In an interview with NME that has resurfaced in light of the Queen’s death, Lynch’s longtime composer Angelo Badalamenti, recalled Paul McCartney telling him that the Queen was a fan of “Twin Peaks.” Badalamenti composed music for both the show’s original run and its 2017 revival, so the former Beatle thought he’d get a kick out of learning that his work had made it to Buckingham Palace. As it turns out, the...
- 9/11/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Queen Elizabeth II apparently loved Twin Peaks so much that she once turned down a private Paul McCartney performance to instead catch a new episode of the David Lynch drama.
Following the death of the Queen on Thursday (8 September), a past interview resurfaced in which Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti recalled the incident.
“Back when Twin Peaks was kicking off around the world, I flew by Concorde to London, to work with Paul McCartney at Abbey Road,” Badalamenti explained in an interview included in a Twin Peaks DVD box set .
Then he retold the story that The Beatles musician told him back in the 1990s.
“[McCartney] said, ‘I was asked by the Queen’s office to perform 35 minutes of my music to celebrate her birthday at Buckingham Palace. I’m very excited about it, and here comes the night, and I’m about to go on and the Queen kind of walks by me and says,...
Following the death of the Queen on Thursday (8 September), a past interview resurfaced in which Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti recalled the incident.
“Back when Twin Peaks was kicking off around the world, I flew by Concorde to London, to work with Paul McCartney at Abbey Road,” Badalamenti explained in an interview included in a Twin Peaks DVD box set .
Then he retold the story that The Beatles musician told him back in the 1990s.
“[McCartney] said, ‘I was asked by the Queen’s office to perform 35 minutes of my music to celebrate her birthday at Buckingham Palace. I’m very excited about it, and here comes the night, and I’m about to go on and the Queen kind of walks by me and says,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
Some time since a celebrity death hit like Julee Cruise. Though rightfully known and loved for her appearances in Twin Peaks—series, film, series again—her work, most often with David Lynch, goes deeper. Namely Cruise’s first two records, Floating Into the Night and The Voice of Love, which are greater than most things in this life, a murderer’s-row assembly of Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti that’s nevertheless subservient to Cruise’s voice—a force for which I simply lack vocabulary but might, perhaps, contextualize by suggesting a big bang: nobody before sounded like her and many since have tried—failed—to do the same.
However much Lynch’s profile is ever-exposed we hear little about Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted, a concert-film-of-sorts he wrote, directed, and staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts in the fall of 1989 and released in 1990. Symphony begins...
However much Lynch’s profile is ever-exposed we hear little about Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted, a concert-film-of-sorts he wrote, directed, and staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts in the fall of 1989 and released in 1990. Symphony begins...
- 6/10/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
David Lynch paid tribute to late musical collaborator Julee Cruise, the singer behind the “Twin Peaks” theme “Falling,” who died this week at the age of 65.
“I just found out that the great Julee Cruise passed away. Very sad news,” Lynch said in a video posted on his David Lynch Theater YouTube page. “So might be a good time to appreciate all the good music she made, and remember her as being a great musician, great singer, and a great human being. Julee Cruise.”
Cruise died on June 10 after battling systemic lupus. Her husband Edward Grinnan confirmed Cruise’s death. “She left this realm on her own terms,” he penned on Facebook. “No regrets. She is at peace. I played her [B-52’s song] ‘Roam’ during her transition. Now she will roam forever. Rest in peace, my love.”
Cruise famously sang “Falling,” which was used as the theme song to Lynch’s “Twin Peaks.
“I just found out that the great Julee Cruise passed away. Very sad news,” Lynch said in a video posted on his David Lynch Theater YouTube page. “So might be a good time to appreciate all the good music she made, and remember her as being a great musician, great singer, and a great human being. Julee Cruise.”
Cruise died on June 10 after battling systemic lupus. Her husband Edward Grinnan confirmed Cruise’s death. “She left this realm on her own terms,” he penned on Facebook. “No regrets. She is at peace. I played her [B-52’s song] ‘Roam’ during her transition. Now she will roam forever. Rest in peace, my love.”
Cruise famously sang “Falling,” which was used as the theme song to Lynch’s “Twin Peaks.
- 6/10/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
David Lynch paid tribute to his musical collaborator Julee Cruise following the news of the cult singer’s death at the age of 65.
“I just found out that the great Julee Cruise passed away. Very sad news,” the filmmaker said in a video posted on his David Lynch Theater YouTube page. “So might be a good time to appreciate all the good music she made, and remember her as being a great musician, great singer, and a great human being. Julee Cruise.”
Cruise’s husband Edward Grinnan announced Cruise’s...
“I just found out that the great Julee Cruise passed away. Very sad news,” the filmmaker said in a video posted on his David Lynch Theater YouTube page. “So might be a good time to appreciate all the good music she made, and remember her as being a great musician, great singer, and a great human being. Julee Cruise.”
Cruise’s husband Edward Grinnan announced Cruise’s...
- 6/10/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Julee Cruise, whose ethereal singing could conjure both nostalgic innocence and a menacing present, making her an ideal musical collaborator for David Lynch and the Twin Peaks director’s go-to composer Angelo Badalamenti, died Thursday. She was 65.
Her death was announced on Facebook by husband, the author and editor Edward Grinnan. A cause of death was not disclosed, but Grinnan wrote, “She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace.” Cruise disclosed in 2018 that she suffered from systemic lupus.
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Grinnan posted the message on the Facebook page of the band the B-52s. During the 1990s, Cruise often performed with the band, filling in for original co-vocalist Cindy Wilson when needed.
In the Facebook post, Grinnan wrote, “For those of you who go back I thought you might want to know that I said goodby to my wife,...
Her death was announced on Facebook by husband, the author and editor Edward Grinnan. A cause of death was not disclosed, but Grinnan wrote, “She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace.” Cruise disclosed in 2018 that she suffered from systemic lupus.
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Grinnan posted the message on the Facebook page of the band the B-52s. During the 1990s, Cruise often performed with the band, filling in for original co-vocalist Cindy Wilson when needed.
In the Facebook post, Grinnan wrote, “For those of you who go back I thought you might want to know that I said goodby to my wife,...
- 6/10/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Singer and songwriter Julee Cruise, who contributed gorgeous and ethereal pop arias to the works of David Lynch, has died at the age of 65.
The frequent Lynch collaborator announced she was battling systemic lupus in 2018, writing on Facebook, “I can…hardly walk. And now it’s difficult to stand…The pain is so bad I cry and snap at people.”
Cruise’s husband Edward Grinnan confirmed Cruise’s death. “She left this realm on her own terms,” he penned on Facebook. “No regrets. She is at peace. I played her [B-52’s song] ‘Roam’ during her transition. Now she will roam forever. Rest in peace, my love.”
Cruise famously sang “Falling,” which was used as the theme song to Lynch’s “Twin Peaks.” The 1989 song featured music by Angelo Badalamenti and lyrics by Lynch, with the director using the instrumental version for the TV series.
Cruise appeared in the original “Twin Peaks” as...
The frequent Lynch collaborator announced she was battling systemic lupus in 2018, writing on Facebook, “I can…hardly walk. And now it’s difficult to stand…The pain is so bad I cry and snap at people.”
Cruise’s husband Edward Grinnan confirmed Cruise’s death. “She left this realm on her own terms,” he penned on Facebook. “No regrets. She is at peace. I played her [B-52’s song] ‘Roam’ during her transition. Now she will roam forever. Rest in peace, my love.”
Cruise famously sang “Falling,” which was used as the theme song to Lynch’s “Twin Peaks.” The 1989 song featured music by Angelo Badalamenti and lyrics by Lynch, with the director using the instrumental version for the TV series.
Cruise appeared in the original “Twin Peaks” as...
- 6/10/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Julee Cruise, one of David Lynch’s go-to musicians who sang on a version of the “Twin Peaks” theme song “Falling” that became a hit in Europe, has died, her husband said. She was 65.
Husband Edward Grinnan wrote on Facebook: “She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace.”
“Falling” was an instrumental written by “Twin Peaks” soundtrack and score maestro Angelo Badalamenti. Unlike the frenetic, high-energy theme songs and sequences of the era, he 1990 hit show’s opening song was a hypnotic, lilting tone-poem played over images of a waterfall, signaling a … different kind of network TV program.
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Lynch wrote lyrics for Cruise to do a vocal version, with her airy melody following the rising and falling keyboard accents. It was a hit in the U.K., and across Europe and Australia.
Husband Edward Grinnan wrote on Facebook: “She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace.”
“Falling” was an instrumental written by “Twin Peaks” soundtrack and score maestro Angelo Badalamenti. Unlike the frenetic, high-energy theme songs and sequences of the era, he 1990 hit show’s opening song was a hypnotic, lilting tone-poem played over images of a waterfall, signaling a … different kind of network TV program.
Also Read:
Kenneth Welsh, ‘The Aviator’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ Star, Dies at 80
Lynch wrote lyrics for Cruise to do a vocal version, with her airy melody following the rising and falling keyboard accents. It was a hit in the U.K., and across Europe and Australia.
- 6/10/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Singer Julee Cruise, best known for her collaborations with David Lynch, most notably via Twin Peaks, has died. She was 65.
Cruise’s death was confirmed by her husband Edward Grinnan on Facebook, according to The Guardian. “She left this realm on her own terms,” he wrote. “No regrets. She is at peace.”
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In 2018, Cruise announced that she was battling Systemic Lupus. “I can… hardly walk,” she wrote on Facebook.
Cruise’s death was confirmed by her husband Edward Grinnan on Facebook, according to The Guardian. “She left this realm on her own terms,” he wrote. “No regrets. She is at peace.”
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In 2018, Cruise announced that she was battling Systemic Lupus. “I can… hardly walk,” she wrote on Facebook.
- 6/10/2022
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
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