Angelo Badalamenti: Music For Film And Television (CD)

Angelo Badalamenti is the composer of some of the most beautiful and evocative film music of recent times. Most famous for his haunting and hypnotic music for such David Lynch productions as Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, Badalamenti’s soundtracks have been best-sellers. The composer’s theme and music for Bravo TV’s Inside The Actors Studio has similarly become iconic.

A special tribute concert was performed to honor Angelo Badalamenti at the 2009 Ghent International Film Festival and, in separate recording sessions, the concert program was recorded with conductor Dirk Brossé.

Over 70 minutes of Badalamenti’s music is presented here:
Blue Velvet • Twin Peaks • Inside The Actors Studio • Mulholland Drive • A Very Long Engagement

The collection also includes a couple of very special pieces. The entrancing song Who Will Take My Dreams Away was co-written with singer Marianne Faithfull, who sings on this recording. Badalamenti also composed the music for the lighting of the Olympic torch at the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympic Games and this rarity also appears here.

Angelo Badalamenti: Music For Film and Television is an outstanding collection of the composer’s best work.

Tracklist

1. Blue Velvet Main Title Theme (1:25)
2. A Very Long Engagement (Une Long Dimanche de Fiançailles) - Suite From A Very Long Engagement (4:32)
3. Cousins Love Theme (3:37)
4. Wild At Heart Dark Spanish Symphony (3:56)
5. The Straight Story Rose’s Theme (5:18)
6. The City Of Lost Children (La Cité Des Enfants Perdus) - Suite From The City Of Lost Children (6:08)
7. Who WIll Take My Dreams Away featuring Marianne Faithfull (3:09) - Music by Angelo Badalamenti, Lyrics by Marianne Faithfull
8. The Comfort Of Strangers The Other Side Of The Mirror (7:20)
9. The Edge Of Love Fire To The Stars (4:43)
10. Twin Peaks - Laura Palmer’s Theme • Main Title Theme (Falling)* (7:59) *Music by Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch
11. Inside The Actors Studio - Suite From Inside The Actors Studio (9:07)
12. Snapshot From Prague (4:35)
13. Mulholland Drive Main Title Theme (4:15)
14. Barcelona Summer Olympics - The Torch Theme (The Flaming Arrow) (5:42)