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Angelo Badalamenti has died

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To see him in action - I love this video where he explains how he wrote Laura Palmer's theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-eqgr_gn4k

Beautifully sampled in the intro to this mix by Nicholas Jaar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h1h1JdaWGk

It's a wonderful video, right?

Beautiful, thank you for sharing.

This is the exact video that came to mind when I saw the news.

This is how I imagine passion. Lovely. Every second.

This is upsetting. I loved all his work with David Lynch: Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet. He'll be sorely missed.

It was Lost Highway that brought me into the fold. Red Bats with Teeth. I still listen to that a couple of times per year.

Same. Laura Palmer's and Mullholland drive theme are still both in my primary Spotify playlist.

His compositions really created a unique atmosphere.

So he survived Vangelis only by 7 months.

Though I am still missing the most Jóhann Jóhannsson, soon it will be 5 years.

Both composer and singer of this Twin peaks track both passed this year. :-(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBdH6SjBEX8

I have fond memories of being in my late teens and getting the newly released CD of the Twin Peaks TV soundtrack and listening to it on repeat for weeks. I hadn’t ever purchased a CD anything like that up to that point, but had enjoyed the show and really loved the music.

Half of that magic is Julee Cruise's voice...

Who sadly also passed away this year.

Not really. The magic is in Badalamenti's harmony.

Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night is one of my all time favorite albums. The Art of Being a Girl is just nothing without Badalamenti.

You can hear this even more so with the Badalamenti and Dolores O'Riordan songs. Badalamenti was just a wizard with a type of introspective melancholy.

Today no music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2FiFAuQOK8

We lost Julie Cruise earlier in the year, too. It's almost too much.

Al Strobel (aka Mike) also passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Don't forget Vangelis few months ago.

So sorry to hear this. What a legacy of music he left us! For anyone who hasn't heard the music from Twin Peaks lately (or even never) listen to it today. It completely stands the test of time and is still one of my favorite albums. It is just so iconic - nothing else quite like it. RIP Angelo.

Heartbreaking. He just left the piano for a moment. It will echo through eternity.

Amongst other things he also composed the theme for Barcelona Olympics, 1992.

Mysteries of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOOKkPS47WQ

I know what I’ll be listening to today.

spits out espresso

DAMN bad news.

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