Angelo Badalamenti, famous David Lynch film composer who went from teaching elementary school in Brooklyn to creating mystical music for films such as Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, has died.. He was 85, according to The Hollywood Reporter..

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

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The classically trained composer has collaborated with a range of singers in virtually every genre throughout his long career.. Among them are Nina Simone, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Liza Minnelli....

“I sit with Angelo and talk to him about a scene from the movie, and he starts playing these words on the piano,” Lynch told The New York Times in 2005, explaining how they created the musical score for his tapes as a duet..

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Badalamenti, for his part, added: " The tempo of the music helps him set the pace for the actors, their dialogue and how they move.. He sat next to me at the keyboard, describing what he was thinking, and I improvised"