Angelo Badalamenti, is his other stuff good?

[CousCous]

I really enjoy fire walk with me. Are mulholland dr., twin peaks or any of his other works as enjoyable and worth getting?

 

[mbd]

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Originally Posted by CousCous I really enjoy fire walk with me. Are mulholland dr., twin peaks or any of his other works as enjoyable and worth getting?

Yes.

The Twin Peaks soundtrack and Julee Cruise's 'Into the Night' album are excellent. I also liked the Straight Story soundtrack as well. Mulholland Drive wasn't his best work, but still listenable imho. You may also want to look for the album 'Booth and the Bad Angel' which is a joint effort between Angelo and the lead singer of UK group 'James'.

 

[incognitoedleon]

Yes, his other work is worth checking out. The music he made for The Straight Story doesn't have the dark brooding elements in his other work mentioned above, but it's worth checking out. The music for Mulholland Drive was pretty good. I haven't seen the movie in awhile, but I do remember some of it being a bit minimalistic and perhaps uninteresting by itself. I highly recommend the Julee Cruise album mentioned above, "Floating Into the Night." I think it was made before Twin Peaks, and it featured vocals with the instrumentals later used in that show as well as a cut or two from the movie "Blue Velvet."

 

[CousCous]

That's great to hear. Thanks guys

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[FalconP]

Marianne Faithful's album A Secret Life is vintage Badalamenti -- and it doesn't take much imagination to visualise how well Badalamenti's music works with Faithful's voice.

I've been wondering about the soundtrack to A Very Long Engagement. Any Badalamenti fans got it?

 

[sbulack]

His soundtrack for "City of Lost Children" is amazing: an immersive and evocative soundscape.