Today, the Shattered Lens happily celebrates Twin Peaks Day! Here is our song of the day, from the great Angelo Badalamenti.
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Music Video of the Day: A Real Indication by Thought Gang (1992, dir by David Lynch)
Thought Gang was a musical collaboration between two much-missed artists, David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti. This video was directed by Lynch and it starred none other than Angelo Badalamenti himself!
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Falling (composed by Angelo Badalamenti, sung by Julee Cruise)
Bless both of you, Angelo and Julee.
Song of the Day: Laura Palmer’s Theme by Angelo Badalamenti
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to actress Sheryl Lee. Here is our song of the day, from the great Angelo Badalamenti.
Song of The Day: Mulholland Drive Main Theme by Angelo Badalamenti
Our song of the day is the haunting Main Theme from Mulholland Drive, composed by Angelo Badalamenti, who would have been 88 years old today.
Music Video of the Day: Sycamore Trees by Chrysta Bell (2015, edited by Judy Yeh)
36 years ago today, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper drove into the town of Twin Peaks, Washington and history was made. Today is Twin Peaks Day and today’s music video of the day features Chrysta Bell, performing Sycamore Trees. This song, written by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, originally appeared in the final episode of Twin Peaks’s second season.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Twin Peaks Theme by Angelo Badalamenti
Music Video of the Day: A Real Indication by Thought Gang (1992, dir by David Lynch)
Thought Gang was a musical collaboration between David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti. This video was directed by David Lynch and it starts none other than Angelo Badalamenti himself!
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Falling (composed by Angelo Badalamenti, sung by Julee Cruise)
Rest in peace, Angelo and Julee.
Scene That I Love: The Opening of Mulholland Drive (Happy Birthday, Angelo Badalamenti)
Happy birthday, Angelo Badalamenti!
This great composer is probably best known for his dream-like and haunting work for the films of David Lynch. Among the many songs and musical pieces that he’s done for Lynch, he composed the jitterbug music that opened David Lynch’s 2001 film, Mulholland Drive. The scene below features the perfect mix of Lynch’s visual vision and Badalamenti’s musical ear. What I especially like about this scene is that the music starts out as a very cheerful and vaguely generic but then it grows steadily more ominous as the scene plays out.
Here it is. The haunting opening of one of the best films of the current century:
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