According to the fan site Welcome to Twin Peaks, several of Badalamenti’s family members confirmed his passing on Monday, December 12th. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

 

The Brooklyn native began working with Lynch after being brought on as a singing coach for Isabella Rossellini on the 1986 film Blue Velvet. He ended up serving multiple roles on Blue Velvet, including composing its score, serving as the music supervisor, and appearing in the film as a jazz lounge pianist.

 

Badalamenti soon became Lynch’s go-to composer, creating the music for Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Drive. For his work on Twin Peaks, Badalamenti won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1990.

 

Outside of his work with Lynch, Badalamenti scored films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and The Wicker Man.

 

Badalamenti also made plenty of impact outside of film and television. He collaborated with David Bowie on a version of “A Foggy Day (in London Town)” for the Red Hot Organization’s George Gershwin tribute album in 1998 and arranged orchestration for PET SHOP BOYS on 1987’s “It Couldn’t Happen Here” and 1990’s “This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave” and “Only the Wind.”

In 1995, Badalamenti produced, composed, and performed on Marianne Faithfull’s album A Secret Life.