Mysteries of Sound: The Lynch-Badalamenti Collaboration

If you don’t know who Angelo Badalamenti is, it means we can’t be friends, but it also means you need to keep reading.

“Films are 50% visual and 50% sound. Sometimes sound even overpowers the visuals.”

One of the most defining elements of David Lynch’s cinematic universe (along with the red curtains and casting of Kyle MacLachlan) is his long-standing collaboration with composer Angelo Badalamenti. One of the reasons their collaboration was so successful was the organic …