Angelo Badalamenti, "Twin Peaks" composer, dies at 85

Angelo Badalamenti, the composer best known for creating otherworldly scores for many David Lynch productions, from "Blue Velvet" and "Twin Peaks" to "Mulholland Drive," has died. He was 85.

He died of natural causes on Sunday, his family said in a statement to the Associated Press.

Born in Brooklyn in March 1937 to a fish market owner father with a musical background (a percussionist in Sicily), Badalamenti grew up listening to Italian opera with his family, started piano lessons at age 8 and went on to earn a bachelor's and master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music. During the summers he would play piano at resorts in the Catskills for the Borscht Belt acts.