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September 2001

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Angelo Badalamenti: "It all started with Blue Velvet. Peter Runfolo and Fred Caruso were producer friends of mine who worked for Dino De Laurentiis, whose company was making the film. Peter and Fred asked me to coach Isabella Rossellini on her vocals for her club scene. So I sat down at a piano with her, and we recorded the song. Then we walked over the set, where David Lynch was shooting the very last scene of the film. David couldn't believe how well the song came out, especially because he was having so much trouble getting Isabella's vocals right. No one was able to work with her to his satisfaction. Now David had total creative control on Blue Velvet. He took very short dollars from Dino for it, and he wanted this other song called "Song of the Siren" in the worst way. But it cost $50,000 for the sync rights, so Fred asked me if I could write an original song to replace it. I said I could, but since I only wrote music, I asked if David could write the title and a few lines. That would be enough for me to get a handle on the song. And it made sense that David would know what this new song would be about, since he lived with Blue Velvet for so long. Besides, it's not a bad idea for a music writer to make the director your partner! David thought the idea was preposterous but reluctantly agreed to do it to pacify Dino. He'd have the option to turn it down and use the song he wanted in the first place. A little later, Isabella handed me a piece of yellow paper that had David's lyrics on it. On the top of it was the title "Mysteries of Love." I read it through. There was no rhyme scheme or hook to latch on to like songs were supposed to have. I said, "My God, what the heck am I going to do with this? There's no song here!" I was sorry I asked David to write the lyrics. But I did the smart thing that any streetwise kid from Brooklyn would do. I called him and said, "David, what a great lyric!" Then I followed it up by asking David what kind of music he wanted. He said, "Oh, just make it like the wind, Angelo. It should be a song that floats on the sea of time. Make it cosmic!" And the only thing I could respond with was, “Oh...”

(Film Score Monthly 2001-09)

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