NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Angelo Badalamenti on 4 February 2025. Angelo Badalamenti has been played on NTS over 180 times, featured on 114 episodes and was first played on 1 August 2013.

Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (22 March 1937 – 11 December 2022) was an American composer and arranger best known for his film and television scores, particularly his collaborations with director David Lynch. His most notable works include the music for "Blue Velvet" (1986), "Twin Peaks" (1990–1991; 2017), "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" (1992), "The Straight Story" (1999), and "Mulholland Drive" (2001).

Badalamenti also composed scores for other films such as "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989), "The City of Lost Children" (1995), "Holy Smoke!" (1999), and "A Very Long Engagement" (2004). In addition to his film work, he collaborated with numerous artists, including Julee Cruise (in partnership with Lynch), Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield, Marianne Faithfull, David Bowie, Tim Booth, Siouxsie Sioux, and Dolores O'Riordan.

In 1990, Badalamenti won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the "Twin Peaks Theme" at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. He received a lifetime achievement award from the World Soundtrack Awards Academy in 2008 and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 2011.