Julee A. Cruise (born December 1, 1956, Creston, Iowa) is an American
singer, songwriter, actress and musician, best known for her
collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director
David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She has released four
albums and collaborated with a variety of other artists. She is known
for her song "Falling", the theme song for the television series Twin
Peaks. She is married to author and editor Edward Grinnan.Born in
Creston, Iowa, her father was the town dentist.Julee Cruise studied
French horn at Drake University and performed as a singer and actress
in Minneapolis with the famed Children's Theater Company (notably in
the role of Jinjur in stage adaptations of L. Frank Baum's Oz books).
She moved to New York and played Janis Joplin in a revue called
Beehive, while also working with Badalamenti.In 1985, Badalamenti was
composing the score for David Lynch's Blue Velvet, as well as serving
as the vocal coach for the film's star, Isabella Rossellini. A key
scene in Blue Velvet was intended to feature This Mortal Coil's
version of "Song to the Siren" by Tim Buckley, but when the rights to
the song proved prohibitively expensive, it was suggested that
Badalamenti compose a pop song in the same style, with lyrics written
by Lynch. Because the song required a vocalist with a haunting,
ethereal voice, Badalamenti recommended Cruise, who had sung in a New
York theater workshop Badalamenti had produced. The result of their
initial collaboration was "Mysteries of Love", which figures
prominently in Blue Velvet's closing scenes and gained a cult
following.
singer, songwriter, actress and musician, best known for her
collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director
David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She has released four
albums and collaborated with a variety of other artists. She is known
for her song "Falling", the theme song for the television series Twin
Peaks. She is married to author and editor Edward Grinnan.Born in
Creston, Iowa, her father was the town dentist.Julee Cruise studied
French horn at Drake University and performed as a singer and actress
in Minneapolis with the famed Children's Theater Company (notably in
the role of Jinjur in stage adaptations of L. Frank Baum's Oz books).
She moved to New York and played Janis Joplin in a revue called
Beehive, while also working with Badalamenti.In 1985, Badalamenti was
composing the score for David Lynch's Blue Velvet, as well as serving
as the vocal coach for the film's star, Isabella Rossellini. A key
scene in Blue Velvet was intended to feature This Mortal Coil's
version of "Song to the Siren" by Tim Buckley, but when the rights to
the song proved prohibitively expensive, it was suggested that
Badalamenti compose a pop song in the same style, with lyrics written
by Lynch. Because the song required a vocalist with a haunting,
ethereal voice, Badalamenti recommended Cruise, who had sung in a New
York theater workshop Badalamenti had produced. The result of their
initial collaboration was "Mysteries of Love", which figures
prominently in Blue Velvet's closing scenes and gained a cult
following.
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