Harold Budd

Harold Budd (born May 24, 1936) is an American ambient/avant-garde composer. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires.

Discography

• 1978 The Pavilion of Dreams
• 1980 The Plateaux of Mirror (with Brian Eno)
• 1981 The Serpent (in Quicksilver)(EP)
• 1982 Abandoned Cities
• 1984 The Pearl (with Brian Eno)
• 1986 Lovely Thunder
• 1986 The Moon and The Melodies (with Cocteau Twins)
• 1987 Myths 3: La Nouvelle Serenite (with Gavin Bryars & Jon Hassell)
• 1988 The White Arcades
• 1991 By the Dawns Early Light (with Bill Nelson)
• 1992 Music for 3 Pianos (with Daniel Lentz & Ruben Garcia)
• 1994 She is a Phantom
• 1994 Through the Hill (with Andy Partridge)
• 1995 Agua (compilation)
• 1995 Glyph (with Hector Zazou)
• 1996 Walk Into My Voice: American Beat Poetry (with Daniel Lentz & Jessica Karraker)
• 1996 Luxa
• 2000 The Room
• 2003 La Bella Vista
• 2003 Translucence/Drift Music (with John Foxx)
• 2004 Avalon Sutra/As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
• 2005 Music For "Fragments From The Inside" (with Eraldo Bernocchi)
• 2005 Mysterious Skin (original Soundtrack) (with Robin Guthrie)