Way way way back in April of last year, I posted Italian composer Fabio Frizzi's (right) quasi-minimalist soundtrack to the wonderful 1980 gorror film Gates of Hell. Frizzi's work (like that of his countrymen Goblin) really encapsulates what is so great about Italian horror film soundtracks, or even Italian horror films in general: A certain slick queasiness, an analog swagger of sorts that permeates every frame of film and every groove on the record. Anyhow, by writing about the Gates of Hell OST, I aroused the interest of Mr. Seth J.G. Goodkind, creator of the excellent blogs Lost Video Archive and Progression Towards Something of Questionable Significance, who commented on my post thusly (and I quote):"This actually sounds exactly like the soundtrack to Zombi 2. I suspect that Frizzi did both at the same time, or just one, with a bunch of remixes. That's OK, because the Zombi 2 OST is the best horror ST ever. Yeah, better than this."
Seth was right. The Zombi 2 soundtrack IS better. But don't take my word for it.
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And speaking of Mr. Goodkind, please take a moment to watch a video that Seth sent me this morning. It takes a minute or so to get going, but things get really weird really fast. Dude is like a (semi) modern version of Snow, except his hype man has Progeria and his "hot chick" looks like an albino ape. You have been warned.
That ninja video was sweet, seriously.
ReplyDeletenow you have to post the beyond and then someone will complain and compare to the other too.
ReplyDeletemissing song from the soundtrack
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtk0lhhr4_I&feature=related
Crankenstein- I didn't complain and i didn't compare, they are literally the same great songs remixed. Both are radical, as is The Beyond soundtrack.
ReplyDeleteShelby- you're looking for Progeria, Aspergers is a form of autism which doesn't manifest in physical appearance.
they are the same but kinda different.too many drum solos on Zombie for me. And too much of that same title track on city of the living dead so now I'm complaining.
ReplyDeleteAs prophesied by Crankenstein: This is my 3rd favourite Frizzi soundtrack. The first being The beyond, 2nd City of the living dead and fourth Contraband.
ReplyDeleteI thought the DJ with progeria was BY FAR the most interesting part of that video, so I tracked down a clip of him spinning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKyl8mTceW4
ReplyDeleteDude's name is Leon Botha, and apparently he's one of the world's oldest progeria survivors. He's pretty fucking awesome on the tables too.
what's that last post have to do with fulci?
ReplyDeletelong live fulci!
fabio frizzi is a genius but let's not forget walter rizzati! Manhattan baby now theres another repetitive soundtrack
Just listened to this... so fucking good. I definitely saw this movie early in my days of having a Netflix account, and I remember loving the soundtrack. Thanks, brother.
ReplyDeletePS Started my mix for you the other day, so be on the lookout.
Awesome, I am in the conceptual phases of a mix for P-Future as well.
ReplyDeleteZombi 2 is a top-ten soundtrack for me
ReplyDeleteI recommend against listening to this late at night and alone
it's bad juju
especially if you live in a forest
great movie, great soundtrack! thanks!
ReplyDeleteI was Hoping to hear The Disco Song the on ewith Saxaphones and an Italian Chic Sing THERS NO MATTER !! Anyone know what im talking about ?? who sings the song ??
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