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If you had to pick only one favorite score by Maestro Frizzi, which would you choose?

What is it about that particular score that appeals to you most?

I will be back later with my choice. 

Many of the great Italian composers were able to create wonderful, addictive scores based on just one or two themes.  These themes are presented in many different styles and arrangements throughout the composition, so that they never become boring.  This seems to me to be a talent almost exclusive to Italian composers.  In other words, composers from other countries have tried implementing this technique, but with much less success in my opinion. 

Of course, not all listeners are able to appreciate this approach or even recognize the (sometimes slight) variations on the themes as the score progresses.  I once played Morricone's L'Assoluto Naturale during a lunch party at my work, and about halfway through the CD, one woman said, "Haven't we heard this song like 10 times already?" 

Josh     

A native of the USA (San Diego, California, to be exact), I only just "discovered" the world of Italian films and film scores about 10 years ago.  At the time, I was working in a hip little family-owned video rental store which had a massive collection of rare and obscure videocassettes (the type you'd never see in a commercial chain store).  Part of that collection consisted of about a zillion horror films from all over the world, and that's how I originally came to know and love Italian horror films (and their soundtracks!).  I eventually branched out and explored many other wonderful Italian film genres (such as sci-fi, sexploitation, giallo, western, peplum, etc.) , but it was horror that originally got me hooked. 

The first BEAT CD I ever purchased was BEAT Records CDCR 24, the double-header featuring Fabio Frizzi's Paura Citta Paura Nella Città Dei Morti Viventi (1980) and Giuliano Sorgini's The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974).  I was absolutely blown away when I listened to it, because it was unlike any other music I'd ever heard before.  It was one of those exciting, revelatory moments when you realize that there is another whole world of music out there to explore, just when you thought you'd heard it all.  Of course, thanks to the Italian film score labels that are working so hard to preserve and produce this excellent music for us all to enjoy, I'm able to continue to making new discoveries all the time.   




What was the first BEAT Records CD or LP you ever bought?

~ Josh