SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: PROFONDO GOBLIN: A HISTORY, PART 3 – THE SOUNDTRACKS 1980-2001

The Italian progressive rock band Goblin found unexpected success throughout the mid to late 1970s as one of their country’s premiere film score creators—crafting music that helped shape the sound of horror films to this day. However, stereotyping and creative tensions caused the group’s line-up of members to change frequently…

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SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: PROFONDO GOBLIN: A HISTORY, PART 2 – THE SOUNDTRACKS 1978-1979

After finding success scoring, Dario Argento’s wildly popular Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso) (1975) and Suspiria (1977), the previously unknown Italian progressive rock band Goblin were suddenly overnight rock stars, as well as in-demand film composers. On this episode of Scored to Death Radio, host [and author] J. Blake Fichera…

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